Houston offers APS a great deal

It's Christmas in September if you're one of the leadership of the APS who is suppressing credible allegations and evidence of felony criminal misconduct by senior administrators.

Bernalillo County Sheriff Dan Houston is apparently willing to forgive and forget as long as the leadership of the APS promises to not do it again.

We hear, not from Houston himself, who is yet to respond to my emails and my offer to sit with him and point to a list of ongoing criminal and civil misconduct by officers carrying his commissions, but from Jennifer V. Brown; legal adviser and public information officer for the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department.

She writes, link;

"For example, previously APS was authorized by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department to access information from the NCIC system. After an FBI audit revealed problems, a former sheriff (Darren White) was forced to revoke APS access."

The "problems" revealed by the audit (and being hidden by Supt Winston Brooks, the School Board, and their establishment media friends) are felony criminal acts; at least six of them; not to mention the other publicly admitted felonies; moving money in evidence to petty cash and keeping no records, just for openers.

They will argue; the felonies are petty and don't warrant prosecution. "They" would be arguing from a position with no authority to make that decision. The authority to make that decision lies with the District Attorney Kari Brandenburg. She at least is accountable to voters should she decide to let them slide for their criminal misconduct.

The District Attorney still has not been given the evidence Houston is citing; the criminal misuse of the NCIC criminal data base to harass APS whistleblowers and to run a quick check on a superintendent's fiancee. Houston doesn't have the authority to forgive and forget felony criminal misconduct.

Heads have yet to roll, even as statutes of limitation continue to expire.

Houston says he's willing to "negotiate" with the leadership of the APS.

He is apparently willing to forget about the four and half year long investigation of felony public corruption being done on itself by the APS Police Department (in order to suppress evidence of felony criminal misconduct), as long as they promise to never do it again;

The public should be provided accurate information of criminal activity on APS property and be fully informed of police activity. Felony-level crimes will be handled by APD or BCSD. Evidence of crimes will be handled by APD or BCSD and in accordance with the law. (emphasis added)

Houston knows that the APS PD is "investigating" felony criminal misconduct by its own leadership, he just doesn't want to see it happen again. He has just admitted his responsibility for felony level criminal investigations, and instead of commencing one (on the cover up) he is instead going to negotiate "forgetness" in exchange for some future accountability.

Not good enough Sheriff.

I am wondering if the rights of the victims of the about to be forgiven felony criminal misconduct will be allowed to sit in on the meetings where justice and their day in court is "negotiated" away.

Will those negotiations be held in secret, or will we get to sit in and watch Houston publicly ignore credible evidence and allegations of a cover up of felony criminal misconduct by the leadership of the APS in order to secure some future concessions to accountability?

Houston/Brown and I are in accord at least, on their closing statement;

"Every APS student should feel safe in their surroundings and should have the knowledge that when crime occurs, there will be consequences."

That process begins by holding adults conspicuously accountable to meaningful standards of conduct and competence.

It's called role modeling.




photo Mark Bralley