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Originally posted by Fitch303
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by Xcathdra
Isn't Arizona a hotbed of UFO activity because of the large amount of quartz under the ground there? I thought the whole state hums like a tuning fork. I think we have our answer folks. This is how it starts. Aliens are coming up from underground and trying to take over American towns one at a time. Glad they are meeting with some resistance. This is how those sci-fi films begin.
You're joking right? aliens coming from underground and taking over..........forget to take your meds today?
About 5 pm PST, The Desert Freedom Press learned that under the current "emergency", Police Chief Jeff Gilbert has suspended ALL officers who filed criminal and ethical complaints against him. This leaves only the four officers who chose to stand with the Chief, despite the controversy and ongoing investigation by DPS. La Paz County Sheriff Don Lowery told the Parker Pioneer Newspaper last week, that he had provided back up units to patrol the perimeter of Town Hall during the June 12th council meeting. Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert and Sheriff Lowery served together as officers on the Colorado Indian Tribes Reservation.
The state of Arizona is now investigating allegations of massive corruption among government officials in Quartzsite, Ariz., the town that's the focus of worldwide attention after police forcibly removed a woman from speaking at a town-hall meeting, and where the mayor today says he's not being paid and most local police officers are wrongly being fired and have been ordered not to leave their homes.
"I'm no longer getting paid as mayor," said Ed Foster, the elected head of Quartzsite. "That's not a big deal, but it's in the town code that I get a stipend of $400. If they made a decision to withdraw my stipend, they have to do it in public, so just the decision to do it in private is another violation of the open-meeting law. It's just idiocy."
Quartzsite has become infamous since WND first publicized the ouster of Jennifer Jones, publisher of the Desert Freedom Press, over the vocal objections of Mayor Foster who pleaded with his own police not to remove her.
A video of the June 28 town-hall fiasco posted on YouTube has been viewed more than 100,000 times.
Read more: 'Nazi'-cop town 'firing' officers, stops paying mayor www.wnd.com...
QUARTZSITE, AZ (KPHO) -
Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert on Thursday announced he has placed "select police officers" on paid administrative leave while the department conducts an internal investigation.
Assistant Town Manager Al Johnson, in a written notice to the officers, said nine of the 14 officers in the department will be placed on leave while he conducts the investigation into potential policy and rules violations. A 10th officer, Linda Conley, was placed on leave a day earlier.
The officers signed a letter of "no-confidence" in the police chief and submitted the letter to town and state officials, alleging criminal conduct by the chief and that he had violated department policy.
Johnson's notice to the officers states, among other criteria, that those on paid administrative leave are required to "remain at your place of residence between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and Noon and between the hours of 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday."
Johnson said if they are not at their residences without his approval during those specified times, they could face additional disciplinary action.
Johnson said the investigation is to determine whether the nine officers violated department policy because of the letter's contents.
The Department of Public Safety acknowledged to CBS 5 News last week that it is conducting a criminal investigation of Gilbert. He remains in his post.
Gilbert assured residents that he still has enough officers to "to provide the services necessary for public safety, and response to calls for service."
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PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Department of Public Safety has been asked by the La Paz County sheriff to assist if needed in responding to calls for law enforcement service in the western Arizona town of Quartzsite, 129 miles from Phoenix.
DPS Director Robert Halliday said in a statement Thursday he assured the sheriff the state police are ready to assist if the situation warrants.
The DPS Criminal Investigations Division is involved in an on-going investigation made against law enforcement in Quartzsite.
Last week, the Quartzsite town council ousted the mayor from power and declared a state of emergency.
www.ci.quartzsite.az.us...
Mayor Ed Foster [email protected]
Vice Mayor Barbara Cowell [email protected]
Council Member Bob Kelley [email protected]
Council Member Joe Winslow [email protected]
Council Member Jerry Lukkasson [email protected]
Council Member Patricia Anderson [email protected]
Town Manager
Alex Taft
PO Box 2812 Quartzsite, AZ 85346
928-927-4333