I decided to call Officer Marshall back about the message he had left the previous day. He made no mention of our prior conversation and just started to ask me a few questions. He asked if I was still working near the airport, but said he couldn’t remember the name of the company. Well, I hadn’t mentioned this to any officers lately, so this told me that he still was keeping information on me from when we last encountered each other in 2003. I told Officer Marshall that I had recently quit my job to return to school. He asked what my school schedule was and I just said that it was pretty irregular.
He then said that if I would give him specific information about my habits, that he would pass this on to the officers who patrol my neighborhood and it would make it easier for them to know when to watch my property. I just gave him a description of my car, saying that if it’s gone, then I probably am also, then I repeated that my schedule is pretty irregular. He then asked that I notify him if I am away from my house for an extended period of time.
At the end of our conversation, Officer Marshall did something truly bizarre. He said “Now you’ve been working with Officers Powell, Kissinger and Monroe on some things, right?” So he mentions the officers that I had felt like I might be building some rapport with and let’s me know that he is aware of my dealings with them. I wonder what that’s about. I suppose that after several years of lying to and ignoring me, burying information related to what is going on here, laughing at me over having my home fire-bombed, and suggesting that I was the cause of the problem, a reasonable explanation is that Marshall suddenly decided to actually start acting like a police officer and help out.
Seriously, this was really bothersome. The same idiotic cop who had recently shown me that he was aligned with the drug dealers is now asking me questions about my schedule and personal habits. Although Officer Marshall did call one other time and left a message, I didn’t return it. As far as I’m concerned, Officer Marshall is a criminal and if he ever shows up on my property, I’ll be calling 911. It’s just really unfortunate that so many FWPD officers still take their orders from this prick.
I wonder if those officers realize that they realize they are working for a criminal, and I wonder if Officer Marshall has as much disregard for these officer’s safety as he does for the citizens here. I know that I gave a lot of information to Marshall back in 2003, and even offered to let FWPD install cameras on my properety. But apparently he never felt it necessary to mention this to anyone else. Sure seems like the cops out on the street, the ones who’s asses are actually in harms way, would have benefited from knowing that they had an ally here. I guess that Officer Marshall just got busy and forgot to mention this to anyone though.
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Phil:
ReplyDeleteOver the years, I've learned a lot, and I've taken a lot (of crap from various sources, both good AND bad), and what I've come away with is that being able to "forgive and forget" might work damn well in the fundamentalist christian realms, but when it comes to life 101, the best thing to do is to keep notes...in CASE you forget.
Forgiving is always optional, dependant upon the circumstances...and the frequency of the person(s) being forgiven.
;)
Stay Safe
B.G.
been thinking of this officer marshall... i dont know what to think. when i do it isnt good eithor. be safe.
ReplyDeleteI'll be writing more about Officer Rice and a few other good officers that I got to know only in the past two years. They are a good counterweight to Officer Marshall.
ReplyDeleteAlways keep in mind that most of what I am writing is about past events. The current events I mention are usually laced with a bit of emotion because - well having people selling drugs and shooting guns just outside of your house does that to a person. I am starting now to write about events during the past couple of years.
Enough time has passed that I can reflect upon them a little more rationally. And this will show that Officer Marshal is probably not representative of the average FWPD officer, just of the Command Staff, which is the real problem with FWPD.
I think he may have only wanted to know what officers were listening to you, so that he could turn them against you.
ReplyDeleteJeanne
Recovered Comment #5
ReplyDeletePhil Marx said...
Jeanne;
If you were unfamiliar with my story, to say that I was suspicious as to Officer Marshall's motives might sound paranoid. But remember, it's only paranoia if someone is not actually out to get you. If someone is trying to harm you, then the same thoughts qualify as self-preservation tactics.
I think I have given enough evidence to cast reasonable suspicion on Officer Marshall's motives. Either he wanted bad things to happen to me or he just didn't give a damn. Regardless, he certainly is not on the right side of the law, in this respect, and that is why I find it troubling that he is a member of FWPD Command Staff.
October 6, 2008 10:24 PM