Indiana police chief arrested on 17 felony charges
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2023
- ISP said in a release Harlis Steven Hoover allegedly defrauded a man he borrowed thousands from. Officials also found multiple instances of "ghost employment" by Hoover where he would take care of personal businesswhile claiming to be on duty as the police chief.
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42 years but 12,500 for bond. If that doesn’t describe the bias treatment police get then I don’t know what else does.
If you or I would have done the exact same thing our bail would have been a lot more than 12,500.00
I got 50,000 doller bond in Tennessee on a false domestic charge from x wife.
I was in Oregon at the time.
She got nothing for lying.
@@sharthun2009 all cops lie and cover up for each other, there's plenty more crooked cops out there.
$12,500 .. so for 10% thru a bondman he'll be out for $1250 ?? CMON that's INSANE
They’re not violent offenses
I believe a camera in the courtroom is a must
Nope. People show off for the cameras. They have security cameras in there.
They don't want cameras in the court, so you can't show the world how the corrupt courts operate. It's literally for that reason.
@@cooldaddyslick6869🤡
@@cooldaddyslick6869 that's weak
Yes, but does it make it harder for the accusers to come forward and testify? It's really hard to report some of these crimes, especially in a small town. You get a lot of pushback from other's.
Abolish qualified immunity
They did in Colorado
It just made the low life’s that much crazier
The whole country is corrupt but you were raised not to see it.
Qualified immunity is for civil lawsuits. Not criminal. Geesh.
@@phillipmarlowe0525 you are 100% correct! they do need to do something with the corruption that is deeply embedded in the policing system.
"Abolish" leaves to much nuance to prevent reoccurance, we need to *REVOKE* qualified immunity and provoke individual liability insurance for LEOs, you know, like how the government did to us with vehicle and medical insurance?
How does ANYONE become a police chief in only 6 years of being an officer?
Easy. As long as he fulfilled the list of his superior.
Go to every meeting and pay your dues at the lodge. Easy
Nobody else wanted this position
Good question?
The average police officer's career is less than 2 years. A cop with 6 years experience is an OG.
Seventeen felony charges and his bond is only twelve thousand five hundred dollars. I guess blue privilege is alive and well in Indiana.
Unless they were violent crimes or he's a flight risk there's no reason to lock him up without proving his guilt first.
Guess you don't understand the bond process.
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Jamey Noel.
Indiana
Bail is not punishment, it's to ensure he appears in court. Obviously not much chance of him going on the run.
42 Years in prison will quite likely be reduced to 42 hours of desk-duty with full pay, as that is how disgustingly corrupt police "officers" get "punished" normally.
In reality if they do care for the law, this highly criminal uniformed pos should face at least twice 42 years, for "citizens safety".
Yep!!! Tldr: He borrowed $ from another gov't, in lieu of a "big bust", that never came...Other gov't needed theor $ back, or at least something to show for it...Oops!
If he would have only victimized citizens maybe, but he took government money and now he's not considered in the "club".
@@se7enspac3sthat is so disgustingly true. Good point!
Keep voting to give the government more power, though.
@@jbarker2160 exactly
Everyone involved with his appointment to chief should also be investigated.
12k bail is a slap in the face to the tax payers. Anybody else would be locked up until their court date or a bond that they couldn't afford would have to be posted
If you think that it's very clear you have very little, if any, experience in the legal system.
Bail is not punishment, it's to ensure he appears in court. Obviously not much chance of him going on the run.
@@MeerkatADVnoone said its punishment...duh he hasnt been tried..its just far from the norm esp 17 charges! Just 1,200 out of his pocket & a gross embarrassment to the office.
@drk.i.a.2969 again, the bond is simply to ensure he appears in court. Not much chance of him going on the run, hence a smaller bond.
Preach!!!!
The cop didn’t do this all by himself. I’m sure he had a few other cops in on the fraud with him.
Why aren't you calling up the Indiana State Police and offering to help them with this investigation, in that case? You seem to know a lot about it.
@@meatpopsicle1567foh...must have struck a nerve
@@greenearthblueskies8556 It's a legitimate question of a person who seems to know something. Why were you triggered by it?
Yeah, literally all of them. Otherwise he would have been arrested by one of his own cops, instead of the State Police.
@@LarsLarsen77 What ever happened to "We investigated ourselves and we found nothing wrong?"
Thanks for the people who stood up and reported him to the state police.
Im soooo surprised! Wow, a cop did something that was despicable?
😂exactly
I'm shocked.
it always " Back the Blue " tho
Corruption is knee deep in all police stations
Cronyism nepotism locals 💰💰💰
No, it's not.
47438 ?
Yes it is--you just don't hear about it is all. I know my local police are as corrupt as can be. 3 just got prison sentences for excessive force on an innocent man.@@meatpopsicle1567
@@meatpopsicle1567 Yes it is.
He will be allowed to plead down to "Pissing in the street" and get 2 weeks home confinement!
Na. He’ll agree to give up his police certification in exchange for probation
Probably those two weeks paid too.
@@MarkS-zy2nw you’re kidding right? Theyre “sovereign citizens” , he’ll just move to a new state and get hired immediately
With pay.
I think he bribed the judge as well. Seventeen felonies, and a twelve thousand dollar bond. WTF
What if that is all the judge is limited to by law? Judges must also abide by the law, too. If the state legislature sets a bail for a crime at a certain level, judges cannot arbitrarily go above it.
Yes they fucking can! They don't even have to give you bail at all! @@meatpopsicle1567
We should all report the judge
@@scorpiochelle To whom?
Bail is not punishment, it's to ensure he appears in court. Obviously not much chance of him going on the run.
He is not the only one. Think about the thousands across the country.
Lol white issues⚪️🗑️💩🍩🐷🤡🚔
Yup
Is it worse that there are plenty that don’t expose the truth?
they just go to small villages and get hired. No matter what the charge.
And how about the hundreds of thousands that perform their job everyday without a blemish on their record. You folks are disgusting! Just because some teachers prey on their students do we condemn all teachers?? Same logic.
A police chief accused of wrongdoing ??? I am SHOCKED I tell you...
I am not....
@@sircampbell1249 I was being a little sarcastic :)
I am shocked anyone is doing something about it. That in itself makes the allegations suspicious. He very well could be getting framed for trying to clean up a corrupt police department. Wich sounds more believable.
6 years on and a Chief?! And 12k bail?! Jesus. What kind of city council is so dim that they would allow this? The pay must be staggeringly low as are the standards for employment.
Bail is not punishment, it's to ensure he appears in court. Obviously not much chance of him going on the run.
Also, Acting chief. They probably couldn't get anyone to take the job full time for what they were willing to pay. And this was the only guy already on the payroll willing to take it, because he didn't plan to live on just the paycheck.
Rising Sun isnt the best educated town in Indiana
@@peterrose5373yeah that’s true nobody would take the job so they had this guy be the chief
Sounds like the police chief in Jerseyville, IL to me.
The local judge ignores his felonies too.
Yes. The judge here is a former prosecutor. He is also crooked.
This 0one's only locked up because he crossed the wrong one...Borrowed tax $ on spec of a large seizure...That never came...
"Democrats".
@@cattinkerbell4946 "Moron"
The Vincennes Indiana chief of police stole over 30 thousand dollars from the evidence vault and his sentence was probation.
Now THAT'S cronyism!!!!!
Police they are not your friends. And they are not here to help you. Stay away from them
In westminster Colorado a cop arrested a guy for holding a sign that said f u c《
bad cops.
Judge convicted him and gets 30day.
While going through the courts the same cop graped a girl who he was to be transporting to her home for safety.
He got 30 days from the same judge
@@joeavery6344 Especially stay away from the police if you beat your wife regularly, break into other peoples' cars, shoplift from Walmart, get into a lot of bar fights, drive drunk a lot, burglarize other peoples' houses in your neighborhood, snatch purses from old women, or molest children. Which of these keeps you from being near the police?
Police chief in livingston tennessee stole 27,000 dollars in cash,and he also stole a lot of drugs.The state auditor didnt charge him,and left it up to city counsel.They didnt do anything,and let him go.He didnt have to pay back the money either.Its state records,so anybody can look it up.Greg etheridge was the p.o.s that did it.What a scumbag.
Bring back cameras in court rooms. Keep them honest.
Everything should be televised so their city can see what's going on transparently.
Judges, prosecutors and cops work to protect each other. Special prosecutors should always be appointed when any of the three are charged. What happened to higher standards when none of them are ever held accountable.
Ex-presidents can commit any crime they want, so why not the cops?
Yep hire a good lawyer as a special prosecutor and let him go through the officers files and arrests.
Absolutely it's all one big circle jerk of kikolo cowards.
This might be the most corrupt criminally unjust system of justice and courts of lawlessness the world has ever seen.
Literally, It's all about the money.
they are all crooks and tyrants. the largest organized crime syndicate in the world
Only 17? What else is the prosecutor helping cover up?
very good question.
$12.5K for bail on 17 felonies? That's a great deal and leads me to believe that he will be treated preferentially. Not only with the charging of further misdeeds, but with his prosecution and, if warranted, sentencing. E.g. The cop in Glendale, Arizonia that dragged a passenger out of a car and tased him in the groin because the passenger wouldn't provide ID. The cop didn't get jail or probation and only had to pay $115 in court costs. The cop did have to forfeit his peace officer license, but he gets to keep his pension and his disability payout.
Over
They’re minor non violent crimes. That standard for anyone. Bail isn’t a punishment, it’s just a number they decided based on how much of a flight risk you are.
The crime has nothing to do with bail. It should have been a PR bond.
Bail is to ensure appearance in court nothing more
Cops are not ever treated like criminals
17 felony charges and is bond is 12 k. Houston we have a problem. Looks like the hole town may be on the take. The judge thinks everything is just fine.
The judge is no better.
meh
In Indiana, a Level 6 felony is the least serious felony offense. The maximum sentence for a Level 6 felony is 2.5 years in county jail and a fine of up to $10,000 .
Not the point, at all!!! The fact is, two "justice systems", co-exist; One mock system for them, and another for everyone else!!! The onlt ime a cop will receive a normal sentence is when their crimes are too reprehensible to ignore...
"Democrat" judge you mean.
Judges can set bail only up to the limit authorized by state law.
Cops sheriff state troopers are doing the same all over the country.
and for many years ! = no immunity - jail .
To all cops: You want your respect back? THEN EARN OUR TRUST BACK! It's BS like this that proves why NONE OF YOU DESERVE ANYTHING! Properly educate yourselves. End qualified immunity. Make each officer personally liable. As long as you fear integrity and accountability, you are NOT the good guys!
To be clear, this is a challenge to all, IF ANY, good cops to help change the whole CORRUPT SYSTEM! PROVE YOURSELVES WORTHY OF THE BADGE AND STOP THE INSANITY
"The Thin Blue Line" comes first in their eyes, well above doing what is right. If it comes down to you or them you will always be on the shitty end of the stick.
@michaelccopelandsr7120
You sure are right on the money! If good cops exist they'd advocate for the abolition of qualified immunity, for body cams to be running 100% during interactions, full unrestricted transparency, they would expose corruption and they would fulfill the oath they swore to uphold!
In a society that has abandoned morality, having any authority figures is quite dangerous and will inevitably lead to abuse & corruption. Absent morality we are better off in an anarchist society.
This is how you earn trust back. So glad that the state police didn't just look the other way. Seems to have worked in this case.
@@tira2145It would appear he was able to rack up a substantial amount of felony charges, it doesn't earn back any trust from me. What did he finally do that made them go after him? What was he doing up until they came after him that prevented them doing so before that point?
End qualified immunity
Time for a federal investigation into this department
You mean every department. The are all corrupt including the Feds
The Feds are too busy in Phoenix. They've been there for over two years.
I agree. It looks to me like this guy is getting framed. He was probably trying to clean up this corrupt police department. If he was actually doing these things nobody would have ever said a thing.
Oh, do you mean the same Feds who arrest little old ladies for singing hymns outside abortion clinics and who put soccer moms on terror watch lists for criticizing their school boards? Those Feds?
Both of you are actually really stupid no need for an investigation every cop that worked for the RSPD is a good cop besides that chief and besides they department got disbanded for a low amount of officers and they all work for the county sheriff now
Remember kids, if you are lost or need help find a policeman . They are honest people that are here to keep you safe .......................
Hows that tongue feeling planted deep into the side of your mouth.
Find a firefighter.
@@kateruterbories2692 👍👍
you can find them at the local donut shop
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This is the norm, not the exception when it comes to bad police
Disgusting! He should be held accountable.
As one that's been aware of corruption within law enforcement, it's nice to see some brought to light... be even better to see actual justice served. So many know & have known of this type of corruption, as there is a long standing joke regarding fulfilling gov contracts (for instance: the joke of 5 road crew guys standing around for hrs watching 1 guy work= fraud of lesser severity; cops using state issued equipment, vehicle, & status to provide security for private business... It goes on & on, many of us witness this fraud & corruption on the daily and just accept it as the norm) it's surprising to see something actually being done.
I said something about that in the comments of another vid and somebody was like "company car". That just doesn't sound right when it's taxpayer money.
I have only one question. Where the hell was the oversight?
The what? Good one........
Shocker! Another criminal with a badge. 6 year vet? How many peoples lives has ge ruined, cheated or lied about? Held to no standards.
They will investigate themselves, and they will give him a paid vacation🤷🏽♂️
Cops make the best criminals.
Not surprised. But the complete truth will never be shared with us common folk. That's what happens when one criminal org "investigates" another.
If the chief was that bad, I’m sure his deputies were also fabricating time cards and running a corrupt department together. Their other money making hustles like writing traffic citations should be investigated as well. If he was that bold, all his buddies at work were in on it too. He should be fired and whole department overhauled.
There is a lot more to be investigated and charged. Six years experience and he is a chief?🤔🤔🤔
As a Canadian, I'm wondering how possibly a person with only 6 years policing experience gets hired on as a Chief of Police. Here, that person would be a moderately experienced constable at best.
down south does lots of things differently: some legal people from Sheriff to D.A.'s are elected. Old school dies hard. Gerrymandering keeps small cop shops closed to employment other than good ol boys.
Hick town with it is who you know,no different as here in Chicago,clout,runs our police,and a lot of other services,Chicago,like this town! Corrupt!
Nobody would take the job and the RSPD needed a chief and unfortunately this guy got the job
Any judge who receives a personnal financial bennefit from fines or emprissonments is not serving while under good behavior and needs to be dethroned.
Why the hell would any city council make a 6 year "veteran" a chief of police? Mind blown.
The reason this is a story is because it is SO RARE ! It is very rare for a law enforcement officer to be charged with a crime.
Screw that bond should be 1mil.
Must be one of those good ones we are always told about.
How do you become a chief with 6 years of experience?
I know, right?
Hick town.?
Its a town of 5K people and the pay is likely very low so not many/any other applicants.
Donut was a cop for what? 18 months? 6 years is an eternity in cop years.
Guess no one else wanted the job working days, nights, weekends and holidays for the low pay and weak benefits.
Just remember, the police can lie to you without repercussions, if it gets them what they want.
Yes this is 100% true. One of the take aways from forensic psychology is you learn police are legally allowed to lie about having evidence if it gets a confession. Obviously the point is to drag an interrogation for hours in order to do so under the person wanting to have the interrogation over with.
Cops don't become corrupt. Corrupt become cops.
Hard to believe that small a town could have this going on in their own police department, and no one knew about it. Geez the city limit signs are almost back to back.
Sentences for public servants should be doubled. Tripled for law enforcement and quadrupled for elected politicians.
He was a Chief with only 6 year’s experience. That is also a red flag. What is the town thinking? No matter how small they may be. Too much responsibility for a rookie. Yes 6 years isn’t exactly a veteran.
Looks like America needs a max prison for the law officers
12500 dollar bail??? Really? Ive seen people get a higher bond for a single misdemeanor. Sad reality is he won't even get 42 months. Even when they get charged they are still given special treatment.
He has the Ethics and Morals of a Police Officer..
Just scratching the surface. The more you dig the wider it becomes
If they were to investigate every cop 98% of them would be I jail 😒😒
Source?
@@shindrithargriethrat8408ya he's lying. It's 100%
Too young to be a police chief. Very susceptible to corruption.
Gang leader.
How do such people get positions of such power? These types of things don't just happen spontaneously and it is the culture and environment of Law Enforcement that they are above the law and the law does not apply to them. Since nearly all officers have this type of mentality the cover ups and criminal obstruction to hold these men and women accountable is a continuous uphill battle. Law Enforcement is the only position I know of where you don't even have to know your job: most officers know nothing of the laws and statutes they must uphold let alone any of the constitutional privileges afforded to all. It is disgusting to think these people can kill another person with little to no consequence.
Perhaps he is a relative of the Hoover that had tight control and did the same thing with the FBI. Power corrupts!
As far as cameras in the court room go, it is all public record and should not be dis-allowed, in matter of fact there should be a live stream on the internet for every courtroom proceeding no matter how small or large subject matter.
Authority without Accountability never ends well.
This is hysterical, an 18 year old field reporter reporting on a 19 year old police chief. :) I have to say, great job by the Indiana State Police. Can you imagine what this guy might have gotten away with had they not caught him now???? BTW, that was light sarcasm on the youthful looks of both the reporter and the chief.
No jail time and he will be allowed to retire with his pension, per is the usual for corrupt cops.
It’s concerning just how many cops exhibit sociopathic behavior.
No doubt there is a photo or two of him in his dress blues, accepting some sort of award and being praised for "outstanding service to the community."
Wow, he got a jury trial real fast. Let that be 1 of us Peasants doing something like this . We would sit in the cell for years before we even get a trial. And the bond , again a citizen does this 1.5 million bond if any.
The right to a speedy trial tends to be waived by defendants, via their attorney's advice. If you do not waive it, the prosecution has to be prepared to move forward in the timeframe specified by statute in your particular jurisdiction.
I fully agree that the bond in the case is low though. And that most likely does indicate some preferential treatment, imo.
Make Accountability Great Again!
Only 17?? This guy is a Saint of a Cop
No way that no one noticed a problem with this guy until then.
A fish stinks from the head down. A serious investigation of the entire department is sorely needed.
Abolish qualified immunity NOW
How, exactly, do you think Qualified Immunity impacts this situation in any way? (Hint: it doesn't).
In what other profession do you find so much corruption, abuse of power and just plain criminality as we seem to have in so-called law enforcement? Our criminal justice system needs some serious upgrades.
37 years old is too young to be a chief
Exactly. Whenever someone that young works their way up that quick you know they are slimy.
The court found no wrong doing, give the chief a raise and a promotion. We all know how that goes.
Thank you as reporters for investigating crooked cops and government officials
Wrotten from the top down. Always! FTP
I live in Germany. My neighbors who travel to the States often say that they are far more afraid of the police than the criminals in the US.
They have no trouble arresting these guys if it's about the $. When it's abusing citizens they look the other way.
Surprised he hasn't got immunity already for just "doing regular cop stuff".
I'm sure there's no one else in the department that is a scammer.
“Ghost employment”. Finally, someone is hiring these out of work ghost.
LOL NICE ONE JAMES LOL
I am 61 years old. I can't even think of even 1 felony I might have ever committed.
In the iconic words of Mr. Potter, It’s A Wonderful Life: “Malfeasance! Misappropriation of funds! ...”
This must be a shock to all cops. They must be pissed and feel disgraced. But they aren’t and don’t. They are just mad he’s blowing their cover
He’s a 6 year veteran, and was a chief ? Something’s wrong there !!
If you or I would have done the exact same thing our bail would have been a lot more than 12,500.00
2 tier justice system... If it was anyone else facing 17 felonies, it would have been over 100k bond and maybe even an ankle bracelet.
All of them are like this and we the people need to stop this because only we can.
I didn't know borrowing money to buy a car, then not buying the car, was a crime.
There isn’t a single police department in America that isn’t corrupt.
or officer, to be silent is to be part of the corruption, all bad
Typical. This stuff happens all the time.
We're just lucky a news outlet actually reported on it.
Tyrant
Thank you for REPORTING news. About time cops being held accountable
It looks like the "Thin Blue Line" is very crooked in some spots.
Abolish qualified immunity and also sue the police Union instead of charging tax paying citizens that are being violated by these corrupt individuals who chose to uphold and walk the blue line, being a police officer is a choice it's a job and when you choose to violate your oath to protect and serve the people whose tax dollars pay you should be heard loud and clear not some Union and politicians who's self-interest is to cover up more dirt that has been done in this Department because i guarantee you he's not the only one!
Police chief with only 6 years experience. Would expect no less from a country with such poor and uncoordinated approach to policing
They need to investigate ALL of his cases!!
he a cop...sounds about right
Job opening Police Chief Indiana: position is open to anybody with a GED and no experience necessary
This is just unbelievable, selling your services for money. A classic case of of "AMERICAN GREED"