On November 1, Captain O’Neal of Fort Bragg Police Department along with 3 out of 4 members of his force implemented a sophisticated operation to steal a vehicle belonging to our chief editor.
Fraudulent Radio Traffic
Our chief editor Daniel Kisliuk was sitting in his car, a 2011 Nissan Leaf, when he heard radio traffic begin about an injured tabby reported to be travelling northbound from the oak street market towards redwood street. Daniel lost his cat a few years ago when he was forced to abruptly move due to a family blunder, and hasn’t given up hope that his cat is still alive & can eventually be found. The description of the cat resembled the cat belonging to our chief editor, and additionally there had been reports of juveniles torturing cats recently.
Upon hearing the reports of an injured tabby in the same general area the cat was lost, our chief editor became very concerned. Daniel travelled to the corner of redwood & harold streets to see an empty block. It seemed odd to Daniel, as Officer Baker had informed Captain O’Neal that he was ’97’ checking the area, but his vehicle was nowhere to be seen. Daniel could tell that Baker had lied about his location, but since the cat had been lost in the same area he continued to search for the cat anyway. Captain O’Neal continued asking Baker over the radio where he was & whether he had found the animal. Officer Baker informed Captain O’Neal that he was at the entrance to Otis Johnson Park, but again he was not at that location.
After a swift trip through Otis Johnson Park, our chief editor began walking back to his car parked behind the fire station.
Diversion
When he returned to the parking lot, he saw Captain O’Neal in the place of his vehicle along with his entire police force. Our chief editor quickly realized that his car was gone, and began talking to the officers about why they towed his car, knowing it was occupied & parked in a reasonable place.
Officer O’Neal began blaming our editor for not overcoming his financial troubles quickly enough. As our chief editor continued to argue with Captain O’Neal, he suddenly realized that Captain O’Neal had fabricated the call about the injured cat in order to create a diversion & draw him away from his vehicle. At this point our chief editor became much more emotional & frustrated, as O’Neal had sat down with his whole taxpayer-funded police force to pull off this dirty trick.
Our chief editor did his very best to restrain himself in these circumstances, but was ultimately arrested for expressing his emotional frustration. There is an open court case about this incident.
Police will say that they had every right to tow our editors vehicle since the registration was expired, however that’s not the real issue in this situation. The question is why Captain O’Neal thinks it’s reasonable to plan fabricated calls about injured animals with the support of his entire subordinate police force. Obviously there is more productive & meaningful ways to spend your time as a policeman than looking for cars to tow, but to spend this much time planning a diversion to separate someone from their vehicle is very meaningful. Clearly O’Neal was targeting our chief editor for personal or political reasons, which is totally unprofessional conduct for a captain of an entire police force.
Instead of paying close attention to real issues in the community, Captain O’Neal spends his time & your tax dollars desperately looking for ways to punish political opponents. He feels he is entitled to use his entire police force doing so.
Call on Captain O’Neal to resign today before he makes up a fraudulent call about your pet so that he can steal your car.
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