I based my statements on his testimony at the trial, elicited by the prosecutor. As you recall, the prosecutor went on at such length about Dilley's wonderful record that the defense actually objected as to relevance.

Bruce

I noticed that the persecutor was trying very hard to make Dilley look like someone other than the gutter thug with a badge that he is for some strange reason.

If I were this clown's supervisor, he would be on reduced hours, on foot patrol in the long-term parking area. And if he didn't screw up, I'd let him have a radio that worked next shift.

ABQ Airport Police are thought to have erased the camera not TSA.

Point taken. It's still very difficult to really erase files. I'd lay 50/50 odds on being able to retrieve the files. I'm a bit of a techie, and failing that, there are some real experts available for this type of retrieval

Umm... Phil said he retrieved it and it was used at the trial. The video has
been discussed here numerous times.

Now that is really scary, imagine how many of his 'tricks' he taught new recruits.

Oops. I had not read the entire thread. Thanks
I'll leave quietly

New Mexico v. Phillip Mocek: no talk of any internal affairs investigations allowed
 

Ah. As you might guess, since the trial, I have doubts about his credibility.

And as you might recall, during preliminary motions (#5, from 14:25 to 17:06 in the audio recording made by IDP), we were barred from mentioning any police internal affairs investigations during the trial.

Judge Fitzwater: "The state is concerned that defense is going to raise the issue that there is an internal affairs complaint or that there's a civil matter hanging on this."

Defense attorney (Hollander): "Your honor, in our discovery motion, we asked for Brady and Giglio as we always do. I learned yesterday that there were some incidents, I believe, involving one of the officers that were serious. I called counsel and said, `What I've learned is hearsay. I want you to check it out, and I want you to represent to the court whether there's Giglio information and Brady information which we should add to this case.' I can only rely on his representation. He says that there isn't."

The prosecutor (Drebing) said he didn't have access to personnel records or IA investigations, but made some inquiry and could represent that based on what was represented to him, there was nothing to be disclosed at that time.

Obviously, I don't have any information about any Albuquerque Police Department or Albuquerque Aviation Police Department internal affairs investigation of Officer Bobby Dilley, Officer Landrow Wiggins, or Officer Julio De La Peña (these are the only three officers who were ever on the prosecution's witness list; we interviewed all three of them; only Dilley testified). If anyone else does, I think lots of people would find it interesting.

Officer De La Peña worked about 26 years as a police officer in schools, and has worked for AAPD for about eight years since. Officer Wiggins worked two years with AAPD, 20 years security with Isleta Pueblo, then back to AAPD. Officer Dilley worked for the Albuquerque Police Department for 20 years, part of which was in "narcotics" (prohibited drugs / controlled substances of all sorts, not just narcotics) investigations, before retiring and then working for the aviation police.

Does that mean the investigation (if there even was one) as to what happened to your camera while it was out of your hands has been closed?

Here's a start: http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro...ro06-10-06.htm

He was sued seven times for in federal court for civil rights violations during the period he was working narcotics. The allegations involved false arrest, bad searches, excessive force and in one case, the seizure of $67,000.00 without a warrant or probable cause. It looks like five of the suits were settled including the cash one. The two suits filed by prisoners were never evaluated on their merits likely because judges don't take prisoners' suits seriously, especially after the PLRA.

Did you have CDC stuff on you when you were arrested?

You should PM the moderators or use the report bad post button to convey such requests.

So he has a temper on him. He also doesn't like electronic media.

I had so much CDC stuff Wiggins put my backpack in a wheelchair to roll to the office
 

Probably 40 pounds of it:

• Cannabis Defense Coalition printed materials (e.g., our Washington State Medical Cannabis Primer and Courtroom Observation Companion, donation envelopes),
• completed signup sheets for our cdc-alerts e-mail newsletter,
• Washington State Potline business cards ("Report medical marijuana arrests" along with contact information on one side, and "Know these phrases: `I do not consent to any searches,' `I refuse to answer any questions,' `Can I call my Lawyer?' and `Am I free to go?'" on the other),
• stickers: ("Stop arresting medical marijuana patients" stickers with our name & contact info),
• buttons ("Stop arresting patients"),
• about 75 t-shirts (with various combinations of our logo, "No plea for me," and "RCW 69.51A: Voter approved since 1998," silk-screened on them),
• and an eight-foot banner that shows our name, Web address, and "Report a bust: Washington State Potline: 888-208-5332"

I also had multiple brochures and business cards from various other drug-policy-focused groups whose representatives I met with at the DPA conference.

This was on Wiggins' belt tape:
While he and Wiggins were searching through my bags full of political materials, Dilley said:

That's pretty much what I thought about that article. That and, "I just fell down the stairs. It's nothing, really." The fact that the alleged victim's confidant, District Court Judge Murdoch, says he heard them arguing when he phoned, and was prompted to send over the police over to check on her safety, suggests that it was quite a heated argument.

But people are accused of things they didn't do all the time.

That guy who just shot all those people in Tuscon was a MySpace user, too. I think we should steer clear of these people.

Ah, but we've been reliably informed that not guilty is not the same as innocent. ;)

Found This for Phil
 

Not sure if this contributes anything but I did find this on Dilley from the first quarter of 2005 in the New Mexico District Court - Litigation Department:

Robert F. Dilley and James F. Vautier v. City of Albuquerque and John Doe Insurance Company. Complaint was Breach of Contract and Statutory Duty and Declaratory Relief.