FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
An unknown number of persons, many of whom are suing the Town of
Quartzsite, have in their possession a totally un-redacted complete copy
of "Special Investigations" report, DPS2011027462, which details
the Arizona Department of Public Safety investigation into the
complaints made against Quartzsite Police Chief Jeff Gilbert by 10 out
of 14 members of his own department back in the spring of 2011.
This report is "the smoking gun" which contains, among other evidence,
audits of the AZCJIS/NCIC data base showing that the QPD conducted
hundreds of criminal background checks on a small group of citizens
perceived to be politically opposed to Town officials and targeted them
for "color of law" abuse. Misuse of the National Crime Information
Center data base is a crime.
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne
was given a copy of the report in February of 2012 and he
refused to prosecute what is evidently hundreds of criminal counts
against the Quartzsite Police Department. The AZ Police Officers
Standards and Training Board has refused to take any action to revoke
Police Chief Gilbert's certification. All members of the Quartzsite Town
Council were given a complete copy of this un-redacted DPS report in
August of 2012 and instead of voting to terminate Police Chief Jeff
Gilbert, they brought him back from administrative leave and took
actions that resulted in the termination of members of the Town
administration who had placed him there and attempted to terminate
Gilbert's employment.
My husband and I have filed a civil claim
in U.S. District Court, as documented victims of this illegal pattern
and practice, CV-13-01770-PHX-DGC
The Arizona Municipal Risk
Retention Pool (AMRRP) was the Town's insurer during the period the
documented abuse of the NCIC data base took place and will ultimately be
responsible for paying out damage claims to those in litigation with
the Town over the actions of Town officials during their coverage.
Nearly every municipality in Arizona pays into AMRRP and will share in a
percentage of the loss, when claims are eventually paid out. AMRRP
terminated their coverage for the Town of Quartzsite on January 6th,
2013, after a record number of civil claims and shortly after Town
Manager Laura Bruno's release of an allegedly confidential document to
members of the Town Council.
See: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ncic
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