Michiganistan Cops Subvert FOIA Requests

[Revoltingest]

The blue wall seeks to shield their communications
from FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) requests.
They plot to hide & destroy evidence, which is a felony.
None have been prosecuted for this.
Top MSP officials using phone apps that keep text messages secret
Excerpted....
LANSING — Top officials at the Michigan State Police have been using text messaging encryption devices that can put their internal communications out of the reach of the Freedom of Information Act and legal discovery, according to admissions the MSP made in a civil lawsuit.

Among those who have downloaded the "end-to-end" encryption applications onto their state-issued phones are a lieutenant-colonel, two majors and two first lieutenants, according to court records obtained by the Free Press.

The use by top MSP officials of the encryption devices — under which text messages, once deleted, can leave no record on either the phone or the state of Michigan server — was disclosed recently in a federal lawsuit brought against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Col. Joseph Gasper, who is the director of the department, and the MSP.

Earlier, the department also admitted that both Gasper, and the manager of the MSP records section, Lori Hinkley, who oversees FOIA requests, had also installed and used the technology on their state phones. But late on Thursday, after the Free Press made inquiries about the encryption apps, the MSP sent the plaintiffs a corrected filing, through the state Attorney General's Office, which denied that Gasper and Hinkley had used the encryption app on their state phones, contrary to the earlier admission.

 

[Revoltingest]

The drama continues....
Michigan State Police Reverse on Use of Messaging App That Can Evade FOIA Requests | Criminal Legal News
Excerpted...
The Michigan State Police (“MSP”) made admissions in a lawsuit revealing that top officials within the MSP used a text-messaging encryption app that causes messages to self-destruct once deleted, leaving no permanent record on officials’ phones or servers. Since then, Colonel Joseph Gasper issued a new policy in February 2021 instructing cops to “remove ‘nonstandard’ applications and to obtain permission before downloading such apps in the future,” Detroit Free Press reports.

Former inspector Michael Hahn sued the MSP, alleging he was fired in retaliation for speaking out against “unlawful racial and gender hiring and promotion preference.” James Fett, the attorney representing Hahn, suspected foul play when his discovery request for communications regarding the four-month investigation of Hahn by numerous MSP officials garnered almost no messages. In response to Fett’s motion to compel, Assistant Attorney General Mark Donnelly ultimately admitted that MSP Lieutenant Colonel Kyle Bowman, Major Emmitt McGowan, Major Beth Clark, 1st Lieutenant Brody Boucher, and 1st Lieutenant Jason Nemecek used the Signal encryption app on their state-issued cellphones that had the self-destruct feature.

While encryption is necessary to protect sensitive inter-agency communications from hackers and criminals, those encrypted messages must be stored to allow retrieval for such purposes as Freedom of Information Act requests and discovery requests during litigation. But the Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget (“MDTMB”) has thus far not restricted or forbidden use of apps that do not create permanent records of official communications.

When asked if employees are permitted to use encryption apps on their state-issued phones, MDTMB spokesman Caleb Buhs answered that it’s allowed “if the application is for legitimate state business.” But when asked to give examples of legitimate state business that permitted no record of official communications between state employees, Buhs did not respond. Judging by a lack of response and the MDTMB’s inaction, this lack of government transparency and failure to record government actions will have to be remedied through litigation. Gasper’s policy is a first step.

 

[Nakosis]

The blue wall seeks to shield their communications
from FOIA (Freedom Of Information Act) requests.
They plot to hide & destroy evidence, which is a felony.
None have been prosecuted for this.
Top MSP officials using phone apps that keep text messages secret
Excerpted....
LANSING — Top officials at the Michigan State Police have been using text messaging encryption devices that can put their internal communications out of the reach of the Freedom of Information Act and legal discovery, according to admissions the MSP made in a civil lawsuit.

Among those who have downloaded the "end-to-end" encryption applications onto their state-issued phones are a lieutenant-colonel, two majors and two first lieutenants, according to court records obtained by the Free Press.

The use by top MSP officials of the encryption devices — under which text messages, once deleted, can leave no record on either the phone or the state of Michigan server — was disclosed recently in a federal lawsuit brought against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Col. Joseph Gasper, who is the director of the department, and the MSP.

Earlier, the department also admitted that both Gasper, and the manager of the MSP records section, Lori Hinkley, who oversees FOIA requests, had also installed and used the technology on their state phones. But late on Thursday, after the Free Press made inquiries about the encryption apps, the MSP sent the plaintiffs a corrected filing, through the state Attorney General's Office, which denied that Gasper and Hinkley had used the encryption app on their state phones, contrary to the earlier admission.

I think Congress needs to introduce a Standard for law enforcement that any citizen can hold any one in the legal system to.
Then run audits on a regular basis to certify each local municipality.

 

[Revoltingest]

I think Congress needs to introduce a Standard for law enforcement that any citizen can hold any one in the legal system to.
Then run audits on a regular basis to certify each local municipality.

We do have civilian "auditors", who regularly do
things which they've a right to do, but provoke
a police response. They "audit" the cops' actions.
The youtube channel, "Audit The Audit", examines
these interactions, with commentary & grading
behavior of the cops & auditors.

 

[Eyes to See]

The government and the police that govern the citizens are only as good as the people. Because they are taken from the people and a part of the people. What I see is the truth of God's word when it says that humans cannot govern themselves.

"I well know, O Jehovah, that man’s way does not belong to him. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step."-Jeremiah 10:23.

I also see evidence in Satan ruling the world behind the vast corruption in all strata of society, from big business, to governments, to the governing police forces in different nations:

"The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one."-1 John 5:19.

This takes in a lot more than just corrupt police forces, it has to do with why there is so much crime and poverty, homelessness in numbers unheard of in major cities everywhere, especially in affluent and well to do societies.

People that take part of these failed systems are doomed to failure and disillusionment no matter how well-intentioned or enthusiastic in the idea that things are going to change by their own doing. Forces far greater and sinister than any human are at work:

"Woe for the earth and for the sea, because the Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing that he has a short period of time.”-Revelation 12:12.

There is a reason why man's number is 666. And corruption in the police forces around the world is just another example of why that number is so fitting of humankind.

The divine number of perfection is 7. 6 is 1 short of 7. It doesn't make the mark. 6 will always be missing. It is incomplete, it is the mark of sin. Three 6s represent the gross inability of humankind to rule himself or solve his own problems. Look at how evil and corrupt human governance is, how it has failed miserably, how it continues to fail, and how it will ultimately fail all humankind in the near future and understand the accurate depiction of that number 666!

 

[Brickjectivity]

The government and the police that govern the citizens are only as good as the people. Because they are taken from the people and a part of the people.

They actually tend to be not drawn in such a general way. There are certain aspects of police work which attract vigilante types while repelling most other people. The pay is not always good enough to attract the general population, nor is the risk compelling. You'll always get people seeking police jobs who want to see action, like people who want to kill or who were thinking about joining the marines instead. You're not getting people who were thinking about being zookeepers, librarians and daycare workers. Its a different set that police work attracts.

 

[Revoltingest]

The government and the police that govern the citizens are only as good as the people.

That's what should change.
Cops should be better....better trained...better
educated...better able to handle stressful
situation....better control over emotions.