FL! ...Runs Facebook Ads Specifically Recruiting Arrested/Disciplined Police Officers Nationwide

[babylonsister]

This is my county. THIS should also be illegal.

Brevard Police Union Runs Facebook Ads Specifically Recruiting Arrested/Disciplined Police Officers Nationwide
By Lillian M. Hernández Caraballo -
June 8, 2020


In a show of solidarity, the Brevard County chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police posted a call to their Facebook page on Saturday offering to hire the officers in Buffalo, New York, and Atlanta involved in or in support of a recent streak of high-profile cases of police brutality.

The F.O.P. is the world’s largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers, with more than 330,000 members in more than 2,200 union-like labor and fraternal lodges that offer “full-service member representation.”

The post, made at 1:21 a.m., said, “Hey Buffalo 57… and Atlanta 6… we are hiring in Florida. Lower taxes, no spineless leadership, or dumb mayors rambling on at press conferences… Plus… we got your back! #lawandorderFlorida #movetowhereyouare.”

The Brevard County F.O.P. seemed to directly address the 57 police officers who willfully resigned their duties in Buffalo, New York, as a show of solidarity after two of their peers were suspended and charged for the violent shoving of a 75-year-old unarmed, peaceful man on Thursday at a rally protesting police brutality. On the video, victim Martin Gugino is seen calmly approaching the officers, when they yelled at him to get out of the way, then pushed him to the ground. Gugino laid unconscious and bleeding profusely, as several other officers stepped over him and continued walking without administering aid.

The post also called out to the six ex-police officers in Atlanta who were charged for violently arresting, assaulting, and tasing two unarmed college students, Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young, on May 29. Pilgrim and Young were not protesting that evening; the officers chased them, smashed their car windows, dragged them out, and assaulted them, breaking Young’s wrist, and tasing him for hours.

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https://thespacecoastrocket.com/brevard-police-union-runs-facebook-ads-specifically-recruiting-arrested-disciplined-police-officers-nationwide/

[demmiblue]

1. Wow, just when you think you've seen it all.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Perfect illustration of how cops are not there to serve and protect the public

but to serve and protect themselves.

[soothsayer]

3. Bad apples or rotten orchards?

Seems like the latter.

[samsingh]

20. its many orchards

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Holy. Fucking. Shit. Also, keep your eyes on the WH today - Trump is meeting w/ LEO's today

No idea about what.

A scenario that is increasing in plausibility is one where Trump recruits / utilizes bad police officers into some sort of paramilitary force (either under Barr's DoJ or another shadow org run by Trump himself).

Another thing to watch is whether the "Green Zoning" of the WH is dismantled or not when the protests recede. If not, it means they're girding for November, when Trump loses the election.

Vigilance.

[Harker]

10. I think we can presume his underlying attitude.

I haven't forgotten his ridicule of those who would protect the heads of arrestees while putting them into police cars... "please, don't be too nice."

Edited to add: Or the smiling, clapping cops behind him in the audience.

[Hav]

5. "We got your back" when you beat up and murder people,

when you push the elderly to the ground until blood comes out of their ears and when you shoot rubber bullets at people in wheelchairs.
Is there any decent police union out there or are all of them like a corrupt mob sending out their thugs to brutalize the people who they are supposed to serve and protect?

[KS Toronado]

21. The "Plus... we got your back!" line really got to me also

Kinda implying " we'll serve & protect you while you don't serve & protect our citizens"

[FM123]

7. Just wow.

In Brevard of all place! Love the space coast - spent so many summers taking the kids up to Cape Canaveral or Cocoa Beach... Just can't stand the idea that they are actively seeking to grow a whole rotten police orchard up there.

[SharonClark]

8. BCFOP doesn't hire anyone, LEs are hired by their local governments or sheriff's departments.

From their webpage. . .
"The Brevard County Fraternal Order of Police currently has over 600 full time members, which consist of police officers, sheriff’s deputies, and other law enforcement officers within Brevard County. Though we are a fraternal, non-profit organization, contributions are not tax-deductible. I trust you will deem the many endeavors and challenges we face worthy of your continued investment. Support from concerned citizens such as yourself are crucial in our fight for superior law enforcement and safe, protected communities here in Brevard County."

I'd like to see the response of local leaders throughout Brevard County to this disgusting ad.

[rockfordfile]

9. If true, then this shows how corrupt the gop are in Florida

[Miguelito Loveless]

11. So, they intentionally recruits cops

involved in illegal, violent conduct. The come and work there, then abuse/murder locals. In the ensuing criminal/civil trials what will be their defense?

[Aviation Pro]

12. This is why douchecanoes need to be decertified in addition to being fired

County jumping is prolific.

[bringthePaine]

24. good call!

[Sloumeau]

13. I can see the commercial now...

"If you think you are above the law, then you belong in Brevard. Here, we *all* think that we are above the law! Do what you want--in Brevard!"

[Python boot]

14. Unpatriotic florida

Let us not forget that during the revolutionary war, Florida was a Tory colony. Unpatriotic from the start.

[pecosbob]

15. SPLC should declare many police unions to be hate groups

[Paladin]

16. Jackboots and red armbands, free of charge. (nt)

[louzke9]

17. LOW TAXES, EH!

Watch those taxes go up after having to pay out multiple large SETTLEMENTS to victims of police brutality! Just what ANY county needs....A police force of misfits!

[Scarsdale]

18. Why not add

"Come to Florida, we have many, many old people you can push around" Tells a lot about the caliber of recruits Florida wants for their law enforcement, doesn't it?

[JDC]

19. This feels like BS to me. Their Facebook ad?

[obamanut2012]

25. It isn't BS, it's true

The BCFOP bought FB ads.

[JDC]

26. Seems so inconceivable. I guess it's one more reason

To not go to Florida.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. See this article

Brevard County Fraternal Order of Police: disciplined and jailed cops should apply here

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and J.D. Gallop, Florida Today Published 12:05 p.m. ET June 8, 2020 | Updated 12:10 p.m. ET June 8, 2020


A Brevard chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police posted a now deleted advertisement over the weekend calling on those officers involved in violent incidents in Buffalo, NY and Atlanta, GA, to join the ranks of local police agencies, drawing howls of outrage from citizens across Florida.

"Hey Buffalo 57... and Atlanta 6... we are hiring in Florida. Lower taxes, no spineless leadership, or dumb mayors rambling on at press conferences... Plus... we got your back! #lawandorderFlorida," reads the June 6 post made at 1:21 a.m on the Brevard County F.O.P. Facebook page. The post, deleted sometime Monday morning garnered over 2,000 comment and 1,000 shares.



The Fraternal Order of Police is the largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers in the country, representing some 300,000 members across some 2,000 local "lodges." Critics say the organization is a major obstacle to policing reform through their advocacy and deep ties to police unions.

The President of the Brevard County lodge acknowledged that the post was legitimate and defended its recruiting efforts as well as the actions of the Buffalo and Atlanta police officers involved in the widely condemned incidents. Some of those officers have been arrested and face criminal charges.

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2020/06/08/brevard-county-fraternal-order-police-facebook-posts-draw-ire/5317923002/

[samsingh]

22. with this level of shamelessness in public

imagine how horrible some cops can be when no one's looking

[IronLionZion]

23. Florida likes to hire only the worst people

as a way to encourage more brutality without consequences. I guess they want the liberals living there to learn their place.

[CaptainTruth]

27. Oh FFS. That's where I live.

Folks say Lieutenant Bert Gamin of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office is the admin for the page & the one who wrote posts.

[babylonsister]

28. Me, too.

[marie999]

29. F.O.Ps do not hire police in Florida.

The Civil Service board's examiner and 2 police officers, usually a captain and a lieutenant, interview all prospective applicants. My husband was the chief examiner on the board of one Florida city. Even though he was only 1 of 3 doing the interviews, he did give 0s to some which made it impossible for them to make the list. He gave, in writing, his reasons to human resources even though no one could change his vote. He was hired, at no pay, by the mayor and the city council. He did have to take an oath of office. Of course, there can be problems even with that, but it is probably the best way to hire LEOs.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. It's not the FOP "hiring"

It's the FOP putting a megaphone on their dog whistle to let corrupt cops know that the county is "recruiting" and that they can "apply" for jobs there, with assurances that the FOP will fight tooth and nail for them should they decide to give it try.

It's called "the good old boys club".

The FOPs (and notably even here in Philly - FOP Lodge 5) are the "NRA"s of the cities, with almost unlimited resources and power to make or break a locality's elected officials and governmental structure whenever the term "police reform" is even uttered. They need to be "hoist on their own petard" as the saying goes, for once and for all.

[marie999]

32. I agree.

The unions have too much power and that must be stopped.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. You might recall 6 years ago

the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing that had been created by E.O. by President Obama in 2014 following the Ferguson, MO unrest after the death of Michael Brown.

The final report in 2015 is here - https://cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/taskforce/taskforce_finalreport.pdf

Aside from lots of so and so "should do this"s and so and so "should do that"s, there was money set aside for body cameras and that's probably about the only thing that came out of it. The problem even with that is the selective "use" of them by cops (deciding when to turn on or off). The FOP has pretty much blocked everything else.