UPDATED: Highly Decorated D.A.R.E. Cop Arrested for Running an Enormous Child Porn Ring
UPDATED: IN RESPONSE TO MEMBER COMMENTS THIS OFFICER’S NAME HAS BEEN REMOVED
Another story from the “it’s not the people on the list you need to watch:
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program should better be called an hilarious exercise in how not to convince kids to keep away from substances the state deems illegal. As cops hopped on their high horses and had children pledge not to do drugs, the rate of drug use skyrocketed — thrusting the country into one of the worst drug epidemics in human history. The hypocrisy by the cops who pushed the D.A.R.E. program has been well-documented over the years, explaining, at least in part, as to why the program was such a failure from the start. Now, another cop who pushed kids to ‘just say no’ has been arrested and accused of disturbing criminal activity.
“XXXXX, a former longtime Beavercreek police officer, was arrested this morning on federal charges of producing, distributing, receiving, transporting and possessing child pornography,” said U.S. Attorney David M. DeVillers. “Additionally, XXXXX is charged with tampering with a witness or informant, according to the statement from the US Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Ohio.
Less than two years before this cop was arrested for running a child porn ring, Officer XXXXX received the “Law Enforcement Officer of the Year” Award. When presented with the honor, the Beavercreek police department praised him for his work with young children.
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Seeing a lot of sympathy here for this individual. But he may have a long road ahead when it comes to accepting responsibility.
Multiple charges of production of CP, plus other charges, that’s very serious.
Sometimes cases such as these don’t even get as far as registration or court-mandated treatment, because of the length of the prison term. Quite different from the typical FAC member who is paying the price for a long-ago decision while trying to better themselves.
The point of sharing this information is to dispel the Myth that the people on this list are the ones we need to watch out for.
In fact, it can be a teacher, coach, police officer or anybody.
Well Said FAC !!!! It is not the people on the Blacklist but those who aren’t
I recently wrote a letter to our (TX) governor and talked about this reality. I told him that they would be more likely to find individuals who prey on children working as police officers than to find any on adult sites, where no one goes to find children. Individuals who like to prey on children are going to be found in positions like this where they are blending in with good people, pretending to be doing good for others. They pretend to be good people, and they work hard at earning people’s trust, so that way no one ever questions or doubts them.
There’s no way that trained professionals are not aware of how these types of individuals really work. Still they continue to look for “child predators” on adult sites, instead of in places where there are children. 🤦🏻♀️
Here’s a good one to share, if you haven’t already:
https://thecrimereport.org/2020/03/12/predators-behind-the-badge-confronting-hidden-police-sexual-misconduct/
This one is interesting too:
https://www.bwjp.org/assets/documents/pdfs/webinars/dhhs-police-sexual-misconduct-a-national-scale-study.pdf
When I was locked up there were all sorts of people with respectable backgrounds such as doctor, teacher, pastor, and ,yes, police officer busted for CP. It’s funny that this article is reacting in somewhat of a shock to all this.
But the faces behind those computer monitors that partake in these activities are everyday people, not some stereotypical caricature in people’s imagination. Not a CSI bad guy of the week where you look at him and say, “Yeah he looks like chomo!” Most people caught with CP are more than just their charges. Alot of them have jobs, pay taxes, and have families. Some of them are even contributing members of society.
But they had hideous flaw underneath them that led to this downward spiralling and into the nets of law enforcement. Most of them get their acts together and stay out of trouble after they are released. Few don’t.
What these articles fail to do is show the humanity under all this spectacle and exaggerate their bad actions and color even their achievements with suspicion that somehow the good things were done for nefarious reasons.
So I don’t look at this article as “ha-ha! Take that hypocrite!” like I did in the beginning. I feel sorry for him. Because he will be defined by society by those actions and not the good that he has done. Just like so many of us…
Why am I not surprised or shocked by this? Hmmmm
Before people comment about this cop…I want everybody to know let us not judge him about his Sin but reach out to him and offer him a warm welcome to the “Club Membership” that his fellow citizens help create!
As a registered citizen, I take no pleasure in this story. Our system is not design to solve problems. It’s simply filled with hate, which this man will surely experience. There will be no winners here, only losers.
Hilarious. Now for the bad news. Notice at the end of the article the author’s proposed solution to these problems. Stricter laws.