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That Seneca Police shooting keeps getting crazier
Aug 17, 2015, 7:04 PM
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Two officers have now resigned from Seneca PD. Chief is being accused of protecting his son from investigations and threatening to fire anyone who did. Here's a juicy snippet from the Guardian.
Bland and Richter’s letter, which called the investigation of Hammond’s death “inadequate”, also raised questions about Seneca police chief John Covington’s 27-year-old son Adam, a former reserve officer with the Seneca police department who pled guilty to charges of theft of a controlled substance and misconduct in office on Thursday. Covington received two years probation and one year in prison with credit for time already served.
The charges stemmed from allegations that Covington stole 44 hydrocodone pills from a suspect’s purse at the Oconee County detention center after a January 2014 arrest. An investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (Sled) found several incidents in which reserve officer Covington was suspected of similar misconduct.
During a 2013 burglary investigation, Covington allegedly told a colleague not to fingerprint several emptied bottles of pills because “all the officers had picked them up and touched them”. All the other officers on the scene were subsequently interviewed, and denied touching the bottles.
The Sled report depicts multiple department officials hesitant to investigate allegations against reserve officer Covington, because of his relationship to the chief. One captain is quoted as having said “this came straight from the big man that if you go forward with this it would be a career changing move”, regarding any investigation of the 2013 burglary incident.
In a separate incident, reserve officer Covington was suspected of having stolen $600 from a suspect’s vehicle. The Oconee County sheriff’s office was asked to investigate, but chief Covington rejected the investigator’s request for officers to submit to polygraph testing. “Adam can’t pass a polygraph anyways,” the chief is reported to have said.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/17/zachary-hammond-police-shooting-lawyer
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Re: Does that mean these Seneca cops lose their sideline gig
Aug 17, 2015, 7:08 PM
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in Death Valley this fall keeping students from rushing the goal posts?
Asking for a friend.
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If they do lose their gig
Aug 17, 2015, 7:19 PM
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I'm sure they will be very upset about not getting to mace the students going onto the field.
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The Covington family sounds like a really swell brood.
Aug 17, 2015, 8:23 PM
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Probably Gamecock fans.
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I know a source over there. Just texted to see if there's
Aug 17, 2015, 8:29 PM
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any more to the story that he can share.
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Re: I know a source over there. Just texted to see if there's
Aug 17, 2015, 9:06 PM
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If all that stuff is true, then I bet they are going to be hesitant to talk about it. It's getting to be like peeling an onion with the Seneca PD. Everyday something new comes out. I find it interesting the local news isn't reporting all the facts that have come out in the recent week. The national news is starting to get the scoop.
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The more I find out about this, the more this smells
Aug 18, 2015, 7:50 AM
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like a case of serious corruption.
It sucks that so many times the ones we pay to "protect and serve" are the ones that try and give us the shaft.
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Re: They are the heroes we deserve but not the ones we need
Aug 18, 2015, 7:54 AM
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right now
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Like a good neighbor, Seneca PD is there.***
Aug 18, 2015, 8:32 AM
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I guess the thing this article makes me ponder is what would
Aug 18, 2015, 8:48 AM
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happen if the Seneca Police Department shot and killed Rachel Dolezal?
IT WOULD ALL BE JUST BE TOO DARNED CONFUSING.
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I don't think they thought this story would get near
Aug 18, 2015, 9:34 AM
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the traction that it has. Clemson PD needs to go under the microscope like this as well, no telling what we'd find.
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Re: I don't think they thought this story would get near
Aug 18, 2015, 9:58 AM
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The officer that shot Zach Hammond used to work for Clemson around the time I was in Clemson.
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