Monday, February 13, 2012
Crime Cop Charged with Embezzlement Is Fired
Posted by Cienna Madrid on Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Skeeter Timothy Manos, the Lakewood police officer federally charged last Wednesday with embezzling more than $150,000 from a fund benefiting the families of slain police officers, has been fired.
The Seattle Times reports that Manos’ termination was effective Friday and that it was based on a recommendation by Lakewood's Police Chief Bret Farrar.
It's a little depressing that news about a cop being fired for spectacularly failing at his job comes as a total surprise. Color me wistful, I guess.
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To be fair, Ms. Madrid, it's not like he was a Seattle Police Officer. I'm certain that would have ended very differently, and lacked any surprise, I'm sure.
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Ok, So if a cop is breaking the law and you want to see him brought to justice, you just have to convince the city that he is stealing money from it. Got it.
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If he'd have only just shot a homeless man or tazed some peacefully protesting students, he'd still have his job! But no, he had to go hardcore and steal some dollars from his own.
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No kidding Cienna! I'm shocked that this is underway so quickly, the officer, I assume, must have admitted the crime...otherwise, a million hearings later, he'd just resign...
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A cop who fucks over other cops can always expect to be fired. It's when they fuck over citizens that the termination process gets sticky.
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Being fired is what I would expect. I want to know when he goes to trial for his robbing the fund.
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