Hamilton cop alleges betrayal by his force

[jacee]

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Manning also alleges his identity was revealed by a high-ranking police colleague to a Hamilton crime family because Mannings undercover work was close to exposing the officers criminal activity. The officer, Manning alleges, asked the crime family to scare off Manning.

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Among Mannings claims in his lawsuit:

*Hamilton police officers fraudulently claimed reward money from Crime Stoppers, and others were involved in ripping off drug dealers and marijuana grow operations.

*Two officers have been on the take since the 80s. They would pay reward money to a relative and then split the proceeds.

*A senior Hamilton officer sold information about the investigation into the unsolved 1998 murders of criminal lawyer Lynn Gilbank and her husband, Fred. Its believed Gilbank may have been the subject of a gangland hit at her Ancaster home.

*Several Hamilton police officers have ties to organized crime and the Hells Angels. Manning also names a Toronto officer he alleges was selling guns to Toronto gang members.

*He and his wife were falsely detained and their rural home subject to an improper search by Hamilton police, who told him they had received a tip and came looking for a marijuana grow op.

More than 20 officers showed up but no grow op was found. What police did find and took from his safe without issuing a receipt, Manning alleges, were personal notebooks detailing his undercover activities.

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The suit claims the senior officer told him to be "careful what you say, because one day you might call 10-78 and nobody comes" a reference to the radio code for an officer in need of assistance.

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In his lawsuit, Manning alleges Malone told him that Insp. Rick Wills, the disgraced former head of Hamiltons vice and drugs unit, had sold him out to a Hamilton crime family, which led to the attack by the Riordans. Wills was worried about Mr. Mannings infiltration turning up aspects of his years of criminal wrongdoing, Manning alleges in his suit.

Wills pleaded guilty in 2010 to fraud for stealing $60,000 of drug-bust money and ultimately served time in jail.

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Hey cop, Thomas said to Manning, the suit states, and then without warning the four men started hitting Manning.

Manning, according to the suit, ran to his undercover apartment, called his police handler and was told to wait there for extraction. The handler called back to say the men were gone and that a marked cruiser was on scene.

When Manning emerged, there was no police car, the suit states. The four men were there, armed with knives, one of them purporting to have a gun in his pocket. The suit states he fought them for about 10 minutes before getting back inside. One attempt to stab him cut through his T-shirt. Manning alleges a member of his cover team drove by during the second attack and did not stop to help.

Kudos to Paul Manning for his ethics: He believes criminal cops should be exposed, and he's paying the price.

He lives in a lonely world.

There should be a support group for police officers who speak out against corruption in the forces.

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Edited April 21, 2016 by jacee

[eyeball]

There should be a Caped Crusader or Punisher to deal with crooked cops, banksters, CRA officials, the list goes on and on and on.

[taxme]

There should be a Caped Crusader or Punisher to deal with crooked cops, banksters, CRA officials, the list goes on and on and on.

Ok, you be that person. I am right behind you.

[Guest]

You'd be his sidekick. You could be "eyelash". Yeah!

Give 'em hell.

Edited May 18, 2016 by bcsapper

[taxme]

You'd be his sidekick. You could be "eyelash". Yeah!

Give 'em hell.

Eyeball has not said anything yet. I think that he is also one of those people that will wait until someone else does it first. Plenty of Canadians are like that, eh, bcsapper? Maybe you could become that cape crusader for him instead, if he doesn't want the job? I can sit back three rows behind.