Rules for Thee, Not for Me (CCW Bribery)

[Gawernator]

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If you carry without a license you go to jail/prison, but if you're a high level law enforcement officer you get a slap on the wrist and community service for bribery and scamming citizens regarding said licenses.

CA loves its police corruption.

As a result of a plea agreement in which Sung admitted guilt to two separate felony bribery solicitation counts, Sung will surrender his state law enforcement license, and serve 400 hours of community service and two years of probation. Deputy District Attorney John Chase also moved to dismiss a connected charge against defendant Harpreet Chadha, a businessman accused of taking part in the scheme.


Once Sung completes his community service and probation terms, he will be allowed to petition to reduce the felonies to misdemeanors, and then seek expungement, or retroactive dismissal, of the charges.

 

[MysteryScienceHeater3000]

> “When he was offered a resolution that guaranteed no custody and ended in dismissal, he took it. His family had suffered enough.”

First off, his fault for whatever suffering he brought on his family, not those pursuing justice.

Second, I feel those in positions of power should be held to a higher standard, not a lesser one. This guy was essentially running an extortion racket from the sheriff’s office and was punished like he was a first time shoplifter. He deserved the book thrown at him for years of corruption and bribery.

 

[RustVendor]

That's wild I always heard rumors about this but no one in power ever gets in trouble. He still barely got in trouble, what about his police pension? That would be the real punishment

 

[grandpapeepap]

 

[lactoast]

“Law enforcement in Santa Clara County must be equally determined to be incorruptible as it is determined to protect our community,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement Monday.

"Which is why we gave him a slap on the wrist. Carry on, peasants"

 

[irongunner]

He deserved the book thrown at him for years of corruption and bribery.

Every public and elected official begins to profusely sweat

 

[dvoncock]

Ex-Undersheriff Sung’s attorneys got him a sweetheart deal. But there’s an important missing detail. He took his case to trial once already and the jury deadlocked, resulting in a mistrial. When that happens, it’s pretty standard for prosecutors to get cold feet and make a sweetheart offer.

The real travesty is how ex-Sheriff Smith’s case was handled. She was not prosecuted criminally. Instead, there was a civil trial for bribery and corruption. She was found liable, which resulted in a lifetime ban from public office, but she’d already voluntarily retired at that point.

 

[Insert_user_name_here]

It would be interesting to know who these back room deals were with.

 

[Charles0413]

Yes, US now faces serious judicial corruption and police corruption. continue tend to "s**t hole" country, like co-mmu-nist China.

 

[NorCALSpeed]

https://archive.is/exDvK

If you carry without a license you go to jail/prison, but if you're a high level law enforcement officer you get a slap on the wrist and community service for bribery and scamming citizens regarding said licenses.

CA loves its police corruption.

As a result of a plea agreement in which Sung admitted guilt to two separate felony bribery solicitation counts, Sung will surrender his state law enforcement license, and serve 400 hours of community service and two years of probation. Deputy District Attorney John Chase also moved to dismiss a connected charge against defendant Harpreet Chadha, a businessman accused of taking part in the scheme.


Once Sung completes his community service and probation terms, he will be allowed to petition to reduce the felonies to misdemeanors, and then seek expungement, or retroactive dismissal, of the charges.

Not just CA. Police officers everywhere get soft treatment. Tribalism leads to protection of those in the tribe.

 

[dvoncock]

It would be interesting to know who these back room deals were with.

It’s been a long time, but I recall one was a private security company specializing in VIP protection for Silicon Valley tech and venture capital executives. They needed a bunch of CCWs for their employees. When the owner got caught he dropped the dime on the sheriff, undersheriff, etc. and the ongoing scheme came to light. He’s one of the people named in the article who pled to a misdemeanor.

The LA Times uncovered a similar scandal in LASD, when Sheriff Villanueva was in office, around the same time. Basically, his Villanueva’s top campaign donors would get CCWs in a couple weeks, before Bruen, when LASD barely ever issued them under the old proper/good cause standard. But nothing ever happened to any LASD brass or deputies, as far as I know.

 

[NorCalBusa]

Ex-Undersheriff Sung’s attorneys got him a sweetheart deal. But there’s an important missing detail. He took his case to trial once already and the jury deadlocked, resulting in a mistrial. When that happens, it’s pretty standard for prosecutors to get cold feet and make a sweetheart offer.

The real travesty is how ex-Sheriff Smith’s case was handled. She was not prosecuted criminally. Instead, there was a civil trial for bribery and corruption. She was found liable, which resulted in a lifetime ban from public office, but she’d already voluntarily retired at that point.

To clarify- she retired soon after that exit strategy hit the table. I seem to recall the actual of it was months later. Does that sound right? Not that it matters.

 

[dvoncock]

To clarify- she retired soon after that exit strategy hit the table. I seem to recall the actual of it was months later. Does that sound right? Not that it matters.

Can’t remember the exact timeline. But that sounds right; IIRC, she retired once the scheme was uncovered but before the civil corruption trial.