Dear NYPD... You can have Police THIEF Ed Norris BACK !!!!
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Md. Troubles Have NY Link
November 24, 2003, 9:08 AM EST (http://www.newsday.com)
New York City and Baltimore may not exactly be sister cities, but the
troubles of former Baltimore Police Commissioner Ed Norris centers on
his New York connections.
Norris was the NYPD's deputy commissioner for crime control strategies
under former commissioner Howard Safir, succeeding the late, great
Jack Maple. Norris retired in 2000 and was selected as Baltimore's
police commissioner after Maple and John Miller, the spokesman for
former commissioner Bill Bratton, reportedly lobbied Baltimore's Mayor
Martin O'Malley.
Norris brought down some of his NYPD buddies, one of whom was retired
Deputy Insp. John Stendrini, who became his chief of staff. He hooked
up with a Baltimore cop and New York City native, Tom Tobin, who
became his driver.
Then Norris stumbled upon an off-the-books slush fund that had evolved
from a Depression-era charity to help needy police officers, and he
allegedly used it for personal perks, including trips to New York,
overnight hotel stays and dinners at the Smith & Wollensky steak house
in the 17th Precinct, where Norris had been the squad commander of
detectives.
He allegedly used Tobin, who as his driver was paid more than $80,000
a year in overtime on top of his $58,000 salary, as a conduit for the
money.
Last week, the Baltimore Sun reported that Norris' father, Ed Norris
Sr., a retired NYPD captain and more recently the chief of staff to
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, has been subpoenaed to testify before a
federal grand jury in Baltimore about the circumstances of the down
payment for his son's Baltimore home.
Ed Norris Sr. made the $10,950 down payment, allegedly after his son
received a check for that amount from Tobin and then turned it over to
him.
The Sun also reported that a local TV reporter, Katie Leahan, was
subpoenaed to testify and that a spokesman for her station said the
subject was a "private matter" unrelated to work.
Make of that what you will.
As for Tobin, sources in New York say he loaned money to Norris that
was never repaid. Tobin is now cooperating with the feds.
The younger Norris left the Baltimore police commissioner's job in
December. He is now superintendent of the Maryland State Police. He
was succeeded as Baltimore police commissioner by another former top
NYPD commander, Kevin Clark.
Neither Norris nor Stendrini, whom Norris brought with him to the
Maryland State Police, returned phone messages left last week by
Newsday. Norris' father, who left the public advocate's office earlier
this year, could not be reached for comment.
NYPD at MTA. Here, for better or worse, is the security lineup over at
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which since Sept. 11, 2001,
has hired four top NYPD chiefs.
First came Louis Anemone, the NYPD's former chief of department and
highest uniformed officer, who became the MTA's director of security.
He brought with him his long-time NYPD sidekick, former Det. Nick
Casale.
The two didn't last long. Casale convinced Anemone that a confidential
source could help ferret out corruption in the agency, which wasn't
exactly true. After Casale gave a misleading story to Queens District
Attorney Richard Brown and Anemone sold Casale's story to the media
without informing his bosses, the two were toast.
Earlier this year, Anemone - now a consultant for Bratton, who is
chief of the Los Angeles Police Department - was succeeded by former
NYPD Chief of Patrol Bill Morange, whom police commissioner Ray Kelly
transferred last year to head the Organized Crime Control Bureau.
Morange's deputy is former NYPD Deputy Chief Ray McDermott, who had
retired with a line-of-duty disability.
(How one can be deemed unable to work as a police officer at the NYPD
and then collect a lucrative tax-free disability pension while at the
same time earning a six-figure salary performing administrative duties
at the MTA is the subject of another column.)
Morange and McDermott will soon be joined by NYPD Assistant Chief
Thomas Lawless as the MTA's chief of police. Two years ago, Lawless
received what an official described as a "very strong" letter of
reprimand for failing to censure his favorite lieutenant, Thomas Gray,
after two female officers, Sgt. Anita Ryan and Det. Cheryl Schiefer,
filed a $30-million sexual harassment suit against Gray and Lawless.
So far as is known, the MTA is not in Gray's future.
Now for last week's question: Had Morange not been transferred as
chief of patrol, would he have stayed at the NYPD? The answer is yes.
Horse Story (Continued). The Police Department has begun an
investigation into the Mounted Unit, following a report in Newsday
that the deaths of two horses from colic may have been precipitated by
poor feeding and care. Sources say the investigation is focused not on
whether Newsday's report was correct but on who leaked the
information.
Leonard Levitt can be e-mailed at lev...@newsday.com
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Baltimore, Maryland. Please excuse his constant blathering in this
nesgroup.
XOXOXO
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Obviously, you have trouble with the truth!
Just who might you be?
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POSTED: November 16, 2004
Former Baltimore Police Commissioner Ed Norris is currently serving
his federal prison sentence in Georgia.
He was moved out of the prison camp at Florida's Eglin Air Force Base
in September after it was damaged by Hurricane Ivan.
Norris' attorney David Irwin told WBAL Radio that Norris spent about a
month sleeping on the floor of a state facility in Yazoo City, Miss.,
before being moved to a prison camp in Atlanta.
Irwin is unsure if Norris will be moved again before he is released in
January.
Norris was sentenced this year to six months behind bars for misusing
a city police fund.
Upon his release, Norris will have to serve six months house arrest
and serve 500 hours of community service in Baltimore. Irwin says he
doesn't know yet what the community service will include.
Stay with TheWBALChannel.com and 11 News for the latest news updates.
GoodNewsBaltimore
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> Norris Moved To Federal Prison Camp In Atlanta
Please forgive "Dutch". Not only did he have a horrible childhood, and
hate everything to do with Baltimore, but he failed to get laid in the
past twelve years because the old blind ho who used to give him a pity
fuck is now dead from AIDS.
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Moron
by Ryan Davis (Baltimore Sun Staff)
Originally published January 18, 2005
Former Baltimore police Commissioner and Maryland State Police chief
Edward T. Norris, inmate No. 41115-037, is scheduled to be released
tomorrow from federal prison in Atlanta.
Norris, 44, pleaded guilty in March to conspiring to misuse money from
the supplemental city police fund and to lying on tax returns.
Prosecutors say Norris used the money to pay for romantic liaisons,
lavish meals, hotel stays and gifts.
U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Norris last summer to
six months' incarceration, followed by six months of home detention.
Norris also was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine, and perform 500 hours of
community service in Baltimore.
Norris' attorney, David B. Irwin, filed a motion in federal court
Friday to have the community service moved to Florida, as Norris, his
wife and his son now live in Tampa.
"It's more practical for him to do it where he lives," Irwin said.
Norris initially reported to the minimum-security federal prison at
Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle.
He was evacuated for Hurricane Ivan, spent about six weeks sleeping on
the floor of a federal prison in Mississippi and then was transferred
to the facility in Atlanta, Irwin said. Norris spent one night in the
basement of Atlanta's maximum security prison, but was moved into the
adjacent minimum-security camp, Irwin said.
Norris has lost 48 pounds, Irwin said.
The third-generation New York officer was hired in early 2000 to be
Baltimore's chief deputy police commissioner. He took over less than
three months later as commissioner and was known for both his blunt
talk and morale-boosting. He resigned his post in December 2002 to
become chief of the state police. He resigned from that post when he
was indicted in December 2003.
In Baltimore, Norris presided over a precipitous drop in the annual
homicide count - from 305 in 1999, the year before he started, to 253
in 2002, the year he resigned. The homicide count has climbed each of
the two years since his departure.
Maryland Governor SLOB Ehrlich
by Eric Siegel (Baltimore Sun Staff)
Originally published March 14, 2005, 8:35 PM EST
The Baltimore City Council voted unanimously yesterday to approve the
nomination of Acting Police Commissioner Leonard D. Hamm to be the
city's permanent police chief.
Several council members voiced support of Hamm, 55, who became acting
chief in November after the firing of his predecessor, Kevin P. Clark.
"After this vote, the hard part begins," said Councilman Keiffer J.
Mitchell Jr., an 11th District Democrat. "We in government must allow
Commissioner Hamm to do his job."
Councilwoman Mary Pat Clarke praised Hamm for reaching an agreement
last week with the police union on the terms of retirement for officers
injured in the line of duty, saying she supported the Baltimore native
and 22-year department veteran "for that reason and many more."
"Commissioner Hamm has let majors run their districts," she said. "He
is not micromanaging."
The full council's vote followed the unanimous March 2 vote of the
council's executive nominations committee in favor of Hamm's
nomination. Hamm will be Mayor Martin O'Malley's fourth police
commissioner since 1999.
The City Council today appointed Leonard Hamm police commissioner, a
post he has held as a temporary measure since November.
Hamm, a 22-year city police veteran, retired as a major in 1996 over a
dispute with a supervisor. He then worked for the Downtown Partnership
overseeing security, for the city schools as police chief, and as
Morgan State University's police chief.
Hamm recently faced scrutiny on questions about his personal financial
dealings. He filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in September 1997. Just
days before, he had been awarded a raise -- during a public meeting --
to $64,260. But in his filing, Hamm failed to disclose that he would
soon have a substantial increase in income.
Instead, he reported an annual salary of $28,000. Officials believed
that his monthly take-home pay was less than his monthly expenses. The
bankruptcy allowed him to shed $21,300 in debt. Hamm has said he was
unaware of the raise when he filed for bankruptcy.
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