Thread: FBI agents raid Calexico Police Department

FBI agents raid Calexico Police Department

Posted: Oct 30, 2014 5:35 PM PDT Updated: Oct 30, 2014 6:18 PM PDT Video Report By Dominic Garcia, Reporter Connect

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - Federal agents Thursday came down hard Thursday on the Calexico Police Department.

On Thursday morning, agents took custody of computer hard drives and other potential evidence while investigating the suspected criminal activity of some members of the department.

The raid in Calexico was not connected to Wednesday's raid of the Palomar Card Club in North Park, FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth told CBS News 8.

In this video story, Dominic Garcia reports from Calexico with what we know so far.

http://www.cbs8.com/story/27170548/f...ice-department

FBI raids Calexico Police Department

POSTED 5:43 PM, OCTOBER 30, 2014, BY FOX 5 DIGITAL TEAM



CALEXICO, Calif. – Several officers in Calexico were suspended after federal agents raided the police department Thursday, authorities said.

FBI agents entered the Calexico Police Department at 9:45 a.m. and seized computer hard drives, documents and other items as a part of an on-going investigation, according to San Diego FBI special agent Darrell Foxworth.

Calexico Interim Police Chief Michael Bostic suspended several police officers from duty, but did not release any other details.

The FBI, District Attorney’s Office and Imperial County Sheriff’s Office were involved in the investigation and refused to discuss information about the investigation.

Interim City Manager Richard Warne released a statement suggesting whatever led to Thursday’s investigation had been going on for some time.

“[The city] has worked to reform and bring change to the Calexico Police Department. Our goal is to reform and transform the Calexico Police Department to make it into the premier law enforcement agency in Southern California,” Interim City Manager Richard Warne stated. “Our first goal is to return honorable service to the citizens of Calexico, that most officers in the department still provide. The citizens of Calexico richly deserve an effective police department they trust.”

http://fox5sandiego.com/2014/10/30/f...ce-department/

Chief alleges council extortion racket in California border town

December 1, 2014

Calexico

Members of the Calexico City Council are running an extortion racket and are teaming up with police officers to shut down criminal investigations and blackmail city government members, according to the U.S. border town’s new police chief. [NBC San Diego]The FBI is currently investigating allegations of corruption within the Calexico Police Department, which federal agents recently raided.

Former assistant police of Los Angeles and 34-year veteran of the department, Michael Bostic, has now taken over the scandal-plagued Calexico department and has vowed to root out corruption in it, as well as at city hall.Bostic said during a press conference last month that when he took over the department the investigation unit was probing no active criminal cases, even though a combined kidnapping and assault of a juvenile occurred in October. The case has yet to be resolved, and Bostic said that the members of the council involved in the extortion racket have been obstructing the investigation.A member of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors has also interfered with the kidnapping investigation, Bostic said.Bostic implicates the council in authorizing city funds for purchase of surveillance equipment used to extort their political opponents. Police officers who cooperate with the councilmen used the equipment to track, voice record and photograph other council members in compromising positions, Bostic said.During the news conference, Bostic cried while describing the corruption he discovered just two weeks into his term. He also vowed to do everything possible to prosecute council members for interfering in criminal investigations, though he added that it is the responsibility of the voters to remove the dishonest councilmen.The current council majority is working actively to fire him, as well as the interim city manager, Bostic said. Calexico has gone through about 26 city managers in recent years, Bostic estimated.Allegations have likewise surfaced of drug dealing within the police department. Drug cartels are suspected to have influence in the area due to the town’s proximity to the Mexican border.Approximately 40,000 people live in Calexico, which is located about 120 miles east of San Diego.

https://calcoastnews.com/2014/12/chi...a-border-town/