From: Lew Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:40 AM
To: Raymond McGury
Subject: The BBPD[Scanned]
December 5, 2007
Chief McGury:
I have a few comments and a question.
Drew Peterson and his poor excuse of an attorney are out to make you responsible for the current situation on the force (primarily the computer situation) as well the years you weren’t even the Chief. They have defamed you personally and given a black eye to the force that may be unable to regain the communities respect for the officers.
I would be interesting to know how many officers in Bolingbrook used the computers illegally.
There needs to be a FULL investigation of this issue and the termination of these officers.
You were not chief when Kathleen was murdered, and now she is gone, and no one listened to Stacy and she is missing. I see a pattern of police screw-ups here in Bolingbrook, against women.
I think that all officers found to have been doing anything illegal for their own personal gain, should be immediately terminated.
I also believe that any officer who filed a report as to Kathleen’s disputes be questioned. Unfortunately, the community believes of the good boy network may have contributed to Kathleen’s death. Drew Peterson, being on the force I am sure was given not treated the same as other BB residence when it came to domestic violence calls, and now we have this.
I am not writing this to criticizing you, most of us believe you have done a great job, but you have many crooked officers on the force.
Will you please go public as to what you are doing pertaining the computer situation and the investigation to any officers whom you believe “let drew off the hook”.
You did a fabulous job of making Drew’s attorney look like the idiot he is. Our community needs to see more of that type of leadership.
Thank you,
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Lewis,
I appreciate your comments. The Illinois State Police and the FBI have asked to not comment on any aspects of this case. That being said, I have spoken with both about my concerns. For an internal investigation to occur on officers running plates, I need specifics. There is no magic audit I can conduct to point out an officer running plates for friends etc. We run 100’s of plates everyday so I can not differentiate which one’s are run for work vs. pleasure. We do internal audits monthly to see if there are any issues with officers using the computers in our cars for any inappropriate conversations occurring via the computer and if any is found we take immediate action. That being said, if I know of an officer running a particular plate, name etc. for personal use, I can easily follow that up and discipline/terminate/seek charges on that employee rather quickly. I will not compromise my own personal integrity or that or my department by not taking action. I know you don’t know me, but I ask that you give me a chance to do the right thing.
Regards,
Ray
Raymond J. McGury
Chief of Police
Bolingbrook Police Department
375 W. Briarcliff Rd.
Bolingbrook,IL. 60440-0951
Phone630) 226-8600
Email: RMcGury@Bolingbrook.Com
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 9:40 AM
To: Raymond McGury
Subject: The BBPD[Scanned]
December 5, 2007
Chief McGury:
I have a few comments and a question.
Drew Peterson and his poor excuse of an attorney are out to make you responsible for the current situation on the force (primarily the computer situation) as well the years you weren’t even the Chief. They have defamed you personally and given a black eye to the force that may be unable to regain the communities respect for the officers.
I would be interesting to know how many officers in Bolingbrook used the computers illegally.
There needs to be a FULL investigation of this issue and the termination of these officers.
You were not chief when Kathleen was murdered, and now she is gone, and no one listened to Stacy and she is missing. I see a pattern of police screw-ups here in Bolingbrook, against women.
I think that all officers found to have been doing anything illegal for their own personal gain, should be immediately terminated.
I also believe that any officer who filed a report as to Kathleen’s disputes be questioned. Unfortunately, the community believes of the good boy network may have contributed to Kathleen’s death. Drew Peterson, being on the force I am sure was given not treated the same as other BB residence when it came to domestic violence calls, and now we have this.
I am not writing this to criticizing you, most of us believe you have done a great job, but you have many crooked officers on the force.
Will you please go public as to what you are doing pertaining the computer situation and the investigation to any officers whom you believe “let drew off the hook”.
You did a fabulous job of making Drew’s attorney look like the idiot he is. Our community needs to see more of that type of leadership.
Thank you,
Mr. Lewis
Mr. Lewis,
I appreciate your comments. The Illinois State Police and the FBI have asked to not comment on any aspects of this case. That being said, I have spoken with both about my concerns. For an internal investigation to occur on officers running plates, I need specifics. There is no magic audit I can conduct to point out an officer running plates for friends etc. We run 100’s of plates everyday so I can not differentiate which one’s are run for work vs. pleasure. We do internal audits monthly to see if there are any issues with officers using the computers in our cars for any inappropriate conversations occurring via the computer and if any is found we take immediate action. That being said, if I know of an officer running a particular plate, name etc. for personal use, I can easily follow that up and discipline/terminate/seek charges on that employee rather quickly. I will not compromise my own personal integrity or that or my department by not taking action. I know you don’t know me, but I ask that you give me a chance to do the right thing.
Regards,
Ray
Raymond J. McGury
Chief of Police
Bolingbrook Police Department
375 W. Briarcliff Rd.
Bolingbrook,IL. 60440-0951
Phone630) 226-8600
Email: RMcGury@Bolingbrook.Com