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boston Police Sergeant Detective Courtney C. Matthews of the Anti Corruption Division
Around 1130pm one night last weekend Im driving my cab up East Broadway in Southie when I get a call from my wife. In a whispered tone she asks
“Do you have any relatives named Kevin?” Confused I answer no.
Then she asks “do you know anyone named Joe Panno?” Again shaking my head no.. why?
She then proceeds to tell me that 2 Boston Police detectives showed up at her work and began to question her about me. She said although they were polite they refused to tell her exactly what the investigation concerned and when she at one point began to state she did not want to answer the questions told her should would have to answer them at their office at a later date if she did not answer them then and there.
I was honestly incredulous at these events for many reasons which I detailed in full to the Boston police commissioner when I filed my complaint. After filing the complaint I heard back from the man’s supervisor who invited me down to their office to sit down and discuss the complaint with him and detective Sergeant Detective Courtney C. Matthews I initially agreed to this but after looking up their office location on Google maps and finding it was not in a police station of any sort and really not even an office building as far as I could tell and to be bluntly honest is in a neighbourhood 3/4 of the way to the corner of west hell and south shit. I called back and informed the LT. I would not be attending the meeting but I stood by my complaint firmly. The upside to the entire incident ,if there could be any, is that my wife now has a better understanding of her rights under the law and especially the spousal privilege section of the U.S. constitution. Although she and I consider ourselves Law abiding U.S. citizens that take great pains to ensure we are upstanding members of the community I think we are going to begin carrying around Miranda response cards… here is a handy one from a Beverly hills California law firm:
My lawyer has instructed me not to discuss my case with anyone, beyond simple identification, if requested by law enforcement. My lawyer has instructed me not to answer questions or reply to accusations.
On advice of counsel and pursuant to my Constitutional rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, I shall talk to no one unless and until my counsel is present with me. I shall not give any consent nor make any waiver of my legal or Constitutional rights. Any requests for information or for consent to conduct searches or seizures or investigations affecting my person, papers, property, or effects should be addressed to my lawyer:
Sara Caplan Defense
P.O. BOX 3335
Beverly Hills, CA 9021
E-mail: sara@saracaplandefense.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Phone: +1-310-550-5877
Fax: +1-310-550-5878
I want all communications with law enforcement authorities henceforth to be made only through my lawyer. I request that my lawyer be notified immediately and allowed to be present if any identification, test, examination, or investigation, of any sort, is conducted in my case. I do not consent to participating in any such identification, test, examination, or investigation unless and until my counsel is present with me.
If I could add anything to this.. don’t ever go anywhere with a police officer unless you are under arrest. A good indication you are under arrest is you are in handcuffs. Another good way to find out if you are under arrest? Ask if you can leave.. “Officer I no longer wish to be detained may I depart now?” In closing the only thing you really legal have to provide to the police is your identification.
Chief Davis,
Please consider this a formal complaint of misconduct that I wished to make you aware of. I have also filed this complaint on line with the Internal affairs division.
Apparently Detective Sergeant Courtney C Matthews needed to speak with me this past Friday night having had a plethora of questions for me. Being a Boston Police Detective Sergeant Matthews should have known he had several options available to him to ask me his questions in person. He could have.
1) Come to my home address that I as a matter of law must keep updated with the Boston police department to maintain my Boston Taxi Cab license. If he had done so I would have invited Sergeant Matthews inside my home and cheerfully answered any questions he may have had for me.
2) He could have contacted me via phone on the phone number that also as a matter of law I MUST keep updated with the Boston Police hackney carriage unit and I would have promptly met Sergeant Detective Matthews at the location of his choosing and cheerfully answered any and all questions he may have had for me.
3) Since as a matter of law all licensed hackney carriages in the city of Boston must be equipped with a GPS tracking device Sergeant Matthews had it within his ability to immediately activate the tracking device on my cab which as a matter of law is on file with the Boston Police hackney carriage unit and at his earliest convenience stopped me and asked me whatever questions he wished and I would have answered those questions cheerfully.
Having these and other options at their disposal Sergeant Mathews instead chose to journey to the workplace of my wife at I.T.O.A. taxi at 223 Albany st at 1130 p.m. Friday night and first ask to speak to my Wife`s supervisor and then summon my wife out into the hallway and begin questioning her about me.
It was relayed to me by my wife that he first asked her to verify her identity then asked her if she was in fact my wife at which point she became very scared for my well being knowing full well that I have the statistically most dangerous job in the country. Sergeant Matthews then reassured her as far as he knew I was fine and continued to question her about persons I may or may not know and phone services I may or may not have. I am willing to answer in writing any questions he or other members of the Boston Police department may have for me at this point but moving on with my complaint here, at some point my wife became agitated and demanded to know what the questions were about and either Sergeant Matthews or his partner refused to answer and then told her she could answer their questions there and now or come down to headquarters Monday and answer their questions in detail. Feeling intimidated my wife went on to answer his questions to the best of her ability until he and his partner began to depart. She then more or less had to demand a business card from the Sergeant and called and conveyed these events to me.
I immediately called Sergeant Matthews via the Cell phone number listed on his business card and offered to answer any questions he may have had for me. I also began to list the questions he had asked my wife and attempted to answer them utterly confused as to how the questions he had asked of her related in the slightest to me. Sergeant Matthews conveyed to me that he had all the answers which he needed and was to be honest flip with me. I shudder to think what punishment I would face by the Boston police hackney carriage unit had I spoken to one of my customers in the same demeanour in which Sergeant Matthews spoke to me this past Friday evening. I concluded the call by informing Sergeant Matthews that I would in fact be filing this complaint to which he responded chuckling “Go ahead”.
If I have not made it abundantly clear I feel that the misconduct in Sergeant Matthews behaviour lies in the simple fact that having a plethora of simple means to contact me directly Sergeant Matthews instead chose to go to my wife’s work and first scare and then intimidate her into answering questions which frankly not knowing the substance of Sergeant Matthews investigation make absolutely no sense at all to me.
In conclusion I again offer my willingness to answer any and all questions Sergeant Mathews may have for me if he is willing to submit them in writing after first providing me with the substance or target of his investigation. I however must make it clean to you Chief Davis that at this point I would like to answer whatever questions the Boston police department may have for me from another officer since it is evident that Sergeant Matthews either.
A) Enjoys embarrassing scaring and then intimidating women
B) Is completely ignorant to a major update in the laws of the city of Boston which Chief Davis himself signed in on 8/29/08 and is therfor woefully inadequate to question me or any other member of the public until such time as he educates himself as to the laws of the city of Boston.
In closing Chief Davis I must ask you sir if a member of the “anti corruption division” is so rude to a member of the general public (and his spouse) and so completely and totally ignorant to the various means of contact he had to reach out to said member of the public how could you possibly trust this person to investigate another man or woman under your command?
I implore you to make it clear to Detective Sergeant Matthews that if he wishes to speak to me or my wife again he inform us in writing of any questions he may have via a superior officer.
Respectfully,
Michael J. Carter
617-934-5651
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What kind of fag name is Courtney?
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