Chief Charlie Beck’s Response to Officers’ Convictions NR12514AS

Los Angeles:  On Tuesday, November 13, 2012, a Los Angeles Police Officer, Richard Amio, and a former Los Angeles Police Officer, Evan Samuel, were found guilty of lying under oath four years ago regarding a narcotics case.  The officers are to be sentenced in December. The Los Angeles Police Department holds our officers to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism. Officer Samuel is no longer a Los Angeles Police Officer and Officer Amio is facing the adjudication of his internal complaint.  Individuals convicted of a felony in California are ineligible to remain employed as police officers. "I am truly saddened by the events that led to the perjury conviction of a current and a former Los Angeles Police Officer" said LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.  “As I said when the charges were filed, I do not believe their intent was evil, just extremely misguided. The character of our organization is defined by the conduct that we condone. These actions were entirely unacceptable." For further information please contact LAPD Media Relations Section at 213-486-5910.

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[Nick Benetatos]

This message is for Chief Charlie Beck .You may or may not know what is happening . My name is Nick Benetatos with Tams Burgers ,my location at 101 and Figueroa has bin targeted by some of your staff as a nuisance property inappropriately i feel ,I have appealed this action taken by those responsible within your department .I would greatly appreciate speaking with you about this matter that i feel is so unjustified . I plan on going as far judicially as i can to get justice but before this matter gets any more out of hand i would like to involve you maybe some how we can resolve this issue without it going any further ,.I am currently stuck in a political battle were i feel the city of L.A will or can not go against the L.A.P.D or even think about showing concern about its citizens .my councilman which you already know is the previous chief of LAPD so i have no help there ether . I have when as far as to contact the president Barack Obama, also contacted many media outlets who are interested in investigating the corruption involved in this matter .for example i was on the front page of the los Angeles Business Journal on Oct 29 2012 .if this matter continues i myself and my 14 employees will be out of a job .Also i promises to not stop contacting as many people that will listen about what injustice i feel im going threw .Please take my letter in consideration and view everything with an open mind .its not me against the L.A.P.D I have never had problems in almost thirty yrs i have bin on 101 st with the L.A.P.D .i also have a lot of friends in the south east station .my store tams #9 on long beach blvd .is the second home of the sheriff department .the reason im telling you this is to see i support law enforcement .Just the conditions put on me by some of your staff i feel are unwarranted also if upheld i will be forced to close my business .That will be a shame after almost 30 yrs in the same location .plus a real heart ache for my 14 employees and there families that will be out on the streets most employees have bin with me over 10 yrs .with 3 over 15 yrs ..again please do what is in your power i would greatly and indefinitely be indebted to you thank you ,,,,, Nick Benetatos 818-681-0147

[citizen]

Chief are you for real? Extremely misguided. They were trying to destroy this mans life and you have the nerve to say they were not evil. Be creative in your writing in others words LIE. They each should get the same amount time in jail as their victim would have gotten behind there lies

[Curtis Lemanski]

Citizen, that means they'd get 3 years probation and "time served", which means 18 hours. Stand by your "should have"?

[citizen]

you know that is a damn shame