Ridberg was there when Walters gave Ms. Ross
special treatment in the Greenwich Jail cell
Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg Wants To Be Like
Ex-Police Chief James A. Walters.
Ridberg Is Giving The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver That Killed A Young Man In Town The "Oh It's Diana Ross" Treatment.
Cheif Ridberg Is Hiding Records And Protecting The Well Connected
Please See:
By Debra"I Am Doing A Much Better Job" Friedman
Greenwich Time Staff Writer
Article Launched: 10/10/2008 07:26:08 AM EDT
When a 63-year-old Milbank Avenue woman was killed in January after being struck by a garbage truck in central Greenwich, police declined to release the name of the driver, first saying the case was under investigation and later saying the driver's name would not be made public because he was not charged.
Comment:
Yeah, But The Garbage Truck Driver Did Not Carry Her Way Down The Road Dumper Her In The Greenwich Post Office Driveway Before Speeding Off To Crash Into A Telephone Pole At The Bottom Of Greenwich Avenue.
Debra Friedman Continues:
Greenwich Time obtained the name after by filing a request under the state Freedom of Information statute.
Today, police are withholding the name of a driver who they say identified himself as the person behind the wheel of the Jeep Cherokee that struck and killed 20-year-old Joseph Borselio on Sheephill Road late Sunday night. Local blogs and Greenwich Time forums are filled with posts that question why the name has still not been released days after the incident occurred.
"It's a criminal investigation," said spokesman Lt. Daniel Allen. "We do not identify the people who are involved in criminal investigations."
Police Chief David Ridberg also said it is the police department's policy not to release the name.
"It serves no police purpose to release the name," Ridberg said. "If there was any threat at all to society by a person being at large, we would report the name."
While the department stands by its policy, other agencies in the state said such information is routinely released as a matter of public record.
COMMENT:
The Town Of Greenwich In General and the Greenwich Police Department In Particular Have Often Violated Freedom Of Information Laws. Our Last First Selectman Jim Lash Was Fined For The Crime. Failure To Release Public Documents And Public Information Only Invites Special Treatment And Corruption In The Greenwich Police Department.
The 20 Year Old Mystery Man Who Mowed Down Joey And Dumped Him In A Driveway Before Speeding Off And Crashing Into A Telephone Pole Got Special Treatment.
If Joey Had Been Police Chief David Ridberg or Lt. Daniel Allen's Son Or Grandson He Would Have Been Charged For Leaving The Death Scene.
There Would Be No 20 Year Old Mystery Driver If One Of Ridberg's Family Members Were Killed In This Manner.
Debra Friedman Continues:
While the department stands by its policy, other agencies in the state said such information is routinely released as a matter of public record.
"The names of the operators are fairly quickly released because it's part of a police document, which is a matter of public record," said Lt. Sean Cooney, spokesman for the Stamford Police Department.
Cooney said every police department in the state is required to fill out an accident information report after a motor vehicle accident takes place. The cover of that report lists the names of every individual involved in the accident and it is almost always made available to the public, even in the case of a fatal motor vehicle accident, according to Cooney.
"Typically we release the cover sheet of the accident report which lists the names and we will say charges may be pending," said Cooney.
When State Police investigate a fatal motor vehicle accident, they also release the names of everyone involved. Sgt. Chris Johnson, a State Police public information officer, said their main concern is ensuring the victim's name is not released until troopers are certain the family has been notified. Once that occurs, Johnson said the identities of everyone involved becomes public information.
"Once all notifications have been made for the deceased person, the information on the accident information summary is released," said Johnson.
COMMENT:
Who Looks More Honest And Professional?
The State Police Or The Greenwich Police Department?
Ridberg Is Inviting Favoritism And Corruption
With His Petty Secrecy Over Public Documents.
Debra Friedman Continues:
Allen said he was aware that other departments conducted things differently.
"That is their perogative," he said. "Our position on any investigation that involves the possibility of criminal charges being pressed is that we do not identify the people."
Allen also said the cover page of the accident report that lists the name of the driver involved in Sunday night's accident is not being made available to the public - a stance one criminal justice professor called a rarity.
Jospeh Pollini, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan and former New York Police Department lieutenant commander, said in his experience the name of a driver involved in a fatal accident who is a suspect in the death is almost always released, except in rare cases.
"In the case of the identity of a suspect, I find that somewhat odd," Pollini said of the situation in Greenwich. "I spent 30 years with the New York City Police Department and once we identified the name, it was released unless it was a weak case."
COMMENT:
Maybe The Town Should Send Ridberg To John Jay For A couple Of Years.
Once Again Somebody In Greenwich Has Been Killed And Ridberg Is Afraid To Make An Arrest?
Once Someone Is Murdered In Greenwich It Often Takes Years To Get An Arrest.
If The 20 Year Old Mystery Man Had Been Arrested For Leaving The Death Scene He Might Have Gave A Statement That Night.
If The Public Knew Who The 20 Year Old Was They Might Give Police Valuable Information To Help Them With The Case.
What If He Had Been At An Illegal Underage Drinking Party Before Killing Joey?
What If One Of The Underage Party Goers Wants To Come Clean And Tell The Police What Really Happened.
Maybe, This Tipster Would Be To Afraid To Talk To Ridberg's Secretive Police Department.
Maybe This Person Would Think The Fix Was In.
The 20 Year Old Mystery Man Just Killed Someone And Just Walked Away Without So Much As Being Read His Rights.
Probably This Potential Police Tipster Would Think That The Secretive Ridberg Police Department Would Want To Hear What Really Happened.
Will The Borselio Family Have To Go The Route That The John Bria Family Went?
Will The Borselio Family Hire An Expensive Lawyer And Spend Two Or Three Years In Civil Court Before The Greenwich Police Department Will Make An Arrest.
John Bria Was Left To Die In His Room
And
Joey Borselio Was Left To Die In A Driveway
What If Joey Borselio's Grandparents Can't Afford To Pay A lawyer For Three Years.
The Greenwich Police Department Wouldn't Initialy Release Megan Caron's Name
In The Bria Drug Death Case.
Was The Greenwich Police Department Intimidated Because Megan Caron's Father, Glenn Caron, Creator Of The TV Series Moonlighting And Other Projects, Is A Hollywood Big shot?
It Wouldn't Be The First Time Greenwich Cops Backed Off From A Celebrity.
Will The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Walk A Way Like Nothing Happened?
Chief Ridberg Should Go Over To St. Mary's And Visit Joey's Grave And Then Go Back And Do The Right Thing And Tell Lt. Daniel Allen To Release The Accident Information Report.
UPDATE:
Police are seeking criminal charges against the driver of the sport utility vehicle that struck and killed 20-year-old Joseph Borselio late Sunday night on Sheephill Road, officials said
"This is a fatal accident where criminal charges are going to be pursued," said Lt. Daniel Allen, a police spokesman.
According to police, information is being filed with the state's attorney's office in Stamford, which makes a final determination on whether charges will be brought. The identity of the driver has not been released by police.
However, police said the driver is a Greenwich resident in his 20s.
The driver was heading northbound on Sheephill Road just before midniight when he struck Borselio, who was riding his bicycle in the same lane, police said.
Borselio was carried on the car as a result of the impact, police said. His body was found at the edge of a driveway on Sheephill Road and he was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The driver's white Jeep Cherokee was found up the road, where police said it had struck a telephone pole before coming to a stop. Police said the driver was standing nearby and identified himself as being involved in the collision.
Sgt. Timothy Berry, who is investigating the incident, did not disclose whether the driver was violating any traffic laws at the time, or if he was operating the car under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
COMMENT:
STOP THE SECRECY!!!
RIDBERG IS ONLY INVITING CORRUPTION AND FAVORITISM.
THE GREENWICH POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW HAVING TO ASK THE STATES ATTORNEY"S OFFICE FOR AN ARREST WARRANT, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MAKE AN ARREST AT THE DEATH SCENE.
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It was almost painful watching U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., putting Greenwich resident Dick Fuld on the spot in congressional hearings this week on the financial meltdown.
To the editor:
The mortgage crisis is responsible for the Wall Street meltdown. It has been festering for months and months and is the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
When all the finger-pointing has subsided and the smoke has settled, who is responsible for this financial mess?
"Round up the usual suspects" Social Security and Medicare recipients - will be the cry in Congress. They are the culprits, as well as are other entitlement programs that help the needy.
This is the usual procedure.
Jim Cassidy
Greenwich
COMMENT:
Mr. Cassidy That Was Very Well Put.
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