09-11-24 Request to add correspondence with Police Chief Pickwith to complaint on LA-JR

Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:32:50 -0800
To: "Scott Pickwith"
From: joseph zernik
Subject: RE: October 2, 2009 DR#2009-3329 & Crime Report CA01938800. Kindly requesting your statement whether report I received today was a valid and effectual report of the La Verne Police. Timely response requested by November 24, 2009.
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November 24, 2009

Dear Chief Pickwith:

Thank you very much for your response. Your note below still failed to answer the question in my email notice of November 17, 2009:
Was the record, which was provided to me by the La Verne Police Department, as Crime Report CA01938800, an honest, valid, and effectual Crime Report of the La Verne Police Department?
This email is copied to Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, and to FBI Field Office in Los Angeles. It is requested that it be added as evidence to complaint about conduct of an enterprise of organized crime in Southern California Justice System.

Sincerely,

Joseph Zernik

CC:
Councilmember Nasmyth, City of La Verne
Councilmember Johnson , City of La Verne
Martin Lomeli - City Manager, City of La Verne
Bob Russi - Assistant City Manager, City of La Verne
Ruth Mahlow - Record Supervisor, La verne Police Department
Various FBI Field Offices.
Atty Glenn A Fine, Inspector General, U.S. DOJ

At 11:26 AM 11/23/2009, you wrote:

Dear Mr. Zernik,

Although I disagree with your characterization of the report, I have to respond to you that the courtesy report is in fact a courtesy report. As you have been told, the signatures are typed rather than hand-affixed, however, they are nevertheless the signatures of myself and Detective Newman. The number of pages was not stated, because, in an endeavor to provide you with as much information as possible, materials which are not strictly part of the police report, such as your statement and the fraud expert report, were supplied to you.

Thank you for your courtesy.

Scott Pickwith
Chief of Police

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From: joseph zernik [mailto:jz12345@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 4:55 PM
To: Scott Pickwith
Cc: Donna Nasmyth; Steve Johnson
Subject: October 2, 2009 DR#2009-3329 & Crime Report CA01938800. Kindly requesting your statement whether report I received today was a valid and effectual report of the La Verne Police. Timely response requested by November 24, 2009.

November 17, 2009

Scott Pickwith, Chief
LVPD

October 2, 2009 DR#2009-3329 & Crime Report CA01938800. Kindly requesting your statement whether report I received today was a valid and effectual report of the La Verne Police. Timely response requested by November 24, 2009.

Chief Pickwith:

Supervisor Mahlow told me by phone yesterday that the report was ready. Therefore I went to the station today. Ruth Mahlow, Record Supervisor presented me with a sealed envelope. I opened it in her presence. There were in it some 10-20 pages, all of them certified, with her signature, but none of them relevant as part of the Crime Report.

When I pointed out to Supervisor Mahlow that it was not the crime report, she took back the papers, and asked me to wait.

Since the wait became prolonged, I went over to city hall, and met briefly with Mr Lomli, city manager. A couple of weeks ago he promised me that the matter would be taken care of, and asked that I let him know if it was not. I asked if he could call and make sure that I get an honest, valid, and effectual report. He promised "Your concerns would be taken care of".

When I came back to the station, I was presented by the Duty Officer with a package of entirely different papers than I was presented earlier. This time they were indeed pages of a police report:

1) The first page, still included the false and misleading information, with no foundation at all.

2) The two supplemental pages, with your name typed, included correct information, but were missing your hand signature,

3) A supplemental page by Detective Newman was likewise unsigned.

4) The fraud expert report, was included in the loose pages,

5) My typed statement was included in the loose package.

6) The number of pages in the report was never stated.

I pointed the missing signatures to Duty officer- she tried hard to convince me that the certification as sufficient on a record that was unsigned. I pointed out the missing signatures also to the Captain, but the Captain indicated that the missing signatures would not be provided.

I am writing to kindly ask that you state whether a crime report, made of loose pages, where the number of pages was never stated, where he first page -- including false and misleading information -- was signed and dated, and where the other supplemental pages by police -- including correct information -- were unsigned, was indeed an honest, valid, and effectual crime report of the La Verne Police Department..

Sincerely,

Joseph Zernik

CC:
Councilmember Nasmyth
Councilmember Johnson

"This case should demonstrate that the FBI will pursue all allegations of judicial corruption vigorously, as public corruption violations are among the most serious of all criminal conduct and can tear at the fabric of a democratic society," said John F. Pikus, special agent in charge of the Albany division, in a prepared statement.