In 2011, I filed a petition on Change.org demanding that the U.S. DOJ and President Obama take action to prevent Diop Kamau from defrauding and harassing people. I also asked them to improve and simplify federal procedures for filing complaints against law enforcement officers. My petition garnered over 100 signatures until it was taken down by Change.org at the end of December 2011.
Just prior to taking down my petition, Change.org sent me an email offering me the chance to extend the length of time my petition was posted on their site. However, when I clicked on the link for this that was provided in the email, I got a message saying I could not make any changes to my petition. I immediately sent a reply email telling Change.org I wanted to extend the posting of my petition but couldn't, and I asked them for their help in doing this. I never received any reply from them, and my petition was taken down.
Since Change.org will no longer let me post it on their site, I'm posting a copy of my petition here for your consideration. If, after reading it, you agree with my position, I'd appreciate your adding your signature and any comments you might have using the comment feature at the end of this post. You can do this anonymously here if you like, but I would greatly appreciate it if you would at least leave a general location where you're from, because this information is very important to me for a number of reasons.
Here then is my petition:
Title
Demand an end to police complaint fraud!
Description
U.S. citizens trying to file complaints against police officers are being deliberately directed to the website of a criminal who defrauds, defames, stalks, and harasses them. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is aware of this but does nothing to stop it—and may even be encouraging it.
Persons attempting to file complaints of police misconduct or corruption have had to search hard on the Internet to locate the official DOJ site for doing this, which described a slow and involved procedure that required sending the complaint and supporting documentation by regular mail. This site was set up ten years ago and never updated.
Much easier to find is the website of the Police Complaint Center (PCC) of Washington, D.C., since there are numerous links to it on legitimate law enforcement websites, and its website pops up first on all the major search engines with searches for “File police complaints”, “Police abuse”, “Report police corruption”, and the like. Instead of the dull, outdated, and complicated DOJ website, visitors to the PCC site find a slick and attractive site that boasts of past Emmy award-winning investigations done for all the major media outlets (which are mentioned by name) and promises of all manner of help and assistance for victims of every sort of police misconduct.
The truth, which victims usually do not discover until it’s too late, is sordid and shocking. The PCC’s Washington, D.C. address is simply a mail drop. The PCC’s “Executive Director” is Diop Kamau, a former Los Angeles-area police officer named Don Jackson, who changed his name and moved to Tallahassee, Florida in an effort to escape a criminal past. Kamau, who has also served as an adjunct professor of criminal justice at Florida State University and Florida A & M University, is a former licensed private investigator in Florida; his license was revoked in 2009. Kamau and his various PCC associates are not known to hold valid private investigators’ licenses anywhere in the U.S. at the present time. The PCC’s Florida address is also simply a mail drop.
Persons contacting the PCC to request help are told their situations do not qualify for any of the free assistance promised on the PCC’s website. Instead, they are conned and manipulated in various ways into purchasing various expensive goods and services they never receive.
When victims eventually discover they’ve been defrauded and try to file complaints, their nightmares begin in earnest. Kamau and his associates begin openly stalking and harassing them, both online and in person. Victims are threatened, defamed, and extorted for additional money. Some of those who try to file serious complaints against Kamau also become victims of illegal surveillance, organized stalking, and computer hacking.
Kamau and his associates don’t just victimize those trying to file complaints, either. If the subject of the victim’s complaint is a well-connected officer backed by the right people, they are tipped off about the complaint against them and given the complainant’s personal information for a fee. If the officer being complained about is in a weaker position, he or she can expect to be blackmailed.
Worse, anyone trying to file complaints against the PCC, Kamau, or any of his associates very quickly discovers that law enforcement at all levels won’t do anything at all with regard to investigating or prosecuting the PCC, even when the complaints are extremely serious and very well-documented. Victims have sought relief and justice by filing complaints with the Washington, D.C., Florida, and their own states’ OAGs; the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the agency that licenses private investigators in Florida); the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); the FBI; iC3; and the U.S. DOJ. These complaints are routinely ignored.
One victim filed an open records request with the FTC for copies of all the complaints they had on file against the PCC. They received over thirty pages of these that did not even include many complaints filed by known victims. A similar request sent to the Washington, D.C. OAG resulted in documentation of just a handful of complaints, all of which were already known to the victim filing the request.
Victims of the PCC and Kamau also report that private attorneys flatly refuse to represent them in civil lawsuits because of threats they’ve received. Angry victims with no other recourse have turned to the Internet, where they attempt to warn potential victims by posting poor ratings and complaints against the PCC at various consumer and law enforcement sites. These victims quickly find themselves on the receiving end of Kamau’s wrath. He posts heavily doctored voice recordings of them or about them that are so misleading as to be utterly false. He posts their personal information on his websites, including their social security numbers. He defames them in ways that are clearly criminal. He posts unflattering photos with their names on them that are actually of someone else.
The U.S. DOJ is aware of all of this yet does nothing to stop it. Worse, there are signs that the DOJ may actually be deliberately sending potential victims to the PCC’s website. In fact, when this was recently pointed out online, someone at the DOJ quickly removed all the content from their official police complaint website.
The U.S. DOJ needs to immediately stop aiding, abetting, and covering up the national disgrace of serious police complaint fraud and start actively prosecuting it!
For general information, including a link to the U.S. DOJ’s former webpage for reporting police complaints: http://medawarscornflakes.blogspot.com/2010/11/bent-american-police-federal-agents-how.htm.
For extensive documentation of a complete case that includes criminal fraud, criminal conspiracy, illegal surveillance, wire fraud, mail fraud, and law enforcement complicity: http://kamaudocs.blogspot.com (includes proof of Kamau’s private investigator’s license having been revoked; also includes sample complaints filed by multiple victims)
The PCC’s main website: http://policeabuse.com
Comments by law enforcement about the PCC, along with sample responses from Kamau: http://forums.leoaffairs.com/viewtopic.php?f=52021&p=553100
Information about Kamau and PrePaid Legal Services: http://vocct.blogspot.com
List In
Criminal Justice
Filed By: M.L.
Target Email
askDOJ@usdoj.gov
Target Official
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
Letter
Subject: Stop police complaint fraud!
Salutation: Attorney General Holder:
I’m asking you to instruct the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to immediately stop aiding, abetting, and covering up serious nationwide criminal fraud and other very serious crimes being committed by Diop Kamau and other persons associated with The Police Complaint Center against people attempting to file complaints against police officers. Furthermore, I’m asking you to lead the DOJ in aggressively investigating and prosecuting these crimes.
U.S. citizens trying to properly file complaints of police misconduct and/or corruption are entitled to full protection under the law. They should not be victimized twice, first by the officer or officers they are attempting to file complaints about, and then by the people they are sent to for help! And when they are victimized, their very serious complaints need to be thoroughly investigated and aggressively prosecuted by the DOJ and other law enforcement agencies at all levels. Law enforcement appears to be conspiring to punish citizens for filing complaints instead of helping them.
I’m also asking you to instruct the U.S. DOJ to carefully examine its procedures for the proper filing of complaints against law enforcement officers, repair or replace the official website set up for this purpose, and take steps to insure that persons wishing to file these kinds of complaints can easily find and use it.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Reporting Police Corruption In The United States
The following is a copy of a post from my other blog, Victims Of Organized Crime In Central Texas, found at http://vocct.blogspot.com. I'm posting it here as well because it contains new information on Diop Kamau and the Police Complaint Center, and also because it has important information victims of corrupt law enforcement desperately need to see.
By now, I believe the vast majority of Americans have come to realize that our nation is currently awash with crime. Whether it's organized, petty, gang-related, serial, white-collar, drug-related, etc., the fact remains that it's all rampant and largely unchecked. This simply doesn't happen when law enforcement is doing its job properly.
The problem of law enforcement corruption is not one of lack of knowledge; there are plenty of us citizens willing to come forward and report what we know in an effort to get needed relief from being victimized and make our homes, communities, and country safer. Instead, the problem is one of finding safe and reliable ways to give our information to law enforcement with the understanding that it will be treated seriously, used properly and effectively, and not be turned against us or others.
If you have information on corrupt American law enforcement officers, whether it's at the local, state, of federal level, there is an important new post you must see:
http://medawarscornflakes.blogspot.com/2010/11/bent-american-police-federal-agents-how.html
This post explains the current situation and problems with reporting corruption very well. It also gives step-by-step instructions complete with links to the proper ways to report your information that give victims the best chances for obtaining relief, given the current sorry state of U.S. law enforcement.
The article referenced above does an excellent job of evaluating the options for victims of law enforcement corruption who are desperately seeking help and relief. I have only a few minor additions to make that are based on my own personal experiences.
First and foremost, I need to underscore the conclusions reached in the afore-referenced piece. Do not under any circumstances turn to Diop Kamau and/or the Police Complaint Center for help! If you'd like confirmation of the fact that this is a scam, go to http://kamaudocs.blogspot.com, where you will find my entire criminal fraud and conspiracy case posted for your examination. My documents are posted in chronologic order starting at the beginning of the blog, and I recommend looking at them in this order for maximum shock value and understanding of how Kamau operates. At the end of the blog, I've included a number of sample comments and complaints from other victims as well.
If you're able to make it through all or most of my documents, you'll get a very clear sense of how my complaints and information were actively used against me and my children as I was being defrauded and stalked. You will also be able to see firsthand how I was increasingly victimized by law enforcement at all levels. Also notice that even after I posted proof of illegal surveillance by law enforcement (see "Illegal Surveillance, Part 4", posted at my vocct blog on 11/14/09) and a death threat received from an officer (see "Other Police Threats", posted at my vocct blog on 10/3/09), the U.S. DOJ still refused to do anything.
As I've noted previously in this blog, I have information on dozens of other people who've been victimized by Diop Kamau and the Police Complaint Center. These people turned to him in desperation for help in dealing with police corruption because they were unable to receive assistance elsewhere. Instead, they wound up being victimized twice: first by crooked law enforcement and then by Kamau and his associates. Many found Kamau through links from law enforcement websites, as I did, or through referrals from well-known agencies. For example, one woman was sent to the Police Complaint Center by the NAACP after her son was shot to death by a police officer; she was then defrauded out of several thousand dollars by Diop Kamau, who promised her legal assistance she never received.
I correspond regularly with many of Kamau's other victims, particularly the ones who are ongoing victims of serious cyber harassment, defamation, identity theft, and stalking as I am. In an effort to try and find out how many other victims there might be, one victim filed a freedom of information request with the FTC asking for copies of all complaints they had on file against the Police Complaint Center. He received over 30 pages of these, yet they did not contain complaints from many of the other victims we know about. One victim received an email from the Better Business Bureau of Washington, D.C. stating that Kamau had informed them he was shutting down the Police Complaint Center for good after he lost his investigator's license and received an "F" rating. However, his websites remain up and continue advertising for clients, and my fellow victims and I continue being contacted by new victims looking for help. Now one victim has learned that the DOJ may actually be providing Kamau with funding and is in the process of filing complaints and freedom of information requests in an effort to find out if this is in fact the case.
While I completely agree with the author of the above-referenced post in theory that it's important to complain to the DOJ in writing as the proper first step to take regarding reporting law enforcement corruption, I'm also painfully aware that as a practical matter, doing this first may not be wise for everyone. At the very least, it may be a waste of time and money, as I noted in my comment left at the end of the piece and as is shown by the response I received from the DOJ that's posted on my vocct blog under "DOJ Civil Rights Division" (6/28/10). In the worst cases, the information you provide to the DOJ may potentially used against you, as has happened to my children and me, because law enforcement corruption now goes so high. Each person will have to weigh their own situation carefully before deciding how to proceed.
In any case, I can recommend the British reporting link without hesitation. While it's a sad state of affairs indeed that we Americans are being forced to turn to other countries for the help our civil rights and tax dollars supposedly entitle us to at home, it's also encouraging to know there are places to turn where our information is treated with the care and consideration it deserves. It's a real blessing to realize there are others out there who are still serious about stopping crime and making our world a better and safer place.
By now, I believe the vast majority of Americans have come to realize that our nation is currently awash with crime. Whether it's organized, petty, gang-related, serial, white-collar, drug-related, etc., the fact remains that it's all rampant and largely unchecked. This simply doesn't happen when law enforcement is doing its job properly.
The problem of law enforcement corruption is not one of lack of knowledge; there are plenty of us citizens willing to come forward and report what we know in an effort to get needed relief from being victimized and make our homes, communities, and country safer. Instead, the problem is one of finding safe and reliable ways to give our information to law enforcement with the understanding that it will be treated seriously, used properly and effectively, and not be turned against us or others.
If you have information on corrupt American law enforcement officers, whether it's at the local, state, of federal level, there is an important new post you must see:
http://medawarscornflakes.blogspot.com/2010/11/bent-american-police-federal-agents-how.html
This post explains the current situation and problems with reporting corruption very well. It also gives step-by-step instructions complete with links to the proper ways to report your information that give victims the best chances for obtaining relief, given the current sorry state of U.S. law enforcement.
The article referenced above does an excellent job of evaluating the options for victims of law enforcement corruption who are desperately seeking help and relief. I have only a few minor additions to make that are based on my own personal experiences.
First and foremost, I need to underscore the conclusions reached in the afore-referenced piece. Do not under any circumstances turn to Diop Kamau and/or the Police Complaint Center for help! If you'd like confirmation of the fact that this is a scam, go to http://kamaudocs.blogspot.com, where you will find my entire criminal fraud and conspiracy case posted for your examination. My documents are posted in chronologic order starting at the beginning of the blog, and I recommend looking at them in this order for maximum shock value and understanding of how Kamau operates. At the end of the blog, I've included a number of sample comments and complaints from other victims as well.
If you're able to make it through all or most of my documents, you'll get a very clear sense of how my complaints and information were actively used against me and my children as I was being defrauded and stalked. You will also be able to see firsthand how I was increasingly victimized by law enforcement at all levels. Also notice that even after I posted proof of illegal surveillance by law enforcement (see "Illegal Surveillance, Part 4", posted at my vocct blog on 11/14/09) and a death threat received from an officer (see "Other Police Threats", posted at my vocct blog on 10/3/09), the U.S. DOJ still refused to do anything.
As I've noted previously in this blog, I have information on dozens of other people who've been victimized by Diop Kamau and the Police Complaint Center. These people turned to him in desperation for help in dealing with police corruption because they were unable to receive assistance elsewhere. Instead, they wound up being victimized twice: first by crooked law enforcement and then by Kamau and his associates. Many found Kamau through links from law enforcement websites, as I did, or through referrals from well-known agencies. For example, one woman was sent to the Police Complaint Center by the NAACP after her son was shot to death by a police officer; she was then defrauded out of several thousand dollars by Diop Kamau, who promised her legal assistance she never received.
I correspond regularly with many of Kamau's other victims, particularly the ones who are ongoing victims of serious cyber harassment, defamation, identity theft, and stalking as I am. In an effort to try and find out how many other victims there might be, one victim filed a freedom of information request with the FTC asking for copies of all complaints they had on file against the Police Complaint Center. He received over 30 pages of these, yet they did not contain complaints from many of the other victims we know about. One victim received an email from the Better Business Bureau of Washington, D.C. stating that Kamau had informed them he was shutting down the Police Complaint Center for good after he lost his investigator's license and received an "F" rating. However, his websites remain up and continue advertising for clients, and my fellow victims and I continue being contacted by new victims looking for help. Now one victim has learned that the DOJ may actually be providing Kamau with funding and is in the process of filing complaints and freedom of information requests in an effort to find out if this is in fact the case.
While I completely agree with the author of the above-referenced post in theory that it's important to complain to the DOJ in writing as the proper first step to take regarding reporting law enforcement corruption, I'm also painfully aware that as a practical matter, doing this first may not be wise for everyone. At the very least, it may be a waste of time and money, as I noted in my comment left at the end of the piece and as is shown by the response I received from the DOJ that's posted on my vocct blog under "DOJ Civil Rights Division" (6/28/10). In the worst cases, the information you provide to the DOJ may potentially used against you, as has happened to my children and me, because law enforcement corruption now goes so high. Each person will have to weigh their own situation carefully before deciding how to proceed.
In any case, I can recommend the British reporting link without hesitation. While it's a sad state of affairs indeed that we Americans are being forced to turn to other countries for the help our civil rights and tax dollars supposedly entitle us to at home, it's also encouraging to know there are places to turn where our information is treated with the care and consideration it deserves. It's a real blessing to realize there are others out there who are still serious about stopping crime and making our world a better and safer place.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Kamau Victim 4
Copy of an email received by a Florida victim of Kamau from an official with the Florida agency that licenses private investigators.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Licensing Letter 2
Official letter stating Kamau is not licensed as a private investigator in the District of Columbia. Diop Kamau does not currently hold a valid p.i. license anywhere as far as I know.
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