Civil Liberties at Risk
Claiming to Protect Constitutional Rights While Building a Police State in a Small Oklahoma County
Canadian County Chris West has a long history of stomping on Constitutional rights. A former Under Sheriff of the rural county just west of Oklahoma City West has long been associated with the illegal seizure of money and property without filing associated criminal charges, the so called Civil Asset Forfeiture.
Sheriff Chris West has also helped build a massive child porn and child predator sting operation which in itself would be a good thing if they actually focused on actual child predators and not on lonely men trolling social media sites looking for willing and legal age sex partners.
Sheriff Chris West
When confronted with the evidence that one of his top child porn and child predator investigators, indeed the leader of the entire Sheriff investigation unit, Sheriff Chris West defended the man and claimed that the accusations were unfounded and that the dissimulation of child porn to coworkers never happened.
When asked if his department was going to conduct and investigation Sheriff West said that he would not subject a trusted officer who had a family to such an investigation.
Taxpayer Dollars Spent on Expensive Toys for Boys
- 50,000 pound MRAP Vehicle: Purchases surplus from the military the vehicle is a military vehicle designed to prevent bomb blast fatalities from road side bombs.
- Initial Cost was $2,500.00: Lifetime costs will be a thousand times that. This is the weight of a loaded semi truck and trailer and designed for off road use so the fuel costs are going to be enormous along with the maintenance costs. The outfitting of the vehicle costs tens of thousands more plus the cost of the garage used for storing the military vehicle
- Useful for Disasters?: Hardly and Oklahoma has a well funded and well trained National Guard and State Guard if needed. A vehicle this heavy with a limited capacity for carrying passengers or cargo isn’t going to be useful as a National Guard 2.5 ton truck.
- But oh what an Excellent Toy: How cool is having your own armored car? And even better is using it as a billboard to tell the citizens that your armored car full of SWAT team members are just there for your own protection. See the story below for more details.
The Pirates of I-40? Stealing Money from Interstate Travelers to Buy Expensive Toys?
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Influence Used to Allow Chris West Junior to Escape Punishment in Sex/Alcohol Scandal at 2015 Trooper Training Class?
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