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Elect Ricardo Rachele to The Windsor Police Commission on Election Day

To all the Rachele Bashers who claim that Rachele did not do his job on the night that Henry Dang was killed. It is true that Rachele and Koistinen have been friends for years but your accusations of him doing nothing on 10/29/10 are totally baseless. Rick Rachele withdrew himself from the scene to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest because his friend and his friend’s son were involved in the incident. If he had stayed on scene, you, the Rachele Bashers, would have really crucified him when Koistinen was found innocent in a court of law. I personally disagree with the GET OUT Of JAIL FREE CARD that Koistinen was granted and don’t know how Elliot Specter pulled this one off but he did based on a Dept. General Order. Will you blame Rick Rachele if Koistinen prevails at the Labor Board and wins his job back with back pay? Do you want to blame Rachele for the Civil Suit that Koistinen has just filed against the Town? It is alleged that he is seeking $400,000 dollars in damages. Could it be that Koistinen has filed a Civil Suit for WRONGFUL TERMINATION?

For those of you who accuse me and others of tarnishing the memory of Henry Dang I say to you that nothing could be further from the truth. I find it very interesting that You “THE CLOSET COMMENTATORS”  have openly chastised me for wanting the Henry Dang Investigation Re-Opened with comments like “ let’s move on ,your just on a vendetta, etc. You have openly attack me and my family just as you have done to Peter Tomalonis. WHY DIDN’T YOU JOIN ME IN A UNITED VOICE AND REQUEST THAT THE HENRY DANG CASE BE REOPENED?????? WHY DON’T YOU JOIN ME “NOW”IN ASKING THAT THIS CASE BE REOPENED IF YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT”SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN DENMARK???? The statue of limitations for a felony is (5) years. Three of those years have quickly passed. There are two years left to arrest those who have avoided justice. The basis for reopening this case is the evidence that was presented in the Frank Rudiwizc Independent Investigation that the Tax Payers paid $38,000 for and yet nothing was done with it. The Police Commission was asked if they were going to press charges against the then Chief John Suchocki Jr. based on evidence presented in the Rudiwizc Report. The usual answer was received,” Thank you for your Input” and the question was ignored and was never answered!!!! Rudiwizc concluded that there was No Cover Up by officers on scene. My conclusion is that the Cover Up was one of Silence (hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil)

The Henry Dang Fatal Accident needs to be reopened based on the following which is taken from the Rudiwizc Report. "The command of any incident with respect to which the assistance of the NCMREST3 is requested shall be and remain the responsibility of the Chief of Police of the Participating Town in which the incident occurs." We find that this failure of the police to require testing is a violation of Connecticut State Statutes, specifically, CGS 14-227c and the primary cause of the public controversy involving this investigation. The ultimate responsibility for the failure lies squarely on the shoulder of the investigating officers, but in this case the Commander of NCMARS Captain Bourque, Team Leader Jerry Dowd, and ultimately Chief Suchocki, as the Chief overseeing NCMARS, but more specifically as the Chief of the Windsor Locks Police Department. .

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Finding: Chief Suchocki violated Windsor Locks Policy and the Regional Agreement by delegating the investigation to NCMARS in the manner in which he did. He did not provide adequate leadership throughout the investigation. At a minimum, he should have ensured that certain critical investigative steps were taken. Past practice was consistent with delegating responsibility to NCMARS and Captain Bourque for management functional positions, but more specifically, as the initial ranking officer on. However, it is our finding that Chief Suchocki was the ultimate person in charge, both from his scene. Remember, Attorney Kevin Deneen had this Report in hand three days before the Police Commission allowed Suchocki to retire with a Pension that was, in part, paid for with your tax dollar. I ask again, that you join me and ask the State Police to reopen this case before it is too late.

George Hall was a member of the Police Commission and he as a member allowed Suchocki to retire instead of asking that he be arrested along with Koistinen. George Hall and the rest of the Police Commission RUBBER STAMPED EVERYTHING THAT SUCHOCKI WANTED TO DO!!!! He was on the Commission when Suchocki “Railroaded” me into retirement and allowed Michael Bracken to be fired! Now, George and company want you to believe that they were deceived and mislead by Suchocki. Did your mama raise you to be a fool? I don’t think so!

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As one of Closet Commentators, you noted that if Rick Rachele is elected to the Police Commission he will have the insight to know what the true needs of the Police Dept. are. I personally do not see him carrying on any personal vendettas. You may not like what he has to say sometimes but he is s straight shooter who will tell it like it is! It is wrong of Commissioner Brace to have painted a picture of the Police Dept. as being in total disarray and portray that Crime Is Out Of Control In Windsor Locks.” The  Old Guard Officers” of the Police Dept. both men and women have performed as true Law Enforcement Professionals in the most difficult of times with minimum support and resources. If anything was out of control for the past ten years it was the Police Commission and their appointed Chief John Suchocki Jr. I have stated many times that the Police Commission needs new blood. Rick Rachele would be the kind of Police Commissioner that we need. He would not Rubber Stamp everything. He is an independent thinker and would not just go along with the crowd like George Hall. Who would know the needs of the Police Dept. and the Town better than a man who has dedicated his life to the Town Of Windsor Locks and its Police Services? On Election Day let’s elect Ricardo Rachele to the Police Commission. He is the RIGHT MAN for the job!

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