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Brickbats

Brickbat: We're Here to Help Ourselves

Charles Oliver | 1.12.2017 4:00 AM

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Former Dayton, Ohio, police officer Ryan Meno has pleaded guilty to stealing prescription pain medicine from a home that he went to to respond to a possible break-in. He faces up to 30 months in prison.

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  1. straffinrun   8 years ago

    Montgomery County Judge Mary Wiseman said Meno would be "forever disqualified' from holding any public position of trust in Ohio.

    So he can still be a cop?

    1. some guy   8 years ago

      Of course. If he lives on the western side of Dayton, then Indiana is only like 30 minutes away. He might not even have to move.

      1. BestUsedCarSales   8 years ago

        Live in Dayton, work in Eastern Indiana, as the old saying goes.

  2. qjkxbmwvz   8 years ago

    He faces up to 30 months in prison.

    See, this is why we need to stop writing everything in base ten. What the hell is thirty months? What is that in base twelve? Let's see...26 months, or 2.6 years. So two and a half years. Much clearer.

    1. some guy   8 years ago

      This is exactly the kind of complaint I expect to see in a Reason comment section at 4:30 AM. Thank you.

    2. Radioactive   8 years ago

      fuck you and your mathz...

    3. BestUsedCarSales   8 years ago

      I'd prefer to know how long it is in base 30.

      1. ScoobaSteve   8 years ago

        10

        1. BestUsedCarSales   8 years ago

          Thank you, Scooba Steve.

  3. Fist of Etiquette   8 years ago

    Montgomery County Judge Mary Wiseman said Meno would be "forever disqualified' from holding any public position of trust in Ohio.

    So although Meno would be barred from being a licensed Tom Hanks impersonator, his badge will be waiting for him when he gets out.

    1. The Hyperbole   8 years ago

      Nice catch, I'm surprised no one caught this earlier.

    2. gaoxiaen   8 years ago

      Position of trust? That's indefinable.

      1. Fist of Etiquette   8 years ago

        Trust that when you give them a badge that let's them legally fuck with people, the fucking won't include theft not shared with the state.

  4. Ted S.   8 years ago

    Note that the accompanying photo is of pills, not the mug shot that accompanies all other local TV news arrest stories.

    1. Cdr Lytton   8 years ago

      Let's remember who (or rather, what) is the guilty party here. The pills for being so sexily tempting.

    2. Griffin3   8 years ago

      The substances were acquired while the search of the premises was being performed.

  5. Intelligent Mr Toad   8 years ago

    I knew a crooked cop who got TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
    http://www.nydailynews.com/new.....-1.1075349

  6. Jerryskids   8 years ago

    Thirty-seven-year-old Ryan Meno faces up to 30 months in prison at his Jan. 31 sentencing after his guilty plea to theft of drugs, theft in office and obstructing official business.

    Montgomery County Judge Mary Wiseman said Meno would be "forever disqualified' from holding any public position of trust in Ohio.

    Check back on Jan. 31 to see if that "forever disqualified" is "in addition to" or "instead of" the "up to 30 months in prison". I know some people would argue that losing his certification is more than enough punishment for any cop and that may be what the judge is hinting at. I mean, the guy made a mistake, but to be fair there wasn't anything in the procedures manual on not stealing drugs, so this really can be at least partially blamed on the PD for failure to adequately train their officers. Why should the cop be so harshly punished for something that really wasn't fault? Isn't the cop here really the victim of poor training? Hasn't he suffered enough and doesn't the Eighth Amendment prohibit excessive punishment?

    1. some guy   8 years ago

      Obviously the Dayton PD needs more funding so they can revamp their training procedures to include how not to steal from medicine cabinets. I imagine each officer would need 8 hours of overtime every year to practice this critical skill.

  7. sarcasmic   8 years ago

    Up to 30 months just means that's the maximum sentence they would give to a peasant. I doubt this guy will see the inside of a jail cell.

    1. Radioactive   8 years ago

      I'm sure he's seen the inside of a jail cell, when he was on prisoner beat-down assignment...

  8. Jerryskids   8 years ago

    Meanwhile, in Canada....

    The new president of the Calgary Police Association, Les Kaminski ? who has spoken out against naming officers charged criminally ? potentially faces criminal charges himself, CBC News has learned.

    Kaminski is under investigation over allegations of perjury, uttering false documents, obstruction of justice, assault causing bodily harm and bringing false charges.

    1. UnCivilServant   8 years ago

      Kaminski is under investigation over allegations of perjury, uttering false documents, obstruction of justice, assault causing bodily harm and bringing false charges.

      Or, as it is known around here, Tuesday.

    2. Rich   8 years ago

      uttering false documents

      Canada is so weird, eh?

      1. Radioactive   8 years ago

        must be like speaking in tomes...

  9. Rich   8 years ago

    his guilty plea to theft of drugs

    Well, *there's* his mistake: "Your Honor, how was I to know there were *drugs* inside those little bottles I was simply going to recycle?"

  10. BestUsedCarSales   8 years ago

    His first mistake was that he didn't eat all the evidence.

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