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have you ever wondered why good police
officers don't stand up and speak out
against tyrannical police Chiefs and
elected
officials it's because when an officer
speaks out he gets
fired this is exactly what happened to
officer Enrique Ortega of the whiteall
division of police he chose to to stand
up and speak out and now this police
officer with over 20 years of experience
this husband and father of four is now
unemployed this man who has honorably
served his community for over 20 years
is now struggling to feed his family
because the whiteall chief of police
Mike Crispen puts his personal feelings
above the needs of his employees and
Ohio labor law whiteall police chief
Mike Crispen is a coward who leads his
organization by fear officer Ortega was
fired to send a message to the other
officers of the department if you speak
out or seek help from the union your
career is over this all began in the
spring of 2024 when officer Ortega
serving as the Department's fop union
grievance rep administered a morale
survey before we get too far it's
important to understand the role of an
fop grievance rep the officers of the
whiteall division of police are members
of a labor union the Fraternal Order of
Police or fop when the officers have an
issue at work that they don't believe
can be resolved in house they will often
contact a union rep who will file a
grievance and help negotiate with city
leaders and the police Administration to
resolve the problem this is how the fop
has worked for over a 100 years
getting back to this specific case the
officers with the whiteall division of
police went to officer Ortega with a
problem the morale of the department was
extremely low this was made clear by the
fact that a department with 37 sworn
officers lost 14 of them to early
retirement and transfers in recent years
that means over onethird of the
department left early this would be a
red flag to any reasonable person in a
leadership position with this
information in mind officer Ortega
administered a survey to quantify the
state of morale working conditions and
mental health on the department the
results of the survey were
staggering almost 75% of the officers
stated they feel overwhelmed at work
about 80% of the officers stated they
feel anxious at work once again 80% of
the officers stated they feel depressed
at work
but not at
home about 90% of the officers stated
they feel angry at
work roughly 90% of the officers stated
morale is below average to horrible on
the White Hall division of police a
majority of the officers stated they do
not wish to stay in whiteall until
retirement among the reasons the
officers gave for feeling this way were
toxic leadership unfair internal Affairs
investigations inconsistent discipline
and Punishment
systems constantly changing officers
schedules without Fair notice and a
ticket and arrest quota that is being
used for promotions and job
assignments on May 16th armed with this
information officer Ortega and local fop
board member Steve Mason presented the
results of the survey to whiteall Mayor
Michael T bevans
on May 28th the mayor asked for a copy
of the
presentation then conspicuously on May
30th officer Ortega was relieved of Duty
and stripped of his badge and
gun whiteall chief of police Mike
chrisen Justified his actions by stating
that officer Ortega was threatening to
cause problems for the Department if his
demands were not
met he's complaining about officer
Ortega threatening to file legal actions
against the city to improve working
conditions for its police officers this
is Officer Ortega's responsibility as a
union rep and the chief knows this is
Union
business this is proven by the chief's
own recorded conversation with one of
his lieutenants on June the
3 um you think he's you did you think
that he was in a position that he could
cause things harm here I think that's
true uh I think he could um I think that
you know what not necessarily causing
harm but disrupting
operations as far as just filing AG
grievance on every little thing which of
course we're allowed to do but it's more
you know traditionally we try to work
together if we can to come up with
Solutions um and additionally he has the
as the grievance threat for patrol and
the contract negotiator for the patrol
he has the year
Patrol have you ever had any
interactions with
um the union yourself as the union chair
that that where they would even permit
that not explicitly but it's been
basically understood that my position as
a union rep means that I will frequently
find myself in at odds with management
my goal is not necessarily to come to
terms it's you know in some cases to
whatever it takes to win
from that day forward Chief Lord farquad
began scheming for a way to get rid of
Officer
Ortega he and his minions began sifting
through hours upon hours of Officer
Ortega's bodyw warn camera footage
looking for a reason to justify
terminating him the evidence they found
is laughable but that did not stop them
Chief Michael crisen farquad found three
Clips taken completely out of context
totaling 21 seconds to justify the
firing of Officer Ortega saying he made
multiple inappropriate comments on body
camera that discredit the
department forgot a much of sucks having
to wear this
uniform looking forward to retiring
every day you what 25 years I'm going to
go and pretend to do some work this
afternoon I'm PR I'm done for the best
in the interest of true transparency I
have the full Clips with context and I
would like to share them with you now
the first clip was recorded on May 23rd
2024 where you'll hear officer Ortega
complaining about how uncomfortable his
uniform is during the clip officer
Ortega mentions that he's been off work
for more than a week and is complaining
that the body armor and gun belt are
causing him pain this is a very common
complaint made by anyone who has ever
worked the
street right a bunch of sucks having to
wear this
uniform my body's like nope it's been
three almost 3 weeks without
it the next clip shows officer Ortega
tell a man that he's looking forward to
retirement as an officer with 23 years
on the street he should be looking
forward to his retirement I tried to go
out on life things I appreciate that how
you been by the way hey man looking
forward to retiring every day you've
been what 25 years uh 16 here in
whiteall 23 total he was not
driv no I way up North midd
nowhere the third clip shows officer
Ortega joking with a citizen about
pretending to look busy this was after a
lengthy conversation with the citizen
about tree trimming expenses or almost
40,000 that is ridiculous a year but he
said you know that's part of doing
business so he's got a lot of properties
and a lot of cash so I don't know I just
you know I got better use for money than
just yeah give it away me
too me too all right sir well I'm going
to go pretend to do some work this
afternoon I'm pretend I'm done for the
day all right have a better day there is
also a fourth clip that is supposed to
be evidence of of Officer Ortega being a
racist in this clip he stops a black man
for driving 65 and a 35 he writes the
man a ticket for driving 55 in A35 then
asks for consent to search the man's
vehicle this conversation lasts about a
minute and 40 seconds several times
during the conversation you'll hear
officer Ortega tell the man I'm asking
for your consent you can say no I want
you to understand you have the right to
make this decision according to Chief
Crispen this conversation was racial
profiling you have any weapons on you
bud no weapons I'm going to ask you just
keep your hands out your pocket for me
okay is there anything in that card you
need to know about man no sir no weed no
sir I don't smoke I don't drink what's
with all air fresheners hanging on the
turn signal then man sir I always have
air fresheners I get that but that's
like a dozen plus it's like almost two
dozen she actually gets on me for that
yeah yes sir yeah I don't smoke I don't
drink so there's nothing in the car
nothing in the car do you mind if I take
a look yeah yes I can't take a look or
yes you mind I mean there's nothing in
the car I mean I would want to talk to
my mother about that uh but there's
nothing in the car listen you have the
right to say no right I'm just asking
you mind I mean and I talk to my mother
about
it dad's car right you're the one
driving it you're in charge of it you're
responsible for everything that's in it
right yes sir okay that's how this works
sir so you can tell me no it's not going
to change anything uhhuh all right I
mean I want I want you to understand
that you have the right to make this
decision yes sir because you are in
control of this car yes sir you're the
one responsible with everybody and
everything inside of it while you're
driving exactly so if you'd say no
that's fine that's not going to change
anything on my end I'm simply asking if
you minded my I mean I would like to
talk to at least my mother a about
it how old are you guys I'm 22 22 yes
sir okay
so that's one of the joys of being an
adult R you get to make these decisions
now yeah okay you can say no it's going
to be fine it's cool yeah but I like I
said I still want to talk to my mother
about it she's on the phone right now so
I would want to talk to her about it and
then we can go from there but like I
said I have nothing I have nothing to
hide I work at Apple I work for Apple
I'm a music producer I literally about
to leave to go to New York to Sony right
have nothing to hide have no warrants
don't smoke don't drink I just left the
gym
all right nothing at all all right well
listen I tell you what we'll go ahead
and just finish this up okay I'm going
to change this because on this citation
I put um no you didn't show me right
then but I can go I'll fix it real quick
it's not a big deal on my end right did
yes you did show proof of insurance all
right yes sir yes sir soste of second
get for 60 something plus M hour right
which in the state of Ohio would be
consider a reckless operation when
you're 21 plus over the speed limit okay
I started you for 55 okay okay that
means you do not have to appear in Fort
if we don't want to according to a July
8th press release officer Ortega was
fired for patterns of unsafe acts with
the use of weapons unprofessional
interactions with the public and a
substantiated complaint involving racial
profiling the case of unsafe acts with
weapons was a case where he attempted to
use a Taser on a fleeing suspect who was
riding a bicycle he was complimented for
doing a great job but reminded to be
careful using the taser on someone who
might receive a secondary injury I.E
falling off a
bicycle at the end of the day it's clear
that officer Ortega was fired because
the whiteall chief of police Mike
crispin's feelings were hurt when
officer Ortega pointed out the fact that
the officers of his Department do not
like him Chief Mike crisen is a type of
corrupt tyrannical leader who will lie
about his employees and mischaracterize
their actions rather than accept
criticism and acknowledge the fact that
he is actually the problem officer
Ortega needs to be committed for his
efforts to protect the officers of the
whiteall division of police and for his
courage to stand up to the cowards who
abuse their power and
authority Chief Mike crisen has shown
that he lacks the emotional fortitude or
the Integrity required to be the chief
of police