Last night we
heard from the owners of the
truck. It belongs to a couple who
recently moved to Louisville and who
just purchased the vehicle. The
husband and wife are a little distressed
about why the selective enforcement
against them. Commander Kingston
will speak with them and convey our
assurances that this is all quite
routine and innocent. For the
Louisville Police Department, the matter
of an abandoned vehicle is closed.
Thank you,
Bruce
Goodman
From: Bev Beaufait
[mailto:bbeaufa@beaufait.com]
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 6:42
AM
To: Robert Muckle
Cc: Bruce Goodman
Subject: Fwd: Reported
Abandoned Vehicle/Officer Alex
Rugalsky
I am forwarding my
e-mail from Bruce. I have
already replied to Bruce.
Bruce tried
to dump garbage me by
saying I gave incorrect information on
the abandoned vehicle on my
street. He tried to insinuate
that I was too dumb to know my own
address. What his statement
really shows is that the Code
Enforcement Officer who handled my
call, was not listening to me, as I
have correctly stated all along.
Bruce claims in his
e-mail to me that a number of his
officers are "unaware of a Louisville
ordinance" pertaining to parking
distances from a stop sign. He
gave me an instance with a
crosswalk comparison. Well, if
his officers are that unaware of the
law, it is obvious to me that they
need retraining of the Code
Enforcement Laws for the City of
Louisville. If there is such a
program then please enlist these below
mentioned Officers for a refreshment
course. I go to the City of
Louisville's Code Enforcement web
pages for my info. :))
When Officer
Rugalsky first came to my house
yesterday, we introduced ourselves to
each other. His first statement
right after our intoductions was
this. "I have heard of this
house before. I know all about
it." Why would he start out a
conversation to me this way? His
threatening and intimidating statement
right off the bat was to scare me into
submission, in my humble
opinion. Officer Rugalsky never
even mentioned one word about my
calling about an abandoned
vehicle. I had to stop him in
his tracks with his sociopathic
statement and redirect our
conversation to the reason I called
Code Enforcement in the first place.
And why would Bruce
waste taxpayer money to send out a
City of Louisville Police Officer to
handle a "Code Enforcement" situation,
anyway? To scare and
intimidate. That is why.
This tactic is old hat and does not
work any more. Sorry.
When Officer
Rugalsky left my house, he kept trying
to give me his version of the
law. It was "The City of
Louisville Law, According to the World
of Alex Rugalsky". He kept
repeating that HE knew the law.
He was furious with me, because I
would not let him try to
intimidate me. I watched him
until he got in his City vehicle and
left my property.
Officer Alex
Rugalsky owes me a written
apology. I feel his sociopath
behavior toward me requires this
action. He is a leading Officer
in the Police Department and he needs
to lead by example. His example
left much to be desired in my eyes.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Bruce Goodman [mailto:bruceg@louisvilleco.gov]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 04:02
PM
To: bbeaufa@beaufait.com
Cc: 'Susan Loo', 'Malcolm Fleming',
'Meredyth Muth'
Subject: Reported Abandoned Vehicle
May
24, 2012
Dear
Ms. Beaufait:
Your
complaints about the abandoned
vehicle and the actions of
Louisville Police personnel were
forwarded to me. I believe
it is unproductive to go through
every detail of your two emails,
so I have attempted to condense
the issues and my responses.
?
When you called dispatch on May
18 you stated an incorrect
location for the truck.
Officer Martin was dispatched to
that location and finding no
such vehicle assumed it had been
moved.
?
We are unaware of your reporting
abandoned vehicles during the
two weeks prior to May 18.
?
Based upon your call to dispatch
today, Officer Martin found the
truck and determined the
registered owner to be from
another city. Unable to
contact the owner, he acted
within our protocol of placing
an Abandoned Vehicle
warning tag on the
vehicle. This gives the
owner a fair opportunity to
contact us or move the vehicle
before it is ticketed or towed.
?
Officer Martin, Sergeant
Ragulsky and Commander Kingston
are all unaware of a Louisville
ordinance pertaining to the
parking distance from a stop
sign. The Model Traffic
Code of Colorado prohibits
parking within 20 feet of a
painted crosswalk at an
intersection.
?
I am sorry that you believe you
are being ignored.
Officers responded immediately
to each of your complaints and,
I believe, acted appropriately
in each instance. It is my
experience that Louisville
Officers care very much about
the appearance of our
City.
?
I assure you that we are
attending to your complaint and
that future actions by the
Officers will be based upon what
is legal and suitable.
?
Your gender is irrelevant in our
responses to this matter.
Thank
you,
Bruce
Goodman
Chief
of Police
303.335.4633
|