Bremerton City Police Department, Officer Randy Brisbane. Interfering in the natural course of justice in an effort to protect a family member from prosecution. Bremerton Washington

Long story short, I was married to a woman whose father is a city police officer. When the marriage went south I gathered my sons, from a previous relationship, and moved away from the home. When this woman found where we had moved, she repeatedly came over, un-announced and inebriated, attempting to make advances and reconcile. When these attempts failed, her behavior would become violent, ripping off the glass screen door, beating her fists and throwing rocks at the house, and even opening up and slamming my car door into the building. These attacks were habitual and even frightened my sons. I called police nearly ten times throughout our marriage and after my sons and I moved away, until finally we had no choice but to move from the county.

Each time the results of calling police were either she leaving before they arrived, resulting in only getting a report number from the responding officers, or if she didnt get away before they arrived, she would be given preferential treatment by them. She would be in disarray, bloody knuckles, hair all messed up, and after ripping off the glass screen door, even had a cut on her face. These things made it look like she had been assaulted and she would play the part, resulting in my arrest and incarceration, where I would spend 60 days waiting for trial. She repeatedly comes to my home, becomes abusive, wrecks mine and my sons property and belongings, does bodily injury to her self, and then has me put in jail. Three times this happened in this manner.

The first time I was new to the criminal justice system and was convinced by my public defender that pleading guilty to a simple misdemeanor would not only prevent a costly trial, but would allow me to go free from custody and immediately go home to my waiting sons. I was basically kidnapped and kept from them for two months. I was desperate for ending it all, so I accepted their ill-conceived agreement and went home.

The second two month visit of the county jail, again was the result of calling police to have her remove from mine and my sons home, but initially was released by the county prosecutor because he believed I was the victim in this case. When her father heard this he became disgruntled and went to the city prosecutors office, fabricated the facts of the incident, and convinced them to issue an arrest warrant. Two weeks after the incident and after charges were dropped in superior court; I was again arrested and jailed for this same incident. I was un-necessarily bound over the entire Christmas holidays. At this point I was angry over the injustice and stood firm waiting for trial, where I was found not guilty.

The third visit to county jail was the result of an incident, (assault really), between my estranged wife and another fellow at my home, and only 7 weeks after the embarrassing defeat in District Court. She was at my home visiting a mutual female friend who I had let stay with me because she was pregnant and had been assaulted by her boyfriend, the same fellow who had assaulted my estranged wife. I was picked up a mile away from the scene where I had chased this guy to. The arresting officer asked if I had been in contact with my ex and I curiously responded yes. Refusing to hear me out, he arrested and jailed me for violating a protection order issued during the incident just seven weeks prior. This protection order was rescinded and invalid. I earnestly attempted to explain this to the officer, and later to my public defender, but my pleas were ignored. Then finally after 53 days in jail, and after numerous plea offers by the prosecutors office, those charges were finally dismissed.

I have written numerous complaints to the Bremerton Police Department, the Prosecutors Office, and many other authorities in and out of the county, and all were ignored. I believe the father was behind all this injustice and used his influence as a police officer to conspire and wrongfully protect a family member from prosecution. I also believe the other authorities involved in this case were acting in an un-spoken custom of protecting and concealing one anothers criminal and malicious errors. I say this not only because of the facts mentioned in this letter, but also because charges against my estranged wife have always been dropped, and just seemed to disapear.

Does anybody believe there are grounds for legal action against the father, and or his buddies?

Gary
Tacoma, Washington
U.S.A.