Arrest Made in Connection to Case of Missing 911 Operator in Georgia

LaFAYETTE, Ga. — "Walker County officials on Tuesday announced an arrest made in connection to the case of missing 911 operator Theresa Parker.

LaFayette police officer Harbin Chaffin was arrested and charged with making false statements to police in regards to the case, Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson announced. Sam Parker, Theresa's husband, is a sergeant on the same police force as Chaffin. Chaffin is the next-in-line supervisor on the same shift as Sam Parker.

The arrest was made around 9 p.m. Monday night.

"This is part of the missing persons case the GBI has been investigating over the past week," Wilson said.

"We have made an arrest pertaining to this case," added Jerry Scott, assistant special-agent-in-charge at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is handling the case. "The investigation is continuing, we're making progress in the case and hopefully, we'll have a resolution … in the near future."

LaFayette Director of Public Safety Tommy Freeman, who serves as Sam Parker's boss, said it was "very unfortunate" that one of his officers who has been on the force for more than 10 years was arrested. Not only has he been placed on suspension while the investigation continues, but he also faces an internal department investigation, Freeman said."

Wowsers. Placed on suspension. Facing a departmental investigation. These cops mean business. Can't kidnap, kill, then hide the body of a woman without being departmentally investigated there, no siree Bob.

"Parker has been missing since the night of March 21, when she last spoke to a relative on the phone. Some of her family members have said they suspected that her husband, Sam Parker, had something to do with her disappearance.

The two were in the midst of a divorce when Theresa disappeared.

"We're still holding out hope we will find her safe," Wilson said, "but we understand and we realistically know that with each day that goes by, our chances of finding her diminish greatly."

Jonathan Wilson, Theresa's brother-in-law, told FOX News earlier Tuesday that the news of the arrest was "a great development," he added, "it isn't what we thought."

Yeah, bummer. You thought her cop husband killed her then hid the body but it was a cop friend of the cop husband.

I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but there MIGHT very well be a connection here...

"...Theresa was in the midst of moving to a neighboring town when she disappeared."

Not bloody good enough now, was it? So whats the perspective to put this in, ya think? 4 million sworn officers of the law in the US. That's a lot. Where would one find 4 million....wait...

There are approximately 4 million members of the NRA...

Even more concealed weapon licensees...

But hows a come the crime rate for THEM is much, much lower than for police? In New Orleans alone the bad-cop ratio was horrendous. Video's of them looting, even. Who then, polices the police?

Beg pardon? It used to be us? Before they evolved into a paramilitary force?

Nah. We STILL police them. Here and many other places.

Remember the Knapp Commission?

The Knapp Commission (officially known as the Commission to Investigate Alleged Police Corruption) stemmed from a five member panel initially formed in April 1970 by Mayor John V. Lindsay to investigate corruption within the New York City Police Department. The creation of the commission was largely a result of the publicity generated by the public revelations of police corruption made by Patrolman Frank Serpico and Sergeant David Durk.

The commission issued its preliminary report on August 15, 1972 and issued its final report on December 27, 1972. In its final report, the commission found widespread corruption in the New York City Police Department, and made the following recommendations:

• commanders should be held accountable for their subordinates' actions.
• commanders should file periodic reports on key areas that would breed corruption.
• field offices of the Internal Affairs division should be created at all precincts.
• undercover informants should be placed in all precincts.
• improve screening and selection methods and standards.
• a change in police attitudes.

I've hi-lighted the last two (2) for a good reason. The screening and selection standards went the way of the Dodo once minority hiring quotas were established in the mid-80's, and by a show of hands, how many believe that "police attitudes" have changed for the better?

I remember the Knapp Commission fallout quite well. The local neighborhood wiseguys were complaining (and still ARE, for that matter) that it cost a LOT more to rent a cop because of that damned commission. In the most corrupt precincts, over 90% of the police were on someone's payroll, and citywide the estimate was 70% or thereabouts. I say thereabouts because who would believe 100%, but back then if you DIDN'T, you were called an idiot.

So of course nothing regarding this story of the missing 911 operator is hard to believe. In the annals of recorded history, there has never been a more corrupt government organization, and democrat politicians don't count because we expect them to steal.