Comments on Advance Indiana™: RIP Sheriff Jack Cottey

Gary, many share your point of view. I see most a...

2014-10-29T14:01:33.857-05:00

Gary, many share your point of view. I see most agree anonymously. Proof that you are correct. That video was typical. I doubt much can be blamed on the alcohol. There is no accountability for some.
Why have so many IMPD officers been investigated by the Feds, and apparently so few MCSD? Both have their problems.

Praise for a man who had no relationship whatsoeve...

2014-10-22T20:29:08.212-05:00

Praise for a man who had no relationship whatsoever with his grandchildren... Great guy....Real "family" man...

Cottey and Layton were equally corrupt in their co...

2014-10-22T19:12:18.497-05:00

Cottey and Layton were equally corrupt in their conduct.

I recall published news stories and other reports that Sheriff John Layton:

Sheriff Layton personally refusing to provide jail transport for a police officer he had a grudge against, SGT Huber. He then made slanderous statments about him that were not true.

Sheriff Layton personally refusing to provide jail transport for another police officer on a Friday of a Holiday weekend without notifying anyone because he got a rumor the policeman was disrespectful to a deputy having a bad day. That rumor was proven untrue.

Sheriff Layton giving new Sheriff car to a crony, who is a full time fireman and reserve deputy. Why does a reserve deputy have personal use of a Sheriff car at all???? We don't live in the sticks...cronyism defined!

Pay-to-Play Listing:

These deputies raised campaign contributions, presumably for their crony high paying jobs:

Major Craig Blanton = $462.00 (did not start with MCSD until 2014)
Major Henry "Hank The Goof" Bosworth = $7,405.00
Major Debbie Sullivan = $4,159.00
Major James Martin = $1,232 (promoted recently)
Major Melissa Hamblin (Hiner) = $3,852.31
Major Michael Hubbs = $2,432.00
Major Scott Mellinger = $1,998.00 (Running for Sheriff in Madison Co.)
Major Michael Himmel = $5,385.00 (did not start with MCSD until 2013, but planned ahead)
Major Reginald Roney = $3,323.00

This is a grand total of $30,248.31 for John Layton's campaign. That accounts for about 8.7% of all of John Layton's campaign funding.

You are entitled to your opinion as am I. I give y...

2014-10-22T09:04:59.976-05:00

You are entitled to your opinion as am I. I give you journalistic credit for posting the kind comments from leaders who worked with him. RIP my friend

Ditto for the real truth behind this man and croni...

2014-10-22T08:42:43.335-05:00

Ditto for the real truth behind this man and cronies and corruption. Count on Gary and comments to publish fact.
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Thank you, Gary, for saying what had to be said. I've had the pleasure of getting to know many good law enforcement types who are great public servants. Jack was not one of them, not by a long shot. I know one individual whose career and life was destroyed by this corrupt bastard. I hope he made peace with his maker before he passed for all of the bad things he did to good people during his life.

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Jack Cottey was a bully. Layton is corrupt. We ha...

2014-10-22T07:28:03.480-05:00

Jack Cottey was a bully. Layton is corrupt. We have not had a good sheriff in our lifetime.

Don't forget the whistle blower lawsuit. Cotte...

2014-10-22T06:17:45.607-05:00

Don't forget the whistle blower lawsuit. Cottey ordered the county's crime statistics altered in order to make his predecessor,, Joe McAtee, look bad when he was running against Cottey's crony corrupt mayor friend out in Lawrence, Tom Schneider. He fired the employee who called him out on it. The former employee won his lawsuit in federal court, and it cost taxpayers several hundred thousand dollars. Cottey was unapologetic to the end.

It's quite alarming that people who hold or ha...

2014-10-22T00:43:44.755-05:00

It's quite alarming that people who hold or have held such powerful positions in our state and local community would describe a man who had so little respect for the law despite being a life-time law enforcement officer in the glowing terms they do. Their effusive praise of this man says more about them than it does Cottey, who was simply a product of one of the most corrupt eras of law enforcement in Indianapolis' history. I'm truly sorry for his family's loss, but his departure is no loss to the local law enforcement community to which he brought so much shame and disrespect. He was no role model for younger law enforcement officers, and I can only hope that most of them view him as I did for the public's sake.

Cottey the drunk.

Indiana Sheriffs must be investigated by the FBI. There is cause to believe that Indiana Sheriff's operate under a "Good Ole Boy" system, whereby they all just pass out favors to their own....

Corruption is as Corruption Does.

When Jeremy Rogalski used to work for WTHR, he got...

2014-10-21T22:35:48.384-05:00

When Jeremy Rogalski used to work for WTHR, he got a tip from one of Cottey's fellow deputies to spend a few days tailing Cottey. Rogalski used an unmarked van to follow him around. His work day consisted of going from one bar after another drinking and then driving. Cottey exploded when his story aired, particularly since it made a mockery of his relationship with Mothers Against Drunk Driving. It wasn't long after that before one of Cottey's friends tailed Rogalski until he caught him driving after having a few drinks so they could bust him for drunk driving. Rogalski's career as a journalist came to a crashing halt. He's gone on to much better things. I think he's currently working as an investigative reporter for a TV station in Houston.

My favorite Cottey story was the time he boarded a...

2014-10-21T22:24:08.538-05:00

My favorite Cottey story was the time he boarded a plane to Florida supposedly to play golf only hours before cops raided his posh home out in Lawrence. They arrested his live-in maid for dealing drugs. Cottey put on his best Capt. Renault impersonation, "I'm shocked, shocked to find that drug dealing was going on inside my home."

Be on the watch for some law enforcement sleaze to...

2014-10-21T22:10:33.711-05:00

Be on the watch for some law enforcement sleaze to use Cottey's state funeral as a political opportunity to say "I was a friend of Jack. I was taught by Jack. I worked with Jack to make Indy a better and safer city. And, today, I am proud to display the leadership Jack taught me to announce that I am officially running for Mayor of the great city that Jack loved."

Love that video. Cottey vs. Delaware & South ...

2014-10-21T22:03:39.903-05:00

Love that video.

Cottey vs. Delaware & South

That's like Darth Vader vs. Hitler

Cottey came up through Indy and taught today's Indy leaders. The way it works in Indy, as played and taught by Cottey is that we have a system here. If you get behind that system, you'll do all right. If you decide to go your own way and oppose the system, well, you'll learn how things are done.

Thank you, Gary, for saying what had to be said. I...

2014-10-21T21:41:09.340-05:00

Thank you, Gary, for saying what had to be said. I've had the pleasure of getting to know many good law enforcement types who are great public servants. Jack was not one of them, not by a long shot. I know one individual whose career and life was destroyed by this corrupt bastard. I hope he made peace with his maker before he passed for all of the bad things he did to good people during his life.

He's been on Sheriff Layton's payroll for ...

2014-10-21T21:33:12.725-05:00

He's been on Sheriff Layton's payroll for a no-work, no-show job so I could only assume he was supporting Layton. He's crossed the aisle to support Democrats because they were corrupt enough to put more money in his pocket on top of the millions he had already pocketed during his reign of terror in this county.

Who was Jack Cottey supporting in this year's ...

2014-10-21T21:30:19.848-05:00

Who was Jack Cottey supporting in this year's sheriff's race?