Cop's are liars! (Among other things) Part 2

In the article a few weeks ago that "Cops are Liars" I commented on the fact that if you're going to investigate cops then the worst thing you can do is get other cops to do the investigating.

(This only makes sense because any cop is going to close ranks and protect his own. Unfortunate, but a fact of life!)

Well listen to this , bunky. Eighteen times in two years, Bolingbrook police were called to fellow officer Drew Peterson's home because of trouble between husband and wife. (Kathleen Savio, the third wife of Sgt. Drew Peterson, was found dead in a bathtub in 2004.)

But, Peterson's wife could never get authorities to arrest him.

In fact, she was the only one ever charged.

Now residents of this Chicago suburb are wondering whether police were protecting one of their own -- and whether they bear some responsibility for what happened next.

Peterson's wife at the time of the domestic disturbance calls, Kathleen Savio, was found dead in 2004 under mysterious circumstances.

In a roughly two-year period beginning in 2002, police responded to 18 domestic disturbance calls at Peterson's house.

Savio accused Peterson of beating her and threatening to kill her, but no charges were ever brought against him. Instead, Peterson twice persuaded prosecutors to charge Savio with domestic battery.

She was acquitted both times.

Police Lt. Ken Teppel said that in all 18 instances, police conducted a thorough investigation. He said a department inquiry found no indication officers did anything wrong or violated procedure.

(When Savio was found dead in her bathtub in 2004, a coroner's jury ruled it an accidental drowning.)

Now his current wife (#4) Stacy is missing and feared slain.

Peterson, 53, was a police sergeant and 29-year veteran of the force, resigned earlier this month after he came under suspicion in his current wife's disappearance in October.

Since Stacy Peterson's disappearance, investigators have re-examined Savio's death and exhumed her body, and said they now believe it was a homicide made to look like an accident.

Peterson has not been named a suspect in Savio's death. But authorities said he is suspected in Stacy Peterson's disappearance.

Peterson has denied any wrong doing in either case and said he believes his current wife left him for another man and is still alive.

The Bolingbrook department has handed the investigation over to the Illinois State Police -- standard practice in criminal cases involving a member of the force.

Teppel said street cops in the 122-member department are being reminded about the proper way to handle domestic calls and are being told they are expected to adhere to the rules, no matter who answers when they knock on the door.

Teppel said Police Chief Ray McGrury has made it clear: "There are no favorites."

Savio and Stacy Peterson were Peterson's third and fourth wives. He and wives No. 1 and 2 divorced.

Vicki Connolly, Peterson's second wife, has said that during their marriage, an increasingly controlling Peterson hit her and told her he could kill her and make it look like an accident.

Connolly said police sometimes came to the house when the couple were having problems, but she said the officers were friends of theirs and no reports ever were filed. E-mail to a friend

This case is far from over folks!

Allan W Janssen is the author of The Plain Truth About God at www.God-101.com and the blog "Perspective" at http://God-101.blogspot.com