Palm Springs Police

Many strange, even bizarre things have been occurring at my home and to my business for the past year or longer. I've tried to get help from the Palm Springs Police Department, but always get nothing in return. Once, after someone stole my phone, hit me and threw me into the front windows of my home, shattering the glass and then took off, I called 911 from another phone and waited for officers to arrive, as the 911 operator told me they would be doing soon. They NEVER arrived, I waited at least 25 minutes, which is an outrage. So I drove to the police department to complain and was ignored for several minutes. Once an officer got up from her desk to talk with me, she was short, rude and unhelpful. Another time, I was told I would have to first call dispatch before Palm Springs Police would begin any kind of an investigation. I did and eventually, Officer Cassie arrived. My sweet chocolate lab greeted her and barked twice, to which Officer Cassie replied: "You better get a hold of your dog before I have to shoot her!" What in the world just came out of this woman's mouth, I was thinking. I've been tackled to the ground, handcuffed with brutal force, wrestled and shoved into the back of a squad car without any clothing on, completely naked, and taken to Desert Regional Medical Center where I was injected with various unknown drugs, sedated and unconscious for 48-72 hours. When I woke up from what I was told was a "51-50," or an involuntary psychiatric hospitalization and evaluation, they returned my belongings and I got out of there as quickly as I could. The incident was frightening, but worst of all, there was never any real psychiatric evaluation that might have been helpful somehow. It was pure intimidation, harassment, physical and verbal abusive, and excessive force used by Palm Springs Police and paramedics. I hope no one ever has to endure such a needless and yet psychologically traumatizing event but knowing how police operate in Palm Springs, it's happened to many others. I'd love to hear about similar horror stories from others. Perhaps we would have more success with a class action lawsuit if we banded together to raise attention to our cause and try to prevent this from occurring to anymore innocent people. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty in this city and throughout the nation? Sadly, the Patriot Act has been a terrorist attack on our nation's own citizens and our fundamental civil rights. Remember what our founding fathers fought for? I'm afraid too many Americans don't even know what those basic principles were and should still be today: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It's time to fight back, for the average American to demand our rights be restored and the so-called "Patriot Act" be repealed and replaced with legislation that will forever protect our civil rights for every American, including gays and lesbians and other minorities who are not yet included in the minority classifications listed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and our Federal Government. We the people are our government. When will we wake up to this and fight back? If you agree, please write me: kr773@***.com. I'm willing to spearhead a class action lawsuit with Palm Springs Police named as the defendant. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Those words from Margaret Mead ring true more than ever today. If you have what it takes to be committed to making such a necessary change in our community, I want to hear from you! --Kevin Roy, Owner & President of Vacation Rental Homes by Kevin Roy, and very concerned resident and citizen of the beautiful city of Palm Springs, California.