HARRISBURG POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED BY ISP; CLARIFICATION: SUSPENDED BY CHIEF
HARRISBURG—Neighbors of a now-former Harrisburg police officer reported to Disclosure at 5 p.m. 06.19.12, they’d seen the man arrested and seated in the back of a waiting Illinois State Police cruiser—and turns out, they were right.
Former Harrisburg police officer Brent Stanley, who’s been with the force for the past 14 years on and off, was arrested this evening after results from a March 7, 2012 blood draw showed that he had been allegedly driving DUI-drugs on that date.
Former Harrisburg police officer Brent Stanley
Reports of Stanley’s erratic and somewhat dangerous driving were made to authorities on that day, and he was apprehended and taken to the local hospital, where blood draws were performed. According to authorities, there were at least six different types of drugs found in his system on that day, which resulted in today’s DUI charges, and the arrest affected after lab results were official today.
Our sources indicate that Stanley had spent a lot of time OFF work for various workmen’s comp (on the job injury) claims, and had become dependent on painkillers. Sources said Stanley had been given the opportunity to go to rehab several times, but never took that opportunity.
The results of this were that, again according to sources, Harrisburg police chief Bob Smith SUSPENDED Stanley’s employment today upon learning of the lab results and subsequent arrest, removing Stanley’s gun and badge as well. Our sources indicate that Smith cannot FIRE Stanley; only the merit board can terminate his employment, but Smith does have the authority to get Stanley’s gun and badge removed.
Interestingly, Stanley happened to have been present on the day Winifred Moss was arrested on grand jury indictments in 2010, about 30 minutes before officials arrived to execute the warrants. There was heavy speculation at that time that Stanley was hanging with the wrong crowd, as the Mosses made it well-known that Stanley resided in their neighborhood and was a frequent visitor at their place.
Official press information is expected to be released tomorrow morning about the current charges; keep checking back for updates.
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Posted by Jack Howser
on Jun 19 2012. Filed under Breaking, Saline.
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Well , Well , Well ! I LOVE IT !! Stanley was always a little smart ass , thinking he was better than anyone else ! I say that they give and MAKE each and everyone of Harrisburgs finest a drug test , then again we wouldn’t have apolice force at all ! This just made my day ! Wonder if they will get rid of him on the school board also ?? :o: :o: :o:
How about not wasting time & money on drug tests for cops becuse that is quite a bit of money from our “city”. I would however, be ALL FOR drug tests for the crap-bag skeezers out there on welfare…the worthless ones (95%). That just chaps my azz. Just like my bumper sticker says: “Work harder, millions on welfare depend on you!”8)
Oh hell. He’s on the school board????
Nope. Not on the school board:
http://www.hbg.saline.k12.il.us/boardofeducation.htm
I agree with Laura.I think they should be subject to random testing.To many Cops like to take their subscription pills and drink with them ,all in the name of the pain they are in from working to hard or some other lame excuse just to get high and are doing what they arrest others for.
Now you can see why they don’t want them filmed at arrest.They may be higher than the arrestee.
Last I heard he was on the school board , maybe not now ? Why don’t they drug test all city officials , from the police department to the Saline county courthouse ? Now thats a petition to get started ! I’ll print it out and be the first to go door to door to get signatures
That is a great idea Laura but I bet your petition would get lost somewhere before it got to far .
While you are at it ,why not drug test all School Officals including Board Members.This could save us from low employment for the area if the Police and Schools are hiring .Lots of jobs could be open.
Also while you are after the Court House and he POPO why not go after all city and county employees?
I meant The POPO
I have a question.If he had went to rehab when they ask him to then first of all they must have known he had a problem and they still let him work and the second if he had gone to rehab wouldn’t he loose his job anyway because he couldn’t carry a gun if his FOID Card was revoked like everyone elses or does a Cop not get revoked?
Dang…that’s a good point. I’ll ask some people in charge and see what they say.
I was wondering the same thing ? What if he would have been “High” and really hurt someone , who’s fault would that have been ?
Thanks Jack,I’ll be standing by .
Why hasn’t the Local Media commented about this ? I didn’t see anything in the Local Paper about this.Maybe they’ll comment on here and explain why they didn’t.
Why do you think they haven’t commented on it ? It’s one of Harrisburgs finest .lol The daily register doesn’t want to make Harrisburg look any worse than it already is if that is possible !I wonder how a person gets a petition started to get every single county / city employee randomly drug tested ?We should all get our minds together and get the ball rolling , I’m in !
The D.R. doesn’t ever report anything about people with any kind of “social” standing in the community unless it’s too big to ignore. That’s why so many people read this paper.
I just saw that they actually did report on this in todays paper, I’m surprised!
I know about the DR Laura.I was just proding them a bit.I like to do that as often as possible till maybe someday they will print the truth and all of the news.
You should ask Jack about the petition .If he don’t know he’ll be more than happy to point you in the right direction.
You should be able to start a petition online at change.org. I have never done it but I have signed a few on there. It seems to be a good way to go and is all ectronic so no knocking on dorrs to get signatures.
I just saw where the DR finally posted it. I am sure were not getting all of the facts but here is the link if your interested in it.
http://www.dailyregister.com/news/x1179514194/Harrisburg-Police-Officer-Brent-Stanley-charged-with-DUI
After reading what was in his system, if they drug tested all of them then we probably wouldn’t have but a few officers left here in Harrisburg. Sab but true.
Sure wish you would do a little investigating on the Mt. Carmel police dept. and some of their attorneys. Think you would find some very interesting stories.
If we could get a little bit more specific information on that, we might. To just “look into” something involving attorneys, without names, places, incidents, etc, gets a little tiring and futile….especially when we cover so many counties.
Another one bites the dust…
Or snorts it. Jk
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Eileen wouldn’t you love to know what kind of drugs he really had in him.They said he was shaking and stuff but that could be a lot of many differant drug.I have seen ,to many times, the Meth Heads jerking and twiching.I hope for his and his familys sake it wasn’t meth.
Is coke,not the cola kind,as available as it once was since another Moss is in jail?
Now who’s going to hand out tickets to people that are trying to get their kids to school on time?
Obeying the speed limit in a school zone is a safety issue that too many people disregard. If you’re having to rush to get your child to school on time, then it sounds like poor planning on your part.
The Picture above doesn’t look anything like the same Cop that was in the DR.Maybe it was an older picture or the Dr put the wrong one in to throw everyone off.
It was off his Facebook page. Probably younger, and less recreational pharmaceuticals…
LOL! I wonder if anyone has ask him if he knows why they call that stuff DOPE?
I think if I were are city employee right now and knew I had nothing to hide I’d volunteer to take a drug screen. Didn’t another of HBG police officers go to the hospital not too long ago for drinking too many “5 Hour Energy” drinks. Or thats the story being told.
I hadn’t heard that….but I bet I find out NOW.
i heard he was not arrested nor lost his job,????
He was arrested; this came from top officials.
As far as his job, like we corrected in the post, Smith can’t terminate him…but he CAN remove gun & badge. It’s a pretty sure bet the merit board WILL terminate him, though.
I’m afraid to use the 5 hour drinks myself.Can’t see why anyone would want more than one if they work as they say.
But tell me why that he was tested on March 7 and the results just come back? How could that be ,when if they arrest you for DUI they can take you to the ER and find out of you are drunk or high and then throw your can in the can.
Usually if it’s DUI-drugs, the standard is to do a blood draw and find out what’s in the system and how much. The way the labs are backed up, it took that long for it to comeback with results. We see it happen in Richland all the time. I think it depends on the ISP district.
How can they make the decision to arrest you on DUI right then? I thought they could tell while you were in the ER and then off to jail you go.
Nothing surprises me when it comes to cops and courts in Saline County. I believe out of all the corruption and wrong doing in Southern Illinois the bullseye is and most likely always will be Harrisburg/Saline County. It is in the nature of the place from Charlie Berger to John Dale Caveness.
Whatever is happening at the time Saline county always tries to outdo Gallatin County. Gallatin had one bad Sheriff but it is looking like it will be hard to find a good Cop in Saline County.
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