Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Police impersonator/county code inspector arrested again



Police impersonator/county code inspector arrested again but nothing is done because he is a relative of someone on the board

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-75378

A repeated police impersonator and long term Baltimore County, Maryland employee has been arrested yet again but seeks to avoid prosecution as a police impersonator by describing his activity wearing various police uniforms as "Role Play". This also explains his driving a white Crown Victoria as well...or does it? According to one female homeowner and county resident, Mr. Derek Propalis showed up hiding behind a tree after she had made numerous complaints to zoning about later proven zoning violations in progress.Turns out the zoning violator was a relative of another county inspector. Propalis was wearing a "State Troopers " uniform including a gun holster and gun when discovered by the female whose normally friendly dog began growling at a tree behind her house....The homeowners pleas for help were ignored by police and zoning personnel and the zoning violator continued to harass the woman telling her he had "friends at the County" The Police impersonator, Derek Propalis was actually in charge of the zoning complaints she made. Rumor has it that instead of being charged with police impersonation and being fired by the county, the police impersonator/zoning code inspector/civil rights violator was allowed to retire instead and may be receiving a county pension..Now he's been arrested again and the county police are asking that "possible victims come forward"...but these are the same police that stood by the police impersonator and zoning violator and refused to write a report on NUMEROUS incidents which were attempts to intimidate the female homeowner/zoning violations reporter.Civil rights violations need to be investigated and the homeowner has suggested that a citizen review board for both Baltimore County Police and the Baltimore County zoning department be established as well as making the ruling of the Maryland State Court of Appeals: Baisden et al v Garrity, precedent so that this can't happen to another citizen.The County knew about the Maryland State Court of Appeals ruling BEFORE complaints were made.They allowed the zoning violations to be built even though they were reported while the work was in progress and the complaints were disregarded by the zoning department. The homeowner was told by then Deputy Director of Baltimore County Zoning, Michael Mohler, that he would watch her "go bankrupt" if she tried to fix the matter through the courts.(Baltimore County is currently under Justice Dept. scrutiny for numerous EEOC violations) He also told her about "the lady who spent 12 years fighting an illegal fence in court" which was a reference to the Baisden case which went to the Maryland State Court of Appeals and was decided in favor of "the lady ". This ruling, which could be made precedent, would protect homeowners from zoning violators who go ahead with zoning violations then ask for "forgiveness" from the county to allow the already constructed violations(built without proper permit or notice and in violation of current code, thus allowing a few "in the know " violators to skirt the rules).
Photo shows knocked over zoning notice, case 07246A. in an attempt to try to "grandfather in" the violations which were reported before completion and allowed to be finished while keeping it in the courts.Derek Propalis signature is on the original correction notice which was never fully enforced nor timely hearings scheduled. Mr. Propalis finally wrote a correction notice on the matter after the home-owner had complained for over a year when a male friend of hers from a different county made the same complaint (blatant gender discrimination) Baltimore county is currently in violation of the final ruling regarding this matter (the zoning violations ignored by Derek Propalis) issued by the Circuit Court.

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