I believe that Mike Rinder told the FBI that it would be pointless to raid Gold Base in Hemet California. He said that they could round up everybody, even those who’ve been in the hole for years and every single one of them would tell them they wanted to be there.

Scientology employs drills at every major headquarters for a warrant delivered by the FBI. They are to destroy documents and smash computers hard drives and get rid of all evidence of wrongdoing.

That said, I don’t know why they don’t at least try to raid Clearwater and Hollywood Scientology bases.

Hey! I think I met you briefly at the church a few months back. I’m definitely interested in joining but I’m really not sure where to start…do you think you could give me some advice? :p sorry if you think this is random.

Tony Ortega also made a great point asking if that 3.4% of off-duty contracting includes FSO, the front groups, etc., or if it’s just for one entity. Hopefully, the records will be forthcoming.

I have no doubt this is an uncomfortable situation for these agencies, but they need to stand up for the victims of Scientology with the same dedication they show in protecting the powerful. That’s their obligation to their citizens, their bosses.

I saw a great article that answers this question over on Tony Ortega’s website. It was written by someone named Chris Owen. I’m still trying to learn who that is. I know Aftermath had an academic on the season 1 episode 9 titled “Merchants of Fear” and now I’m wondering if there’s a body of academic writings about Scientology.

https://tonyortega.org/2019/02/11/untouchable-scientologys-60-year-plan-to-protect-itself-from-the-law/?fbclid=IwAR2fgTEQIFulci2qy-PBF6t7NNuGEo140g_O2mUJ7iS8fZFyvBKD1al6p9U

There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.

Chief could not compare apples to apples, rather large churches to large churches, because it would not show him or his off-duty officers’ well-paying employer in a good light. But, since there are few, perhaps no churches in the city with the population of Flag, no proper comparison would be made.

I wish they would let me do the stats. I can call up a party of angels on the head of a pin and make them dance widdershins and sing the Happy Birthday song, just give me some data, I’ll get right on it.

For example, “Scientology has cost CW [x-millions, x-dozens] of [dollars,cents] in lost tax revenue, compared to the taxable use of the properties before Scientology bought them. It works out to xx.x% of all lost taxable revenue, making Scientology an [enormous, inconsequential] drain on the city.”

Twenty years later the CWPD goes not have a written protocol for dealing with these types of calls? This should have been part of the Chief’s mea culpa: ” We have been dealing with very similar situations during the 108 calls last year alone, and over [one thousand, two thousand] similar calls by Scientology during th past twenty years, and have developed routine responses and written guidelines, available on FOIA request.”

At the very least, anyone responding to a call about that silly injunction should have memorized it, or at least been in a four-hour training session concerning it, since it seems so important to Scientology – and not understood in the least by CWPD, not even with a copy in their hand.

However, in the absence of any harm to citizens or officers, I hope this continues to happen, as long as it is recorded and discussed in public to bring focus on Scientology’s normal irreligious attack practices. And, absent that trespass warning that was never formalized that day, Mark & Co. are free to return often, just don’t forget the film crew!

@ Zenster:

“Police protect MONEY in America”.

Sure, and from what I observe, they also protect the poor, the aged, children, the disabled and the mentally ill.

What you stated may be the reality where you live, but where I live, police answer calls from ALL kinds of people, of every race, color, creed, age, gender, nationality and socio-economic group.

But then, respectfully, I don’t live in Mayberry.