The KopBusters Story



THE KRIME

It’s called an informant plant. The Odessa narcotics unit illegally compelled an informant to plant drugs on Yolanda Madden. The informant testified in federal court he planted the drugs on her, and he passed a polygraph confirming the same. Yolanda also passed a polygraph along with a hair follicle and urine test, showing she did not use drugs. View all the polygraph and drug test results here. Our broken criminal justice system ignored the evidence and railroaded her through court, sentencing her to eight years in prison. Barry's ex-partner, Joe Commander, mistakenly thought Yolanda Madden was “The Ice Queen” from Dallas. The informant testified that the kops told him to give Yolanda her son’s video game bag. The informant did as instructed, but did not know the bag contained almost two ounces of methamphetamine. The police initiated a traffic stop on Yolanda and arrested her for the drugs in the bag. Her father hired KopBusters, a new reality show produced by NeverGetBusted, whereby Barry and Candi along with their detectives set up stings across America to catch krooked Kops.



KOPBUSTERS HATCHED

Coming off the success of NeverGetBusted.com, the KopBusters concept was hatched in one of many late night board meetings which consists of Barry and Candi smoking herb and pillow talking their upcoming strategies they will use to assist Americans.

They were discussing the thousands of citizens who sent emails to NeverGetBusted asking for help regarding krooked kops in their communities. Barry, formerly one of our nation's top drug enforcement officers, has first hand knowledge of the korruption the American Drug War produces. He knew the constant flow of emails complaining of civil rights violations, specifically the 4th Amendment (unreasonable search and seizure), were true.

The complaints triggered the all too familiar flashbacks of Barry's kriminal behavior as a kop. As a kop, Barry really believed the illegal tactics he used were for the greater good because he had been taught all drug users were evil. With guilt welling up and not knowing how to help the millions of abused citizens, Barry focused on Candi through watery eyes. Candi said "Babe, you were so good at busting the citizens, why don't you start arresting those bad kops? We can call it KopBusters."



THE PLAN

The next several weeks were spent discussing reverse sting operations based on Barry's intimate knowledge of the kop mind and their preferred methods of operating. He used his past training and experience as an undercover agent to weave nine kop traps that would be placed across America to sting any rogue agents.

KopBuster's first target was Washington State where they received hundreds of complaints regarding illegal raids on marijuana grow rooms. The "Dummy Grow Room Operation" was selected from the nine traps to lure the kops into an opportunity to obey the law and respect the 4th Amendment, or disobey the law and conduct an illegal raid.

Legal Note: Although marijuana is currently prohibited by the American government, the 4th amendment forces police to follow certain investigative guidelines to seize the marijuana. If those guidelines are not strictly followed, the seizure is illegal and the citizen’s rights have been violated. Criminally, the evidence is suppose to be thrown out and civilly, the citizen can sue the government to punish their disobedience of the law.

The goal of "Operation Dummy Grow Room" is to expose one of three crimes commonly committed by judges and kops when seeking opportunities to make money from illegal raids:

The first crime is the kop's willingness to lie on a search warrant affidavit claiming a reliable and confidential informant saw the plants and/or the odor of marijuana could be detected coming from the house. Kops secretly refer to the former as the "ghost informant" method of obtaining a search warrant and one or both of these reasons alone is enough probable cause to conduct a legal raid. We knew if the kops lied on the affidavit, the lies could easily be proven by reviewing the hours of hidden camera video showing no informant and no marijuana had ever been in the trap house.

The second crime is the illegal use of FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared Radar) camera. FLIR cameras were legal to use without a warrant when Barry was a drug kop but have since been outlawed by the Supreme Court unless a warrant has been issued to use one. The probable cause needed to raid a house is usually the same probable cause needed to use the FLIR so the cameras basically became unusable to law enforcement overnight. However, police secretly continue using the cameras but neglect revealing that information on the warrant affidavit because it is illegal. This is similar to an illegal wire tap in the sense if a kop illegally listens to your telephone conversation, he will use the information he learned but will not reveal how he really learned it.

The current Narcotics Investigator for the Ector County District Attorney is Joe Commander. The current Narcotics Investigator for the Yoakum County District Attorney is Richard Dickson. These two men were Barry's close partners at the Permian Basin Drug Task Force and we were seen as the “three amigos” of our task force. There are photos of Richard and Joe standing next to Barry. Richard is in the second photo standing on Barry's LEFT. Joe is in the fifth photo and is also standing on Barry's left.

Richard Dickson continues training with Joe Commander and the Odessa Narcotics squad. He often meets with them in joint operations and k-9 training.

Barry has personal knowledge Investigator Richard Dickson owns and uses one of these illegal cameras that is hand-held. Dickson told Barry it belonged to the Yoakum County D.A.‘s office and Richard sold Barry footage from the camera to use in Barry's second film, NeverGetRaided. Barry used the purchased footage in an entire chapter where he informs citizens how to beat the technology of the illegal device. You can view the footage and Barry's teachings surrounding it here.

After watching the Youtube clip, you will notice Richard provided footage of an actual clandestine marijuana grow operation meaning he either knew about the illegal grow operation and allowed it to operate or he sold Barry evidence. Barry paid him $1000 for the footage and Richard Dickson knew Barry was using the footage in his second film to aid marijuana growers. We can prove this because Richard had previously sold Barry footage of Richard's drug dog false alerting to use in Barry's first film titled, “NeverGetBusted: Traffic Stops.” He triggered a local K-9 to false alert during a K-9 training session in Ector County and sold the footage to Barry for $1300. You can see it here.

So yes, one of West Texas’ drug kops, closely connected to the Odessa trap house sting, secretly sold Barry evidence to use in his films that teach Americans how to not get busted for drugs. Richard Dickson can be quoted in various newspaper articles saying he was disgusted with Barry's efforts and accused Barry of switching sides and producing the films because of the money. Here is one example...

Ex-Top Cop DVD Viewed, Reviewed
By KENNETH DEAN and ROY MAYNARD
Staff Writers
Sunday, February 4, 2007
..."Richard Dickson said he wasn't surprised at the DVD and Cooper's plans, "Barry Cooper is a businessman and out to make money and I am disappointed that he did it," he said. "If he is teaching people to hide criminal activity and putting the lives of those who uphold our laws in jeopardy then I am very upset."...

Richard was assaulting Barry's integrity regarding the motives of the film, all the while he was spending the $1300 Barry traded him for the footage.

A prominent media personality witnessed the transaction between Richard and Barry and Barry has the paid check copies to prove what happened.

The significance of a narcotics officer selling evidence to aid Americans in smuggling marijuana is one issue. The second issue is it’s direct relation to the KopBuster’s raid designed to expose korruption in the Yolanda Madden case.

The third crime is the judge's willingness to sign a search and arrest warrant without sufficient probable cause on the affidavit. Judges often "rubber stamp" warrants at the request of greedy kops knowing the judges are protected and are not held accountable for signing a faulty warrant. Judges in the U.S. can sign any order they choose without fear of criminal or civil liability. The kops acting under the judges orders are protected as well because they are carrying out the orders of the judge. Kop corruption is directly married to judge corruption. Where there are krooked kops, there are krooked judges and we caught both in our first sting operation.



THE KOPS ARE TARGETED

Shortly after targeting Washington State, Barry received a report from an Odessa, Texas citizen, Raymond Madden, who advised his daughter, Yolanda, had been set up by some of Barry’s former partners at the Odessa Narcotics Unit. KopBusters immediately redirected the operation to West Texas and rented a house. Barry’s Hollywood Manager, David Ballard, was notified of the secret operation and plans were made to produce a reality TV show surrounding the Yolanda Madden case and the KopBuster trap. The production of this film is underway as interest from Hollywood continues to heighten. Barry and Candi plan to release the film in August 2009.



THE STING

After the grow light was activated and the hot air began to pump from the trap house, the waiting began. Barry knew the police had the house under surveillance because he could see them with the hidden cameras equipped with remote control pan, tilt, night vision and zoom capabilities. Barry also had an informant inside the police department giving him detailed information as the kops planned the raid.

KopBusters attorney, Adam Reposa, volunteered to enter the house and wait for the police to execute the search warrant. He purchased sunglasses, a ski hat and a fire log and was dropped off three blocks from the trap house. Knowing the kops would see him enter the house, Adam removed the fire log from his backpack and lit it in the fireplace to give the appearance from the outside that he was burning evidence.

After waiting for about an hour with no action, Adam decided to walk to a restaurant to eat. Halfway there, the kops rushed him, slammed him onto the ground and secured the arrest. The attorney was in custody but Barry didn’t know it because the arrest took place out of camera range.

As the KB detectives watched the many monitor screens waiting for Adam to return, they noticed the kops getting ready for the raid by staging several cars near the trap house. Unbeknownst to KopBusters, Adam was under arrest in back of one of the cars. The kops had written a description of him on the search and arrest warrant after seeing him enter the house. The video monitors soon came alive with the images of kops sweeping the house with guns drawn. In less than 24 hours of activating the legal grow light, the kops were raiding the house. KopBusters quickly scrambled to their vehicles and rushed to meet the kops head-on and find Adam.



THE CONFRONTATION

On their way to the scene, KopBusters detective, Jason Osborne, notified us he could see Adam on camera in handcuffs standing near the police. Upon arrival, cameramen and our group of detectives jumped out of various vehicles. The kops would not allow us near the trap house and refused to give a copy of the warrant affidavit. Barry noticed Adam standing near the officers and he was soon released.



THE AFFIDAVIT

Several days after the sting, the media continued pressing police and the affidavit was produced. The affidavit gave two reasons why the affiant, Investigator Jessie Garcia, wanted the judge to sign the warrant:

1) An anonymous letter the affiant claimed was given to him by a preacher named Pierce; and

2) The affiant made two drive-bys of the suspected house to confirm it fit the description contained in the anonymous letter.

Barry writes, “I raided over 100 homes during my tenure as a narcotics officer. If I would have presented an honest judge with the same application for permission to raid, he rightly would have said, ‘That is not enough evidence for me to sign the warrant, so go investigate and gather more evidence. If you can’t find any more evidence, then we can’t raid the house. If you find more evidence, I’ll re-examine the affidavit.”

The judge should never have signed the warrant. The US Supreme Court is very clear that an anonymous tip is never enough probable cause to raid a home.



GOING VIRAL ON THE NET

Within 24 hours of the sting, KopBusters website generate millions of hits. According to the news-tracking website Digg.com, KopBusters led the world as the most talked about story on the Internet and ranked #10 in most searched-for words on Google. KopBusters placed second on RawStory.com for the most Digg votes, and attracted over two million page views. The world’s interest and concern regarding korrupt kops in America caused KopBusters to go viral on the net. Yolanda Madden’s case is now well known, and hopefully this attention will help set her free by pressuring authorities to re-examine the evidence and police work related to her case. KopBusters has received a number of tips about other korrupt kop behavior across America and will continue to track down and expose these rogue agents.

This operation was the first of its kind in the history of America. Police sometimes have other police investigating their crimes but the American court system has never dealt with a group of citizens stinging the police. This is a colossal Fourth Amendment issue -- Citizens in America are promised protection from unreasonable searches and seizure. It's unreasonable to search a house based on anonymous tips alone. Sounds like we should have titled the show "JudgeBusters."



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FOLLOW UP

One Internet-savvy blogger who was following the story pointed out “Preacher Pierce” is the chaplain for the Odessa Police Department. When the reporters asked him about the letter, he denied knowing anything about it. Upon learning this, the Odessa American Newspaper questioned the kops – so the kops changed their story, claiming they got the wrong name on the affidavit and it was actually “Pastor Pugh” who delivered the letter. The kops are now investigating who wrote the letter in hopes of pinning it on KopBusters so they can file False Report Charges.



FOLLOW UP

As part of their investigation, the police contacted the Odessa American and asked the newspaper to release the personal information of all the citizens who posted comments online under the paper’s KopBusters article. The newspaper is refusing to cooperate with the police, citing a First Amendment case previously won in court.

Many are wondering why the police are spending so much time trying to determine the author of the letter after the raid when that should have been done beforehand. When the media asks Barry if he had anything to do with the letter, he responds,

“Anybody could have written that letter. The police could have written it. The preacher could have written it. The neighbors could have written it. That is why it’s called an anonymous letter, and that is why the Supreme Court finds anonymous letters insufficient for probable cause to break into a home with guns drawn. If it were legal to conduct a raid based on an anonymous letter alone, then citizens could send anonymous letters to trigger raids on their enemies.”

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