Papers Please: The Breckinridge Hills Police Will Discover This Man's Identity Soon

Chris Hoglan: I left for a walk at 12:17am on Sept. 4, 2014 and didn't come home. I headed out on my own as I often do. My path crossed Officer Mathew Tyler Badge #272 of the Breckenridge Hills, Mo Police Department 20 minutes later. I was never told that I was suspected of any crime or given any reason as to why I was being detained. I asked many times if I was free to go and the end result was Officer Tyler #272 and Officer Allemann Badge #247 tackling me to the ground. I was then taken to jail and questioned. I never answered any questions and never gave them my ID through the entire 10 1/2hours I was held. I was searched and brought to the police station and questioned without being read my Miranda rights. I told them I was invoking my 5th amendment right too not answer any questions with legal representation and was still questioned. They ultimately charged me with "Police Interference". It costs me a $500 bond to get out the next morning at 11am. I contacted my lawyer immediately and showed them the video. We requested a jury trial from Breckenridge Hills, Mo for the Police Interference charge and they dropped my charges. My attorneys and I met with the Chief of Breckenridge Hills, Mo on Feb. 5, 2015 in person and filed an Internal Affairs Complaint. We have been waiting for Breckenridge Hills to complete their internal investigation.

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Comment by XLFD on April 26, 2015 at 10:12pm

This video is very instructive as to show why police officers need to be better trained in the basics of law enforcement in regards to the rights of the people they interact with.  I presume Mr. Hoglan was innocent of any crime other than knowing his rights, yet the officers treated him on par with how they would be treating someone they witnessed committing a crime. 

Sadly, the officer's lack of training (or perhaps over-training on other topics where tact isn't required) will cost the community a chunk of change for the criminal way that this citizen was treated.  Police officers need to start going to jail and losing their job for doing this stuff. 

In Ludington, similar things happened in the federal cases filed by Travis Malone and Joseph McAdam.  How do our leaders react?  Drafting a resolution they plan on sending to Washington DC telling them why they think civil rights laws should be repealed, which they plan on okaying tomorrow. 

I am going to be so embarrassed as a citizen of this great country, when a federal representative sees the Ludington Torch on his browser and says "Ludington, isn't that where that idiotic resolution came from?"

Comment by Willy on April 26, 2015 at 4:47pm

Good for him. What the police don't realize is that the person they harassed represents all citizens. This officer clearly demonstrated what tyranny represents. Ignoring the rights of citizens they are sworn to protect is not by any stretch, the definition of someone who is doing their job. A simple explanation of why the gentleman was being detained would have gone a long way in making this stop a positive one, instead the police dept. will probably be facing a lawsuit. Stupid policing does not help solve crimes.

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