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Monday, March 02, 2009

Tired of police 'escort,' he sues Roseville cops

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posted by Bob at Monday, March 02, 2009

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Blogger Bob said...

A late-night cleaner alleges police were following him -- to the point of stalking. So he took them to court.

By JAMES WALSH, Star Tribune

Last update: March 2, 2009 - 10:38 AM

Steven Iverson now says he wishes he never asked for that Roseville cop's badge number.

"It was a dumb thing to do," Iverson said.

It was around midnight in December 2003, Iverson recalled, when an officer followed his car as he traveled from one late-night cleaning job to another cleaning job at the TCF Bank at Har Mar Mall.

Iverson said he asked the officer "what his concern was." When the officer told him he was speeding and made an illegal U-turn, Iverson said he denied it and asked for the cop's badge number.

What followed over the next three years, Iverson said, was a pattern of police cars following his red Buick station wagon. To late-night cleaning jobs. Past city limits. To the point of intimidation.

So Iverson has sued. In federal court. "For basically stalking me," he said.

Roseville Police Chief Carol Sletner said she could not comment on the suit. Police Capt. Rick Mathwig said he could not comment either. But the 20-plus-year veteran said he couldn't remember anyone else suing police for allegedly just following them.

Iverson said he has not been followed since 2006. But he filed suit two months ago for a few reasons: Roseville didn't respond to his letter seeking $3,000 -- for all the extra driving he had to do to avoid being followed -- and the statute of limitations was about to run out.

"To be honest with you," Iverson said. "I need the money."

This is no frivolous suit, he said. Although, he said, he previously has unsuccessfully sued the State Patrol, a former 911 dispatcher and Hubbard Broadcasting Corp.

"Believe me, I was worried for my safety," he said of this suit. "I didn't know if I was going to be arrested or whatever."

Iverson said he tried to resolve the situation with Sletner. But when he complained to the chief, "she basically refused to even consider that anything like that would happen. That any officer would do something like that. But there is no way that it was coincidental."

James Walsh • 612-673-7428

12:42 PM  
Blogger Bob said...

Steven Iverson now says he wishes he never asked for that Roseville cop's badge number.

"It was a dumb thing to do," Iverson said.

My response;
NO IT WASN'T A DUMB THING TO DO!
He also should have reminded the cop he was a public servant!

1:23 PM  

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