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Retired Police And Their Experience In The Police Force

By Kate Ryan, Q News 

    Retired police now working for High Point Community Against Violence share their past experiences working in the High Point police force. 

Leonard Stump On Insurance Gone Wrong

Leonard Stump On Steps Taken To Stop Insurance Fraud 

     Stump works currently for the department of insurance covering 26 counties on insurance fraud, and is retired from the Guilford County Sherifs Office. He and his team cover automobile, medical, and homeowner insurance fraud. 

    Stump claims that his biggest case was post pandemic. "The insurance companies weren't sending their adjusters out," said Stump. "This person had a renters insurance fraud ring." 

    The guilty sent in a claim on their renters insurance, that their was a kitchen fire which wasn't true. The guilty was trying to recieve money from the government to cover damage that wasn't their. "The insurance company paid 510,000$ for damage that was a lie," said Stump. 

Photo was taken by Highpoint.gov and this image respresents the High Point police department

and High Point Community Against Violence working together.

Detective On Project X Catch A Predator

    In the early 2000's retired dectetive Jay Eaton covered a case where undercover officers on the dark web were posing as teenage boys and girls. "the premise was to catch the attention of child predators,"said Eaton.

    This undercover detective work led to the arrest of several child predators. Eaton was lead detective on one case that involved a soldier from Fort Brag. "The accused was talking online with who he thought was a 14 year old girl," said Eaton..."which eventually led to were going to meet up and have sex."

    The accused proceeded to drive to High Point from Fort Brag, where the sherifs office was waiting to make the arrest. "The accused was then taken to trial and found guilty," said Eaton. "That was rewarding for me knowing that we got this child predator off the street.

1980 Illegal Immigrant Ex Prisoners Make Way Into Our Country

    Retired law enforcement for deparment of Justice Victor Resto goes into further detail on a case in 1980 where 50,000 ex prisoner illegal immigrants made way into the US through the port of Miami. "Fidel Castro let them out of the prisons," said Resto. "They put them on boats and sent them to the United States." 

    The US prisons ended up with about 10,000 of these ex prisoners. "They were very cunning and manipulative," said Resto. 

    One prisoner escaped, from isolation. "crossed through the roofs of the buildings, and ended up on the ground," said Resto. The inmate then ended up in the Atlanta City. The police were able to bring this inmate back to the institution from Atlanta City. 

Photo was taken from Bouvie Kelly and represents the badge that High Point Police officers where. 

This image holds high value to retired officers of the police force, because it represents their work.

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Favorite Parts Of The Job 

     Eaton goes into further detail about his favorite parts of the police work he did. "As a detective theirs nothing better than getting the accused to admit what they did," said Eaton. He claims that it is the most challenging and rewarding part of the job.

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