J. J. in Phila
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"The cover up of the 2001 incident began on 2/26-2/27/01."
Yes!
"Another question was, after they talked to McQueary, why did they never contemplate actually reporting this to the police? Why were they focused solely on DPW?"
Maybe: If they reported to police the 1998 file would be opened. But DPW destroys their records in unfounded cases, so they didn't have a file, and probably have a lot of staff turnover.
Harmon (police) might have advised them to keep it out of his office if it wasn't serious.
The knew the file was there, and they knew it was investigated, with no charges; why would they care if it was reopened? The police and DA already knew about it.
Besides, higher law enforcement wouldn't be happy that they waited 2 weeks. DPW seems to have a looser time constraint. And perhaps they thought that DPW was responsible for dropping the 1998 case so was the less dangerous agency.
Well, so did the DA's Office. They only interviewed McQueary on 2/20-2/22, so it wouldn't be that big of a delay; it wouldn't be a statute of limitation issue.
They didn't go back to Courtney for fresh advice.
Courtney had some TSM connection, right?
Schultz was away (Australia) for a few days at some point, maybe when the email coding started up, and maybe he was the only one smart enough and neutral enough to have reported a crime. Without him present, the others folded?
He was on board with it, when Curley suggested it. The only guy finding a downside was Spanier. Schultz only insisted on informing TSM.