Part Two Of A Multi-Part Series.

About twenty of Roswell's most senior cops, including MPO's (Master Patrol Officer) detectives, sergeants and officers say they've had enough of Chief Ed Williams' reign. Disgusted and disgruntled with what they claim is an ongoing and rampant abuse of power by the highest ranking officials in the Roswell Police Department, these veteran law enforcement officials approached The Beacon to "let the community know the truth about what is going on in the RPD." They spoke only on the condition of anonymity. This is the second installment of their story.

EVIDENCE ROOM IN DISARRAY - $12,000 MIA

Cops claim the RPD's evidence room "is a disaster."

Sources say the problems date back to 2006 when David Smith, a civilian, served as the RPD's evidence room technician. His supervisors at the time were Arlene Shemaka, another civilian, then Sgt. Frances Davis (now married to RPD's Major John Watson and since promoted to Lieutenant) Captain Ed Sweeney and Major Mike Brown.

Cops say Smith had free reign would and would "lock himself in the evidence room for hours without anyone knowing what he was doing."

In 2006, a large drug-bust was made by RPD in the Hispanic community. Then uniformed officer Anthony Hill, now with RPD's Crime Suppression Unit (CSU) deposited over $12,000 into the evidence room in confiscated alleged drug money.

Smith then quit his job a week later. In the summer of 2009, RPD Officer Neal Cobb, who retired from the force in the summer in 2010, was ordered todetermine which cases the RPD's impounded vehicles belonged to because they had to be moved to accommodate a re-graveling of the lower impound lot. Cobb says he came across an SUV that was confiscated in the 2006 drug-bust referenced above. Part of Cobb's assignment was to tie the impounded vehicles and their related cases together. In his attempt to relate the SUV in question to the 2006 drug-bust case, Cobb says he went to the evidence room and could not locate the bank account records for the $12,000 that was listed as confiscated in the original case report. Cobb claims he brought the discrepancy to Shemaka and Brown's attention, with no results. Cobb, a 32-year law enforcement veteran, appalled by the lack of response, then says he took it upon himself to contact the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) to launch an investigation on the missing money. The GBI, short staffed due to budget cuts, sent in Fulton County investigators. According to Cobb, two Fulton County Sheriff's Department officials came into RPD and did a thorough investigation of the evidence room and deposed Hill. They also searched every safe inside the department. The investigation is ongoing.

RPD Chief Ed Williams demoted Cobb in September. Cobb filed a grievance with the city, and had a public hearing in March 2010. The three-board panel, which included Mayor Jere Wood and Councilman Jerry Orlans, dismissed his claims in April. Cobb, dismayed, had enough. He took the city's early retirement buyout in June.

Brown took the city's early retirement buyout offer as well, and is retiring on October 16.

FULTON COUNTY DA’S OFFICE INVESTIGATING ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING BY SGT. GREGORY FRYSON

On May 23, 2006 two males -- Adrian Demetrus Hudson and Vernardus Austin Nwanze -- were shot and wounded during an RPD felony arrest. RPD Lt. and Public Information Officer (PIO) James McGee told the local news media that the two men were in their vehicle when one of the suspects leaned out the window. "At that point one of the officers fired a 12-gauge shotgun," McGee stated, injuring both of the suspects.

However one RPD officer on the scene has an entirely different account. The 10-plus year patrolman says that the suspects were already apprehended, cuffed and on the pavement facedown when Fryson approached with a 12-gauge shotgun. The veteran cop stated that Fryson's shotgun accidentally discharged. The buck-shots then ricocheted off the asphalt and struck both suspects. Hudson sustained minor injuries to his neck and face and Nwanze was rushed to Grady Hospital where he was in serious condition. Both men recovered.

As per routine, GBI officials were called to the scene to investigate the incident. Fryson was placed on paid leave until the investigation was complete. Fryson was subsequently returned to active duty less than two-weeks after the incident – prior to GBI's official report. Multiple cops told The Beacon that the Fulton County District Attorney's office is now investigating the shooting.