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Officer in Stanford traffic stop: 'I told you I was gonna get her'

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STANFORD - A former Stanford police officer called the town's then-police chief and said "I told you I was gonna get her" moments after pulling over Stanford's mayor for a traffic stop in March, according to a video of the stop obtained by The Pantagraph on Friday. | Raw video: Watch the traffic stop | Stanford's police future

Ramiro Bosquez, who has since resigned from his other job as a McLean County sheriff's deputy, is also heard telling his boss, then-Stanford Police Chief Everett Copeland, "I love my job" in a phone call to Copeland after pulling over Mayor Margaret Campbell on March 21.

The video was obtained Friday from McLean County State's Attorney Bill Yoder's office. Yoder said in April that evidence indicated Campbell was targeted, and he dismissed the three citations issued by Bosquez - who was working as a part-time Stanford officer that night - relating to Campbell's vehicle registration and headlights.

McLean County sheriff's deputies will continue extra patrols of Stanford, which has not had a police department since mid-May after the allegations of targeting surfaced.

The Stanford Village Board voted unanimously July 23 not to renew Copeland's contract and to keep him on paid administrative leave until July 31.

Bosquez resigned June 28 from his job with the McLean County sheriff's department, and he now works for Metcom, the county's emergency dispatch service, according to Sheriff Mike Emery. The officer resigned before a hearing was scheduled before the merit commission, and his permission to work in Stanford had been revoked.

In May, the sheriff said Bosquez was disciplined, but declined to be specific, citing confidentiality of personnel matters.

Copeland, who previously denied any of his officers has ever gone after anyone personally for a traffic stop or arrest, said in April the mayor had a vendetta against him.

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