Charles Carter accused Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham of fraud at a press conference in front of Jackson City Hall Monday. Mr. Carter is the President of the National Emergency Communications Institute. NECI provides 911 certification courses to first responders nationwide. WLBT, Fox40, and the Clarion-Ledger were present. Mr. Carter issued a press release that is posted below.
Mr. Carter alleged Mr. Graham was authorized to provide NECI courses and 911 certifications in Mississippi. Mr. Graham was required to use NECI training manuals and materials to issue such certifications. Mr. Carter said Mr. Graham instead took manuals from another company not certified in Mississippi, inserted some of his own material, and passed it off as his own instead of ordering manuals from NECI. He then alleged Mr. Graham then provided NECI certifications even though he did not use NECI training manuals. Mr. Graham would charge $495 for the course and was supposed to forward $95 to NECI. The agencies reimbursed their employees the $495 fee upon completion of the course. Mr. Carter said few manuals were ordered from NECI while many NECI certifications were provided by Mr. Graham.
Mr. Carter claimed the certifications were not valid and the state made the decision to recognize them anyway. Mr. Carter argued such recognition violated the law. Mr. Carter said he visited Jackson to meet with an unnamed agency and seek prosecution of Mr. Graham for the alleged fraud. Mr. Carter claimed the fraud took place from 1995 to 2006 and he has been pursuing charges against Mr. Graham since he discovered the alleged fraud in 2006.
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Just a white guy running his mouth and getting involved in the effort to suppress blacks when it is their turn to reap the benefits of government service.
I smell jail time on the horizon for Mr. Graham...........
Robert Graham is a crook and a fraud.
And yet there are idiots like "Offtha" who will allege that this is just a bunch of white people Repubs looking to take a brotha down for doing business with other blacks. Sad how he and so many others like him could care less about gov't corruption as long as its about racial revenge...turnabout's fair play.
I've heard people argue that Martin Luther King died so that black politicians could be just as corrupt as white politicians. It's almost a funny line until one finds himself on the wrong end of such corruption. We can do better than move the bottom rail to the top.
Why is the Fondren Bugle silent on this? Oh, wait...
I noticed they asked Graham for a rebuttal that was telivised and the "loot" appeared a little nervous in front of the camera. He still claimed it was a political ploy to discredit him.
A "Political Ploy"? What is Mr. Carter's political position?
On a related note, I saw Slick-Louis Armstrong on television this morning shucking and jiving about free transportation to some place or other for free services. Or at least he thinks they are 'free'.
I judged Robert Graham "by the content of his character, not the color of his skin" as desired by Martin Luther King.
I call him a criminal because it is his character, not because of the color of his skin.
Being black is no excuse for committing crimes, especially when hiding behind a badge.
Charles D. Carter
Graham is a crook please dont play the race card with this . This is a crook who need to be removed from office .
Mr.Carter I feel disrespected that this "reserve" officer has a badge . He brings shame to us real police who actually attended an academy and are state certified to do this job. "Lie"utenant Graham my ass.
It is not about race.
BUT if a white elected politician here in Hinds County had been presenting himself locally and around the country as a sworn Lieutenant of the Jackson Police Department for more than a decade when he was not you can damn well bet your last dollar that the black community would be in an uproar about the police impersonation.
You can bet that last dollar that Derrick Johnson, Lambright, Chokwe, Kenny and Donna Ladd would be holding press conferences demanding an investigation. It is part of the double standard that goes to the core of the explanation as to why people are leaving Jackson and Hinds County in droves.
When you can dispense professional services contracts to anyone you choose in direct violation of state law and NO ONE in a position of oversight will stop you then you understand the prognosis for Patient Jackson and Patient Hinds is terminal.
Every Democrat in HindsCo is either a member of Jim Hoods' family or one of his friends.
Someone please explain to me why convicted felon Louis Armstrong is working for the city. That lowlife piece of shit should still be in jail, or run out of town.
12:49. If he were white, and caught bribing the sleezy owner of a titty bar, he would have been, but the brothers have different standards, apparantly.
Now there is evidence that Graham has been ripping off at least two companies and falsified a JPD purchase order. No telling how many other companies are out there from whom he has appropriated their intellectual property and work products for financial gain.
I was curious as to the identity of the male WLBT reporter asking the questions -- the tone of his questions sounded to me as if he was out to discredit Mr. Carter (though I could be wrong. example: "I guess I don't understand how your company lost money" at 7:44, where he also referred to Mr. Graham as "Robert" ). I visited the WLBT website and found David Kenney's bio, under which is a photo of Kenney standing with Robert Graham (in uniform)... I thought this was interesting, since none of the other staff bios had supplementary photos. Made me wonder if maybe he is friends with Graham, hence the tone of the questions.
Though, I could be mistaken about the identity of the reporter and the tone of the questions...
Good find. You are correct. Maybe Kenney will find a couple EFJohnsons under his Christmas tree or perhaps a signed copy of From Trash Can to Commander and an "All Dispatcher All the time" tote bag.
Carter is telling the truth about Graham, and he has the proof. This isn't about colors. I don't care if this man is purple or Graham is green. What Graham did is wrong, and he should be punished.
This is my response to an article in the Clarion Ledger written by Ruth Ingram.
David Hampton
Editor
Clarion Ledger
In response to the article by Ruth Ingram, she refers to Robert Graham as "an internationally known emergency communications trainer." This is once again a misrepresentation of the facts as Graham is so well known for." The facts are that he has worked for or spoken at conferences by 9-1-1 training companies internationally known. On his website, he claims customers as “his customers” but they were agencies NECI sent him to as a “NECI contract instructor” such as the FBI Academy, Waco, TX, and several others.
Graham is a fraud in every aspect. When he verbally represented himself as a police officer and commander over the 9-1-1 center and an internationally-known trainer, it was a moral fraud. When he taught courses at the Jackson Police Academy for a fee while drawing a salary from the City of Jackson, when violating copyright laws, when fabricating certificates making 9-1-1 agencies eligible for reimbursement from the state 9-1-1 board for paying him a fee was a criminal fraud for which I hope the district attorney will hold him accountable.
Since 2007, I have related these facts to the following Clarion Ledger reporters who all failed to report them since 2007: Leah Rupp, Chris Joyner, Grace Simmons-Fisher, Kathleen Baydala, and Molly Parker. None of them wrote a single word of my allegations even when provided with supporting documents. Why not?
You had a reporter at my press conference last Monday at Jackson City hall. He asked questions but nothing I said that day was printed. Why not?
Charles D. Carter
CEO/President
NECI
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