When the Badge Becomes the Brand—and You’re the Product

Welcome to Superior, Wisconsin. Population: Sketchy Decisions. And Currently Four Federal Rights Lawsuits. Jim’s going to have to take his shoes off pretty quick just to count them.

Veteran financial advisor Glen R. Bayless, a man with more years in the game than most rookies have in their IRA, just lobbed a federal lawsuit that reads like a Midwest noir script. Forget about stock tips—this tale’s got rogue cops, missing laptops, and enough career sabotage to fill a Netflix docuseries titled How to Tank a Life in Three Easy Raids.

June 16, 2022: The Day Privacy Packed Its Bags and Left

Bayless was mid-career and still raking in serious financial cheddar. Then Superior PD, led by then-sergeant (now Captain failing up) Jeffrey “Evidence Hoarder” Harriman, decided to kick his front door in with a search warrant and seize everything that beeped.  Harrimans second civil rights lawsuit the taxpayers have to cover.

Let’s break down the haul like we’re unboxing a twisted tech YouTube channel:

• • Multiple iPads

• • Multiple Samsung phones

• • A Dell laptop

• • A MacBook

• • SD cards

• • Synology NAS device

• • And a computer tower that holds no secrets right Harriman that’s proven ?

All of it gone. Like a magician’s trick. Except, instead of applause, Bayless got silence, misinformation, and the warm, fuzzy feeling of due process being slow-roasted over a barrel fire.

“You’ll Get It Back Monday”—Said No One Truthfully

Bayless was told his phone—critical for accessing his client files—might be returned “tomorrow or Monday.” That was over three years ago.

Today? The city still has:

• • His MacBook

• • Multiple iPads

• • That mysterious Synology drive (probably turned into a coaster)

• • A Dell Latitude that might as well be a museum piece by now

And Bayless? He’s still waiting. Maybe they’re using the tech to stream Law & Order: Irony Unit at the station.

Interrogation by Bureaucracy

Rather than let Bayless access basic work files to clean up the fallout, the cops gave him the classic runaround:

“Talk to your attorney.”

“Maybe we’ll negotiate.”

“Or maybe we’ll just keep your stuff until it’s retro again.”

Even more bizarre? A Superior police officer allegedly leaked confidential details from the search to another financial advisor, claiming they were looking for child porn and trying to tie Bayless to someone else under investigation.

Let that soak in: One cop blabs confidential details of an active investigation to a random civilian—who then uses that privileged info to negotiate down Bayless’s business value. From $2.25 million to $1 million. That’s not just shady—it’s straight-up mob tactics dressed in a badge.

“They All Hate You at the End of Belknap”

According to the lawsuit, Bayless was told that some officers were “excited” to raid his house—because he’s the “rich guy at the end of Belknap.”

Ah yes, the official “You’re Too Successful in Superior” crime. Apparently, doing well in this town gets you raided like you just robbed the state fair.

This quote, allegedly from the officer:

“They’re also trying to connect you to that gymnastics guy… they think you’re part of it.”

The gymnastics guy? George Deppa, who was facing his own scandal. Bayless? Just owned the building. No charges. No connection. Just guilt by lease agreement.

Captain Harriman: From Sergeant to Property Collector-in-Chief

Harriman’s rise to Captain in 2024 means he’s still in charge of the very same investigation that’s left Bayless’s property in police limbo since 2022.

Three. Years.

That’s longer than the entire run of The Sopranos.

They’ve returned some items… but the big-ticket stuff? Still in custody. At this point, it’s less “evidence” and more “hostage situation.”

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Mic Drop: When the Police Raid Your Life But Forget the Evidence (and the Constitution)

Let’s review: A man loses his tech, his business, his reputation—and somehow no one at Superior PD sees a problem with that?

This isn’t justice. It’s a sting operation on logic.

Instead of transparency, Bayless got ghosted. Instead of due process, he got dragged. And instead of a timely return of his private property, he got years of silence from a police department acting more like a petty HOA than a government institution.  This appears to be a pattern with peoples personal property and the city of superior police department.

And remember—he was never charged.

So while Captain Harriman gets promotions and his name put in another civil rights lawsuit taxpayers get to cover, Glen Bayless is out millions, his name tossed into rumor mills (we heard them), and his laptops still living in a police locker like feral orphans. 

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