Police misconduct 2

[Weatherdemon]

Can someone please embed the news video of the Owasso officer who was reinstated after his three UFC elbows to a hancuffed man. I still have no idea how to do it.

Those elbows were pretty weak but totally inappropriate and un-necessary.
He claimed they were to keep the prisoner from spitting on him. It appeared more to me that the cop was pissed about earlier spitting and the guy being a dude so he took some cheap shots. Throwing elbows at a hundcuffed guy doesn't stop spit dumba$$.

That said, it wasn't enough to be fired but the suspension without pay was warranted and a nice letter of reprimand should go into his file.

[Hoss]

Can someone please embed the news video of the Owasso officer who was reinstated after his three UFC elbows to a hancuffed man. I still have no idea how to do it.

A little after the 1:40 mark.

[patric]

Throwing elbows at a hundcuffed guy doesn't stop spit dumba$$.

You have to credit the City of Owasso for trying to fire him, though.

City Manager Rodney Ray told FOX23 he believes the arbitrator exceeded his jurisdictional authority by rewriting the city's policy on excessive force.
"There can't be a little bit of unreasonable force," he said "There can't be a little bit of unnecessary force and the policies of the City of Owasso say there should be no unreasonable or unnecessary force. "  Ray adds it also breaks state laws.
http://www.fox23.com/content/crime/story/fired-denton-owasso-dontaye-carter/cqsA0X_PJESOpj8nQV3c_w.cspx

[Vashta Nerada]

There are not enough words to sum up the disdain for what those officers did to that man. The POS Fat Mexican Cop needs to be sentenced to Prison and put in a general population yard and have six inmates beat his unarmed a$$ to death just as him and his boys did.
He got exactly what he was working on. Trying to make the man do one thing wrong and then he could start beating him with his baton. Fifteen minutes of finding nothing in his backpack pi$$ed him off so he had to give him more stupid commands to make him say he was tired of playing games and stand up.

FULLERTON – One of the policemen involved in the confrontation with Kelly Thomas is no longer working for the Fullerton Police Department, city officials said on Tuesday.
Prosecutors never charged Officer Joseph Wolfe in connection with the July 2011 incident, though he and five other officers were at the scene. Wolfe was one of the first to respond.
Tuesday was Wolfe's last day; he had been with the Fullerton Police Department since January 1999. He had been on unpaid leave since just after the July 5, 2011 incident.
Citing state law, Police Department spokesman Cpl. Tim Kandler would not say whether Wolfe had been fired or had resigned.
Last week, acting police Chief Dan Hughes announced that another officer, Manuel Ramos, was no longer with the department.
The District Attorney's Office has charged Ramos with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter and Cpl. Jay Cicinelli with involuntary manslaughter and excessive force.

[Vashta Nerada]

Wow!

Anyone else wonder how many other people with personally-owned computers with password protection are now sitting in prison for having alleged child porn on the hard drive?

I really hate to sound like a cop-basher, but if they've got a POS in their midst, they need to root him out.

Tulsa Police Department Captain Shawn King has been relieved of his duties and suspended from the department with pay, This Land Press learned today.
http://thislandpress.com/roundups/conduct-unbecoming-tpd-captain-shawn-king-suspended/ 

Translation:  He will be allowed to resign and become a police officer somewhere else.

[TeeDub]

I still wish I could find a job where I could get light duty and then three months later get suspended with pay.

"King, a first shift Captain in North Tulsa's Gilcrease Division, was previously put on restricted administrative duty pending the outcome of an Osage County investigation that first began in May...."
"Tulsa Police Department Captain Shawn King has been relieved of his duties and suspended from the department with pay...."

Public unions are awesome.

[patric]

I still wish I could find a job where I could get light duty and then three months later get suspended with pay.

"King, a first shift Captain in North Tulsa's Gilcrease Division, was previously put on restricted administrative duty pending the outcome of an Osage County investigation that first began in May...."
"Tulsa Police Department Captain Shawn King has been relieved of his duties and suspended from the department with pay...."

Public unions are awesome.

Demoted:  http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/TPD-captain-accused-of-inappropriate-behavior/Yu4oJuAg2kCiYAMf2NZefw.cspx

[Conan71]

-Engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior while on duty, in your police uniform, in your office at Gilcrease Division in 2008
-Engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior while on duty, in your police uniform, in your office in Gilcrease Division in 2008 and sending a photograph(s) of this activity via your personal cellular phone to another departmental employee
-Engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior while on duty, in your police uniform, in your office in Gilcrease Division in 2008 which was reported in a news story by This Land Press to the public on April 26th, 2012, causing embarrassment to the department.

King has 10 days to file a written appeal to the City of Tulsa.

Probably ought to quit while he's ahead. 

[DolfanBob]

Probably ought to quit while he's ahead. 

The force or sexual behavior? 

[patric]

Probably ought to quit while he's ahead. 

Jordan's actions only relate to violations of department policy that became public.   

The 17 year-old son of Skiatook realtor Keena Roberts died in his Osage County home late Saturday night from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The death occurred amidst an investigation into the alleged molestation of his sister by Roberts' ex-boyfriend, a Tulsa Police captain.
Yesterday, in an emotional, unsolicited posting on This Land's Facebook wall, Roberts blamed the apparent suicide on stress brought on by the investigation of TPD Captain Shawn King, who is accused of molesting Roberts' daughter, a minor, while he and Roberts were dating.
http://thislandpress.com/roundups/conduct-unbecoming-17-year-old-takes-his-own-life-distraught-mother-blames-embattled-tulsa-police-captain/

When the allegations of computer porn came out, Chief Jordan re-assigned King from the Gilcrease Division to the computer department (Information Services Division).  http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20121019_11_0_Tulsap443964

[Vashta Nerada]

Those elbows were pretty weak but totally inappropriate and un-necessary.
He claimed they were to keep the prisoner from spitting on him. It appeared more to me that the cop was pissed about earlier spitting and the guy being a dude so he took some cheap shots. Throwing elbows at a hundcuffed guy doesn't stop spit dumba$$.

That said, it wasn't enough to be fired but the suspension without pay was warranted and a nice letter of reprimand should go into his file.

Tulsa County Associate District Judge Dana Kuehn found that reinstating Lt. Mike Denton would pose "a special risk of injury, physical and psychological, to citizens and, if he is allowed reinstatement, the department will be faced with explaining why Owasso allows abusive conduct by its officers, which is against the law."
Kuehn found Wednesday that Denton engaged in conduct as a police officer that was contrary to law and that the conduct was "inextricably related to his employment duties."

Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge James Payne dismissed a lawsuit filed by three Owasso police officers, Jarod Mitchell, Darryl Jones and Lem Mutii, who claimed to have suffered financial losses and humiliation as a result of the temporary suspension of the department's defensive tactics program.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=14&articleid=20130110_14_A1_CUTLIN406173

[Ed W]

I'd rather not see this guy back on the job in Owasso because if he's involved in similar incident, the city will be facing an enormous lawsuit.  This is probably a damned-if-you-and-damned-if-you-don't situation as the officer could bring a suit if the city refused to reinstate him.

[patric]

I'd rather not see this guy back on the job in Owasso because if he's involved in similar incident, the city will be facing an enormous lawsuit.  This is probably a damned-if-you-and-damned-if-you-don't situation as the officer could bring a suit if the city refused to reinstate him.

Is (are) Defensive Tactics just a way to euphemise heavy-handedness, or is it closer to this guy...

James Yeager, CEO of Tactical Response, a Tennessee company that trains people in weapon and tactical skills, claimed in a video posted on YouTube and Facebook that he would "start killing people" if President Barack Obama decides to take executive action to pass further gun control policies  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/james-yeager-start-killing-people-obama-gun-policy_n_2448751.html

[Teatownclown]

Boulder officers arrested, accused of plotting 'trophy' kill of Mapleton elk

http://www.dailycamera.com/news/ci_22401544/boulder-district-attorney-announce-decision-charges-mapleton-elk-shooting

[Vashta Nerada]

Tulsa police officer sues publication, ex-girlfriend, alleging libel, invasion of privacy
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=14&articleid=20130319_11_A12_ATulsa116733

A Tulsa police officer has filed a lawsuit against a local publication claiming libel and invasion of privacy on allegations that it
possessed a personal laptop computer containing compromising photographs of him and published a series of articles that alleged sexual
misconduct by him.

Officer Shawn King filed the lawsuit in Tulsa County District Court on Friday, about a year after his former girlfriend told police officials
that King had compromising photographs of himself engaging in sexual activity while in uniform.
The lawsuit was filed against Keena Roberts of Osage County, his former girlfriend; This Land Press LLC; Joshua Kline, the author of the
series of articles, which were published online last year; Michael Mason, This Land's editor; Vince LoVoi, This Land's publisher; Eric
Cullen, a private investigator; and Cullen and Associates LLC.

In the petition filed Friday by King's attorney, Jean Coulter, King states that he became romantically involved with another officer, Christy
Kellerhals.
During their relationship, the two shared "private photographs of a sexual nature between themselves." The petition states that they intended
these photos to "be viewed exclusively by them."
That relationship ended in 2009, and King, a captain at the time, entered into a relationship with Roberts and moved into a residence with
her, according to the petition.
The petition claims that Roberts searched the residence in late 2011 for "evidence of an ongoing relationship" between Kellerhals and King.

The petition alleges that Roberts found a password-protected personal laptop computer and cellphones that belonged to King in a locked
closet. On the laptop, Roberts found the photos, the lawsuit claims.
In February 2012, Roberts took the material to the Tulsa Police Department's Internal Affairs Division, which determined that the material
could not be accessed because the ownership of the items was in dispute, according to the petition.

Roberts then told Internal Affairs that she and King had engaged in sexual activity in King's patrol car while he was on duty. A subsequent
investigation and admission by King resulted in his being suspended for 40 hours without pay in April.
The petition alleges that Cullen, at the direction of Roberts, went through the neighborhood where King was staying, told residents that "a
child molester and kidnapper" was in the area, and distributed a flier with photos from King's laptop.

In April, the petition states, Roberts went to the FBI with the photos, alleging that they contained child pornography. An FBI analysis said
"they found no material on the flash drive which was child pornography."
Around that time, the petition alleges, Roberts took the material to This Land Press, which then published an article on April 26 that said
King "is suspected of sexual-related crimes."

The article also alleged that King had thousands of pornographic images, including some of young girls.
An article the next day alleged that King had molested one of Roberts' children.
This, along with the allegations made by Roberts in a protective order affidavit and complaint filed in Osage County resulted in King's being
placed on restricted duty.
In October, King was demoted to officer and transferred to the Police Department's Training Division after a pretermination hearing.

Police Chief Chuck Jordan determined that King had violated the department's rule on conduct unbecoming an officer three times. The rule
states that employees will not act in any way that would "bring reproach or discredit upon the department."

The lawsuit states that in November, the Osage County District Attorney's Office closed its investigation of crimes that were alleged to have
happened there and declined to file charges, which led to the filing of the lawsuit, said King's attorney, Coulter.
Tulsa Police Officer Jillian Roberson said King is on paid administrative leave.