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Prince George's County Police Inspector General Mark K. Spencer is facing a departmental investigation after an officer complained that Spencer improperly interfered with an inquiry into assault charges against former county homeland security official Keith A. Washington, police officials and law enforcement sources say.
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Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,US
27 October 2006
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Paducah police punished for ta
PADUCAH, Ky. - Six city police officers in western Kentucky were suspended and two were demoted over taking thousands of dollars of meat taken from a wrecked tractor-trailer truck.
The officers took more than 550 pounds of meat, valued at approximately $3,000, said Paducah Police Chief Randy Bratton. He detailed the punishments - unpaid suspensions ranging from one to 30 days - in departmental memorandums, the Paducah Sun reported Friday.
The officers suspended were sergeants Mark Weaver and Scotty Davis, and officers Jody Higdon, James Davis, Wes Kimbler and Paul Stevenson. Weaver and Scotty Davis were also demoted to patrol officers.
All six will also receive ethics training as recommended by their chain of command boards, a group of supervisors and peers that recommend disciplinary actions to Baritone.
"I listen to their input because I want to hear their recommendations," Bratton said. "Ultimately, I have to make some difficult and final decisions."
After the Sept. 20 wreck within the city limits, a Hartman Truck and Wrecker Service employee offered the meat to police and firefighters, saying that he had been told it was going to be destroyed.
Bratton said Friday that the wrecker service had been told by the health department to quarantine the meat and secure it. Police department policies require that officers not accept any gift offered because they are police officers, Bratton said.
Bratton said all six men expressed regret for their actions. During their hearings, most of them had their heads down, he said. "They knew they did wrong," he said.
The punishments of three Paducah firefighters, suspensions lasting from one to five days, were not considered when deciding punishments for the police officers, Bratton said.
He added that the police punishments should be more severe because we are in charge of that scene.
"I believe that with great empowerment comes great accountability," he said.
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