How Not To Conduct A Traffic Stop

[Shellback]

TC - I've seen many examples of government employees being rehired under arbitration when in reality they should've been put behind bars. Multiple incidents on video threatening to execute the people who he's sworn to protect is sufficient enough evidence for me that he should never be allowed to wear a badge again.

[TCinVA]

TC - I've seen many examples of government employees being rehired under arbitration when in reality they should've been put behind bars. Multiple incidents on video threatening to execute the people who he's sworn to protect is sufficient enough evidence for me that he should never be allowed to wear a badge again.

No arguments here...but whenever .gov is involved it's rarely as simple as what should be.

[NickA]

Looks like Officer Friendly may be getting his job back:

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/8630

And the full article :
http://m.cantonrep.com/repository/pm...tguid=LUTXfXe9

[Shellback]

Looks like Officer Friendly may be getting his job back:

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/8630

And the full article :
http://m.cantonrep.com/repository/pm...tguid=LUTXfXe9

I'm disgusted.

[NETim]

“Given the circumstances of that night and the mental status of (Harless), it must be concluded his conduct was defensible,” Graham wrote, referring to the Newton Avenue stop. “The employer lacked just cause to discharge him.”


<SARCASM>This renews my faith in the system. </SARCASM>

[ford.304]

Good on the Canton police department for doing the right thing, even if it did require outside pressure to get it done. Always makes me happy when my cynicism is wrong.

I should know better than to bet against my natural cynicism

[Alaskapopo]

First time poster long time watcher. I'm not sure if this is the proper place for this video but I think it does really illustrate what one should NOT do as a LEO. My favorite quote by the lead officer "My partner has my back and will lie in a report so I can commit cold blooded murder, execution style."

Anyway video is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kassP...ature=youtu.be

Discussion on OFCC's web forum is here http://ohioccwforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=54153

I'll be honest I did not finish the video. The officer starts out rude right off the bat. From what I saw in the begining if this was one of our officers he would not be around long. Sorry I did not watch all 20 minutes. Guys like this give us all a bad name.
pat

[Alaskapopo]

The officer seems to have been looking for an excuse to get aggressive. This makes me very glad for video recording devices for LEOs.

Good cops love having recorders and video bad cops hate them. We require officers to record all contacts in an official capacity. (traffic stops etc) It has saved more officers than its hurt. The ones it hurt deserved what they got. Plus video is also a great training tool. When I am FTO'ing I use it to show the recruit what they did and how they could have done it better. We are looking at getting body worn video cameras now.
Pat

[fixer]

I'm disgusted.

yeah...me too especially on this:

"He has been receiving workers’ compensation and has applied for a disability retirement pension."

The new "killing it" in the USA.

[EKDave19]

http://m.cantonrep.com/repository/pm...TXfXe9&rwthr=0

First time poster and this video got me fired up. I only saw this recently and wanted to see where the case ended up and this is what I found. Looks like there's a good chance he could get his job back if he could get medical clearance.

His attorney says: “What needs to be understood is (there’s) no rule that says an officer (cannot) or should not make threats,” he said. “It’s not nice for a police officer to threaten to shoot somebody, (but) sometimes it’s ultimately the only thing that prevents you from doing it.”

Does this mean I can go and say I'm going to pull my Glock .40 to anyone's head let alone a cop and get away with it? No chance. All I'm saying is that cops should be held at the same if not higher standard than us normal citizens.