The
police officer seen in a viral video arresting a nurse in Salt Lake
City is now under criminal investigation, according to The Salt Lake
Tribune.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill ordered a criminal investigation Friday into the actions of Detective Jeff Payne who aggressively arrested nurse Alex Wubbels on July 26 for refusing to draw blood from a severely injured patient.
Payne has been placed on administrative leave, The Associated Press reported. The
Salt Lake City Police Department also said Friday that two of its
employees have been placed on administrative leave while the
investigation is underway. It is unclear if Payne is one of the
employees mentioned in the agency’s statement.
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The cop is now on administrative leave? Is that PAID admin leave? The system is stacked in the cops favor.
ReplyDeleteCop does something wrong and get put on paid admin leave. During this time he is pretty much on vacation. A few things can happen:
1) the interest in the case goes down and the cop is reassigned to a different division.
2) the co hears through the grapevine that he is going to be fired. He has two choices. The first is to retire if he can so he can tap into his pension. The second is to outright resign so he can find another cop job as he has never been fired for any past transgression.
3) The third thing that can happen is that he be arrested and will go to trial - most DA's are very hesitant to push these cases as even with unimpeachable evidence it is very difficult to convict a cop.
Up until he quits or is fired he keeps drawing a paycheck while it drags on. What should happen is that he get put on admin leave that is unpaid. He cannot leave the area, cannot resign, cannot retire until the investigation is complete and either charges brought up or all the facts are presented to the public that exonerates the cop.
Cops should be held to a higher standard than the citizens that they are sworn to protect and serve. But that is not the case. They routinely break laws like the way they consider it their privilege to drive 10 to 30 piles per hour faster than regular traffic. If a citizen questions a cop it is usually the citizen that ends up in some type of trouble.
put on admin leave that is unpaid. He cannot leave the area, cannot resign, cannot retire until the investigation is complete and either charges brought up or all the facts are presented to the public that exonerates the cop.
DeleteYes and if they were held legally liable for improper conduct, this would most certainly help. Thanks.