MSG Laigaie
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http://www.policeone.com/officer-mi...cy-creates-permanent-lying-list-for-officers/
The city's public-safety officials consider lying to be a cardinal sin for officers. They say it should almost always result in termination.
But officers don't always lose their jobs for being untruthful, and until recently, the city didn't keep track of those who lie and stay on the force. The lack of oversight has allowed some dishonest officers to receive promotions. Officials say they probably have testified in criminal cases without disclosing the transgression, a violation of federal and state law.
It wasn't until last year that the Police Division created a list of untruthful cops. The Dispatch obtained the list under the Ohio Open Records Act. Police Chief Kimberley Jacobs said she is reviewing the list, which was put together before she was named the division's leader in April.
"Our integrity must be unquestioned, so anybody that damages that integrity by being untruthful is looking at the loss of their position," Jacobs said. "I can't say strongly enough how extremely important it is to maintain our integrity with the public."
Why is this NOT done in every State in the Republic? I applaud the idea, I am surprised it took fifty years(really?), but I think it should be covered under FOI requests and not kept to just LEOs.
The city's public-safety officials consider lying to be a cardinal sin for officers. They say it should almost always result in termination.
But officers don't always lose their jobs for being untruthful, and until recently, the city didn't keep track of those who lie and stay on the force. The lack of oversight has allowed some dishonest officers to receive promotions. Officials say they probably have testified in criminal cases without disclosing the transgression, a violation of federal and state law.
It wasn't until last year that the Police Division created a list of untruthful cops. The Dispatch obtained the list under the Ohio Open Records Act. Police Chief Kimberley Jacobs said she is reviewing the list, which was put together before she was named the division's leader in April.
"Our integrity must be unquestioned, so anybody that damages that integrity by being untruthful is looking at the loss of their position," Jacobs said. "I can't say strongly enough how extremely important it is to maintain our integrity with the public."
Why is this NOT done in every State in the Republic? I applaud the idea, I am surprised it took fifty years(really?), but I think it should be covered under FOI requests and not kept to just LEOs.