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COLTON – Police Chief Ken Rulon was escorted out of police headquarters and ordered to turn in his badge and gun after officials told him he was being placed on paid administrative leave.
Rulon, 43, has been the focus of a five-month investigation into possible misconduct but no reason was given for placing him on leave. Officials said it involved a personnel matter and no details would be divulged.

“Chief Rulon will need to report in with the city manager prior to entering the Police Department,” City Manager Daryl Parrish said in a memorandum to police headquarters.
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Kansas City Police Chief Jim Corwin announced today that he has suspended two officers who ignored a pregnant woman’s pleas for medical help during an arrest last year.

A videotape recording of the Feb. 5, 2006, traffic stop was released Tuesday to The Kansas City Star.

Sofia Salva, who was nearly four months pregnant, spent 10 hours in police custody after the traffic stop. She later delivered a premature baby at a hospital.

The baby lived for one minute before dying, according to a personal injury and wrongful death lawsuit Salva filed last week against the officers and the department.

Corwin read a prepared statement to reporters at a 3:30 p.m. press conference. It was his first day back in Kansas City after attending a conference. Corwin did not answer questions because of the pending litigation.

The officers who arrested Salva will remain on paid leave until the end of an internal investigation into the incident, Corwin said. He acknowledged that the officers’ actions were inconsistent with a department policy that says: “Officers will procure transportation for a sick or injured person when requested or appropriate.”

Salva requested help or said she was bleeding at least 21 times during the traffic stop. After one of her requests, a female officer asked, “How is that my problem?”

The officers never sought help for Salva.

Corwin said the officers’ behavior was “inconsistent with the values and policies of this department and inconsistent with the training they received in the police academy. Their behavior is not reflective of the more than 2,000 men and women of this department who serve this community very well every day.”

Corwin said the internal investigation launched this week will cover the entire time Salva was in custody.

Salva’s lawsuit contends jailers also ignored her repeated requests for medical help. The lawsuit said the jailers provided several changes of jail-issued pants to her overnight, but did not release her until she passed a large blood clot the next morning.

Corwin said he had begun meeting with community leaders about the incident.

“I would ask for patience from the members of the community as we investigate this incident,” he said. “I can assure everyone that we will be transparent throughout this entire process.”

 

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