|
|
|
| NEWS > 27 December 2007 |
Other related articles:
Toronto police chief says bord
A plea by the Canada Border Services Agency to help fight terrorism by nixing a Toronto police "don't ask, don't tell" policy dealing with illegal immigrants was met with a cold reception Tuesday from the police chief.
The policy is the first of its kind in Canada and directs Toronto officers to avoid asking routine questions about a suspect or citizen's immigration status. It was drafted to encourage more community co-operation with police and allay fears that illegal immigrants would be deported if they ever contacted authorities.
Members of the Toronto Police Service... Read more
|
 Article sourced from
|
|
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,T
27 December 2007
This article appeared in the above title/site.
To view it in its entirity click this link.
|
Dallas Police Department, TX
|
Two Dallas police officers put
Dallas police are investigating whether two off-duty officers were involved in an assault early Thursday against popular country music singer Steve Holy.
"It appears that two unidentified Dallas police officers met the complainant at an off-duty social event and later went to the residence of the complainant," police spokesman Lt. Vernon Hale said in a prepared statement. "At some point, witnesses state that one of the men assaulted one of the hosts" at the home.
Lt. Hale offered little further information about the incident, but a 911 call record shows officers were dispatched about 5:30 a.m. to the Old East Dallas home that belongs to Mr. Holy. And through an attorney late Thursday, the singer said he and a friend were assaulted and gave his own account of what happened at the house in the 5700 block of Vickery Boulevard.
According to the account Mr. Holy said he gave to police, he was home for the holidays from his tour and went out Wednesday night with a friend to a bar on Greenville Avenue near his home.
Once there, they ran into an off-duty Dallas police officer whom Mr. Holy had met before. That officer introduced them to two other officers, and the five of them began drinking together.
When the bars closed, Mr. Holy invited the group back to his home to play foosball in his garage. Shortly after they arrived, the officer he had met before left. The other two officers remained.
About 5 a.m., according to Mr. Holy's account, one of the officers became belligerent, challenging Mr. Holy about his identity as the country music singer. Mr. Holy showed them his picture on his album, but the officer still wasn't satisfied.
"Do you know who you're [expletive] with, you're [expletive] with a Dallas police officer," Mr. Holy told investigators the man yelled at him. He said the officers showed their badges.
The officer yelled to the second officer to bring him his gun from the car, according to the account, and soon the officers were holding Mr. Holy and his friend at gunpoint.
Mr. Holy told police one of the officers held a gun to the back of his head while he lay face down on the kitchen floor. At one point, he went upstairs, telling the officers he would get his identification, he said, and told his wife, who had been sleeping in a bedroom, to call 911.
Meanwhile, his friend escaped to the home of a neighbor, who called 911. The off-duty officers left before police arrived. According to Mr. Holy's account, they threatened him with retaliation should he tell anyone what happened.
Lt. Hale said Thursday that it was unclear who the two officers were. At least one witness indicated they were officers Randy Anderson and Paul Loughridge, Lt. Hale said. Both were placed on administrative leave Thursday.
"The Dallas police public integrity unit will investigate the possible criminal allegations," his statement said, "and Internal Affairs will investigate the administrative portion if these in fact were officers."
A recent roster indicates that Officer Anderson, 25, and Officer Loughridge, 48, have been with the department since 2005.
"There have been no charges or arrests at this time," Lt. Hale said. "Detectives will continue to investigate the incident and take appropriate action."
|
| |
 EiP Comments:
|
|---|
|
| |
* We have no wish to infringe the copyright of any newspaper or periodical. If you feel that we have done so then please contact us with the details and we will remove the article. The articles republished on this site are provided for the purposes of research , private study, criticism , review, and the reporting of current events' We have no wish to infringe the copyright of any newspaper , periodical or other works. If you feel that we have done so then please contact us with the details and where necessary we will remove the work concerned.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
 |
Ethics in Policing, based in the UK, provide information and advice about the following:
Policing Research | Police News articles | Police Corruption | International Policing | Police Web Sites | Police Forum | Policing Ethics | Police Journals | Police Publications |
|
| |
|
