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Clarksville PD detective fired

A Clarksville police officer who settled a racial discrimination suit against the city two years ago for $150,000 has been fired. Raymond Davis, a CPD detective, was terminated effective March 27.

According to his termination letter, Davis was fired for violating a CPD rule governing "truthfulness," and a city code pertaining to "deceit or other honesty."

In an interview Tuesday, Police Chief Al Ansley said Davis' termination stemmed from a Dec. 17, 2008, pursuit. Ansley said it was not the pursuit that led to the termination, but Davis' response to the resulting investigation, during which Ansley said Davis was untruthful.

According to Ansley, Davis — who is a domestic violence investigator — tried to stop a vehicle that had run a red light. In a resulting report, Davis called it a "nonpursuit" — meaning he tried to stop the vehicle, and the driver did not comply. Since the supposed offense was not severe enough to warrant a pursuit, Davis said he did not give chase, and he filed a nonpursuit report.

All pursuits (non and otherwise) are investigated by the department's Professional Integrity Unit as standard procedure, Ansley said.

During their investigation, Ansley said the PIU had questions about discrepancies between where Davis said the chase began and ended versus what audio from 911 dispatchers indicated.

PIU forwarded the investigation to the command staff.

"They determined it was, in fact, a pursuit. They also had questions about Detective Davis' truthfulness during the investigation," Ansley said.

When it landed on Ansley's desk, he determined he had no choice but to fire Davis, who otherwise had only minor discipline issues in his record.

"That was my only option," Ansley said.

The issue, he said, was not mislabeling or mistaking a pursuit for a nonpursuit. A mistake such as that would typically lead to only a reprimand.

"I will not sacrifice any officer if they're trying to do their job and they make a mistake," Ansley said. "When I ask you about the incident and you continue to lie about it, that's when I have a problem."

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Ansley said he's made his zero-tolerance policy on dishonesty clear inside and outside the department as he seeks to make the department competitive with other agencies in the state in terms of pay and performance.



"In order to do that, I think we need to earn the respect of the citizens of Clarksville," he said.

Davis had until Monday to file a written appeal with the city's Human Resources Department, but he did not do so, department officials said.

Contacted at home Tuesday, Davis said he'd acquired an attorney and wasn't "sure exactly what I should and shouldn't say."

"I will say the allegations are false," he said, also calling them "made up."

Ansley said that during the investigation, Davis alleged that the 911 dispatch tapes were tampered with.

Davis, who joined CPD in 1993, said he felt the termination was in retaliation for a lawsuit he filed in 2006.

That suit alleged Davis was subjected to "an ongoing and continuing racially hostile work environment (and) promotion process." The suit also said the department discriminated against black officers by applying harsher conduct standards, causing their records to appear less favorable than those of white officers.

The city reached a settlement with Davis out of court in February 2007 for $150,000.

 

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