Omaha Adult Entertainment: Chief moves to fire 2 cops
… I wanted to publicly commend the Police Department chief for doing what I think is the proper thing,” Gallup said, adding he hoped the move would end some community concerns that potential brutality cases are being covered up. Wagner has filed a formal complaint about the incident with the department’s internal affairs unit.
Community activists cited the incident as evidence that city officials should revive Omaha’s dormant public safety auditor position.
City Councilman Ben Gray said Tuesday that he’s researching how to place a measure on the ballot that would add a provision to the City Charter creating a public safety auditor department. Gray said he has sought advice from the city’s legal department. Firings of police officers are infrequent.Former Police Chief Thomas Warren recommended terminating Officer David Erickson, a six-year veteran, in 2007 after he allegedly shocked a handcuffed man with a Taser 10 times. Erickson later resigned. Warren fired Officer Randall Eddy in 2004 after he tried to buy sex from an undercover officer posing as a prostitute.
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Filed by kingofomaha at September 14th, 2011 under Omaha adult entertainment