March 14, 2006

Police Abuse of Power - Franklin, TN

This is an outrage...

My daughter was working nights at Carmikes. A Franklin Police officer took an interest in her since she was only 16 years old. This officer would follow her home , which was outside the city limits. After she told me what was going on , I would stand in the shadows watching her pull into the drive way with the patrol car on her bumper. The car would then drive away. One night , the officer pulled her over and with her driver liscence in his hand , asked her out. When she said no , the officer wrote her a ticket for running a yellow light that did not exist.

So, this father went to file a complaint. What happened? Not a damn thing.

The police department refused to act and even a city director wouldn't...why? Because they were going through an accreditation process by the CALAE, and if this came up it would jeopardize their accreditation. This even after they determined that there "might" have been some actual wrongdoing.

WHAT???

A few weeks ago Gunner at No Quarters Blog wrote about several (lots of) police departments surrounding the Miami, Florida area not having complaint forms and the use of intimidation to get people not to make complaints. Looks like we have the same problem down in Franklin, TN.

First, there should be a complaint form system. As the Police Chief of the Miami Police Department said, any police chief who doesn't have a complain form system in place should be fired on the spot.

The citizens of the city of Franklin should be demanding some answers.
1) Why was this investigation stymied? 2) Why was this officer not thoroughly investigated? 3) Is a form complaint system in place?

If those questions can't be answered satisfactorily then heads need to roll.

(via WKRN's NIT)

More: Keep in mind that this is has not been completely verified, but it is in the process of being done. This story might also be old as he starts it out with it being "from the pages of Franklin Police's history book." However, that does not diminish the need for answers.

On another note, if I had a 16-year-old daughter who was being followed home by a cop who had a "special interest" in her, I would come out of the house with my shotgun when she came home. But that's just me.

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Unfortunately you may be shot or arrested if you were to brandish your shotgun. This cop should be investigated.

Posted by: Creative Liberty at March 16, 2006 03:35 PM