More than 100 police officers in St. Louis and Philadelphia are now either on an 'exclusion list' or have been placed on administrative duty while they are investigated for offensive social media posts.
More than 100 police officers in St. Louis and Philadelphia are now either on an"exclusion list" or have been placed on administrative duty while they are investigated for offensive social media posts.
Gardner sent a letter to Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards and St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden on Tuesday informing them of the changes, indicating seven of the 22 officers are “permanently banned" from presenting cases for warrants. Cases currently under review, in which they are an essential witness, will be refused, Gardner said in a news release Tuesday. The other 15 will be reviewed to consider conditions of reinstatement.
Jeff Roorda, business manager for the St. Louis Police Officer's Association, said Gardner's announcement is"nothing more than a grand distraction." The group’s database surveyed more than 5,000 Facebook posts from 3,500 Facebook accounts of current and former officers in eight departments. In her letter to the public safety director and police chief, Gardner said that many of the social media statements and viewpoints of these current and retired officers"are shocking and beneath the dignity of someone who holds such a powerful position, especially those comments that advocate violence."
“We are trying to deal with some of the worst postings first,” Ross said at a news conference."Internal affairs has identified and prioritized the posts clearly advocating violence or death against any protected class, such as ethnicity, national origins, sex, religion and race."
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