Denver Officer costs dept millions in excessive force cases

[pixy0stix]

kdvr.com/2015/02/04/327586/

DENVER — A Denver police officer has been removed from street duty and reassigned after costing taxpayers more than $1 million.

Officer Shawn Miller has been investigated 16 times for excessive force. The city has paid more than $1 million in two excessive force cases where Miller was involved.

But the latest complaint forced officials to take him off patrol duties.

A man has filed an excessive force lawsuit against Miller. He says he called police when customers started threatening him. When Miller arrived, he ended up handcuffing the store operator, telling him it was a frivolous 911 call.

Police say they have made significant changes to the disciplinary process since Chief Robert White took over three years ago. In the next few days, the department will release all of the internal affairs records in all of Miller’s cases.

[IIOY]

This sounds like a no-brainer, but with a strong union/CBA, cops like this are surprisingly difficult to terminate.

[penguingrrl]

It took 16 investigations and $1M in damages to get him off the streets? That's disturbing.

[Deleted]

Dude. Denver PD has major shit to clean up. And this: blogs.westword.com/latestword/2015/02/shawnnon_hale_wrongly_jailed_sex_assault_dna.php

Wait, wait, wait - before you click, why not take a guess at the race of the wronged party?

[josieposy]

Been watching too many Lethal Weapon movies.

[AAM2012]

What a wack!

[greeneyedgirl]

Feb 5, 2015 18:38:02 GMT -5 @ladydisdain said:

Dude. Denver PD has major shit to clean up. And this: blogs.westword.com/latestword/2015/02/shawnnon_hale_wrongly_jailed_sex_assault_dna.php

Wait, wait, wait - before you click, why not take a guess at the race of the wronged party?

How many millions is the city going to pay out for DPD's fuck ups. Seriously, this is a bigger problem than most know about.