Cop who tasered pregnant woman fired for MySpace pics

[Bluebear]

An Ohio police officer whose decision to Taser a pregnant woman last month in the lobby of a police station triggered FBI and internal probes is out of a job before those investigations are even complete.

Michael Wilmer, a 29-year-old probationary officer with the Trotwood Police Department, was fired from the department for posting photos of evidence from police investigations on the Internet, according to Michael Etter, the town's head of public safety.

During the investigation into the Taser incident, officials discovered "items that are not consistent" with the standards of the local police department. Specifically, Wilmer had posted photos on his personal page on the social networking site MySpace that showed behavior the department considered unbecoming of an officer.

"He had a picture of evidence that was seized in a drug bust that involved some marijuana and some money," Etter told ABC News. "There was a picture of a cruiser's speedometer going 100 mph."

Etter said MySpace and Facebook accounts will now be a part of background checks during the department's hiring process. "The whole police profession is based on public trust," Etter said. "You can't have integrity in your investigation if you're posting photos of the evidence on the Internet."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3968035&page=1

[KG]

1. stupidity hurts.

[mikelgb]

2. charming

the fucking pigs break the law all the time and raerly get caught

this one just looses his job

[liberalnurse]

4. Just wait until you loose your job

for exercising freedom of speech.

[Mojorabbit]

6. Just out of curiosity

why are you using that photoshopped pic of Obama?

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. Dam, that's an unflattering pic of Obama

Is it really Obama? Looks awfully like him, but damn, he looks old and weathered smoking that fag... wait, it's a photoshop job, of course!

[frylock]

10. he shoulda lost his fucking job for tasering that pregnant woman..

but if this stupid fuck lost his job for exercising his freedumb of speech, perhaps he should speak with an attorney. however, i would imagine he violated some rule when he was stupid enough to post pictures of siezed evidence on his vanity page.

[liberalnurse]

13. The mother brought the baby into the Police Station

to "turn the baby in"! She was delusional if not under the influence or mentally ill and off her meds due to pregnancy. She was not "showing" as being obviously pregnant, just 5 months along. The Officer feared for the baby's safety and there is also the elevated concern she may have other children in danger, harmed or killed. She abruptly changed her mind in mid conversation and bolted for the door in a chaotic fashion, with the baby...


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The footage shows a woman identified in a police incident report as Valreca Redden, 33, in the lobby of the suburban Dayton police station with her 1-year-old son.

Redden had come to the police station to ask police to take custody of the child. When Wilmer asked why, the woman reportedly would only say that "she's tired of playing games" with the baby's father.

[MADem]

3. What an idiot-asshole!! That's PROFOUNDLY dumb!!! nt

[Mythsaje]

5. Well, it has been said

that they're not hired for their brainpower.

[Swamp Rat]

8. "Etter defended that decision today and said that he fired Wilmer solely

because of behavior that does not meet his department's standards, not related to the Redden Tasering incident."

Nevermind the pregnant woman. :eyes:

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11. They took the easiest course of action.

The Tasering incident would have involved a drawn out investigation and hearing.

With the My Space "evidence" they had the ammo to take quicker action and fire the asshat immediately.

[sniffa]

9. bwahahaha

:rofl:

K and mother fucking R.

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12. Not defending the JBT in anyway...

but this MySpace and Facebook background investigation stuff is getting waaay out of hand
(I remember when Usenet postings were fair game).