Tecumseh, OK, police sergeant arrested after allegedly choking son

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https://kfor.com/2018/08/27/tecumseh-police-sergeant-arrested-after-allegedly-choking-son-following-argument-at-shawnee-restaurant/

SHAWNEE, Okla. - A Tecumseh police sergeant has been arrested after allegedly choking his son following a heated argument at a Shawnee restaurant. It happened Friday night at the Buffalo Wild Wings.

Cpl. Vivian Lozano with the Shawnee Police Department said Sgt. Jesse McCord, of the Tecumseh Police Department, was at the restaurant with family and friends. They were enjoying dinner and drinks when things took an unpleasant turn.

According to the report, McCord's son, Taylor, told him he should leave because there were children present. McCord replied with: "I came with you, and you can't make me get up." McCord later said to his son: "You're f*** dead to me, you worthless piece of s***."
Taylor told police his dad leapt out of his chair and started choking him. Witnesses told police they saw McCord put Taylor in a headlock.

"Strangulation is very serious. He was treated and released at the hospital. I'm not sure how injured he was or anything, but he was released," Lozano said. McCord was booked into the Pottawatomie County jail on a charge of assault and battery strangulation. He has since bonded out of jail.

McCord is a veteran of the Tecumseh Police Department and was officer of the year in 2017.

[Nitram]

1. "Officer of the Year 2017"?

I suspect exactly the wrong qualities are respected and rewarded in police departments all across the nation. "Shoot first ask questions later" tough guys seem to be held in the highest regard.

[marble falls]

2. However he is out of the running for this year's "Dad of the Year."

[Toorich]

3. It's a shame...

... that this crap hurts a family. It's also a shame that KFOR didn't include
the waitress' statement that the son was out of control and the father was just trying
to get him out of the place before he hurt someone.
two sides to every story....I'll go with the service staffer's observation over the angry
son's version.