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Top Cincinnati university cop urged aggressive traffic stops: report [View all]
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Apr 15, 2016 7:42pm EDT
Top Cincinnati university cop urged aggressive traffic stops: report
BY JUSTIN MADDEN
The former chief of the University of Cincinnati police force encouraged aggressive use of traffic stops to look for guns and drugs, according to a report by a consultant reviewing the department after a white officer shot and killed an unarmed black man during a traffic stop last year.
Former University of Cincinnati Police Chief Jason Goodrich, who resigned in February amid an internal review, pushed the department's officers to make more traffic stops, according to the report by consulting firm Exiger released this week.
Goodrich and the department's No. 2 official, Major Tim Thornton, who also resigned, said they were unaware of the reason for the surge in traffic stops, the review said.
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Robin Engel, the university's vice president for safety and reform, said on Friday that traffic stops can be an effective policing tool but only when used with proper oversight and data review.
Exiger said Goodrich and Thornton were untruthful with both Exiger and the university administration, "misrepresenting their knowledge as to significant increased use of off-campus traffic stops by UCPD officers during the chief’s tenure.
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Top Cincinnati university cop urged aggressive traffic stops: report
BY JUSTIN MADDEN
The former chief of the University of Cincinnati police force encouraged aggressive use of traffic stops to look for guns and drugs, according to a report by a consultant reviewing the department after a white officer shot and killed an unarmed black man during a traffic stop last year.
Former University of Cincinnati Police Chief Jason Goodrich, who resigned in February amid an internal review, pushed the department's officers to make more traffic stops, according to the report by consulting firm Exiger released this week.
Goodrich and the department's No. 2 official, Major Tim Thornton, who also resigned, said they were unaware of the reason for the surge in traffic stops, the review said.
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Robin Engel, the university's vice president for safety and reform, said on Friday that traffic stops can be an effective policing tool but only when used with proper oversight and data review.
Exiger said Goodrich and Thornton were untruthful with both Exiger and the university administration, "misrepresenting their knowledge as to significant increased use of off-campus traffic stops by UCPD officers during the chief’s tenure.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ohio-police-idUSKCN0XC2IS
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