Canton OH Police CCW Holder Encounter

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I haven't seen any post on the Canton OH Police encounter with a CCW Holder.

From what I have read and the car cam video, it appears that the Officer(s) failed to properly perform their duties in accordance with standard Police practice.

It appears that the Police and Prosecutors have in typical CYA fashion, Charged the CCW Holder with a Felony.

Does any one have any information on this incident.
 
The synopsis thus far is as follows: the DA apparently offered to drop the charges in exchange for a release of liability from the CCL holder (guarantee that he won't sue). This offer was apparently rejected by the CCL holder and his lawyer. The cop in question is not currently on duty and, according to the Canton PD an investigation is ongoing. Those are the basic facts at this time. The rest of the locked thread is primarily reactions/opinions of the posters (myself included). Some cop-bashing and overreaction to criticizm of cops took the other thread off course and eventually Al had to close it. It is worth a read though as there's some good info there if you can separate the wheat from the chaff.
 
I feel, as did Al, that the closed thread went pretty calm and civil for the most part...

Alot of good info is provided as well some well intentioned and maybe a little ill intentioned emotions...

Brent
 
Enjoyed the thread for the most part while it lasted.

It did go calm for the most part.

If enough citizens local and out of state make their diss-satisfaction known, this loose cannon will no longer carry a badge.

He doesn't deserve a job as a public servant and his actions should not be swept under the rug. His actions in the vid. made him a danger to the public as well as his partner and himself.

My family members that are LEO's along with thousands of other LEO's have a hard enough job without guys like this tarnishing the profession.

Just so your aware, FOP(Fraternal Order of Police) is the number one lobbying group in the State of Ohio. They pack a big punch around the state. I'll try to get their number and post it. If anyone knows it please post.
Also, if there are any more phone numbers of importance people can think of to call to express their disapproval, please post.

Just so you know your voice is heard. There was a situation in Cols.,Ohio a while back in which a Cols. fireman got drunk and hung his dog from his basement rafters and proceeded to use the dog for target practice. Shooting dog several times killing it.

Naturally he was fired and the public outcry for his job was instrumental in the process.

This fireman had a sketchy past and his file was far from exemplary.

I'm wondering if this Canton LEO's past file is somewhat the same??
 
Just so your aware, FOP(Fraternal Order of Police) is the number one lobbying group in the State of Ohio. They pack a big punch around the state. I'll try to get their number and post it. If anyone knows it please post
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Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio

State Office
222 East Town Street
Columbus, OH 43215-4611
Tel: (614) 224-5700
Fax: (614) 224-5775

Northeast Office
2721 Manchester Road
Akron, OH 44319
Tel: (330) 753-7080
(888) 367-6524
Fax: (330) 753-8955
 
Short, His "jacket" contains 16 Internal Affairs Investigation Reports From what I read, it seems many if not all were for "excessive force" sort of stuff.

Brent
 
Webleymkv said:
Some cop-bashing and overreaction to criticizm of cops took the other thread off course and eventually Al had to close it.
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I'll let this thread stay open as long as we don't get into the same rut.

From the video, it appears that this particular officer had some serious training issues. That does not mean any or all other officers are in the same boat. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Keep your emotions in check.

Oh, those 16 citations (complaints? We really don't know) in this guys service jacket? That means a whole lot of nothing at this point in time. Any officer who has spent some time on the street could be expected to receive that many or more.
 
I think its safe to say that the Canton PD doesn't approve of the actions because the officer has been place on leave and an investigation is being done. There was also a statment from the police union rep there where they dont approve of this officers actions. That is enough for me to know that the actions in the video will not be tolerated.
 
The officer has been placed on paid administrative leave, but doesn't say if he's been ordered off the job or not.

If off the job, he gets a paid vacation. How nice.

This is what, the third incident like this this year? There was one in Philadelphia with the open carrier and there was another one somewhere else, I think, all featuring incredibly angry semi-rogue cops making lots of threats of violence.
 
There was also a statment from the police union rep there where they dont approve of this officers actions. That is enough for me to know that the actions in the video will not be tolerated.
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It's really not enough.

Too often (I can recall 3 times where I worked),,,
Lots of lip service was paid to the bad event,,,
All 3 officers were put on admin leave,,,
And nothing more happened.

In all 3 cases as soon as the public outcry was past,,,
The officers got a letter in their record and were back on the streets.

I'll not be happy until he is fired, criminal charges are filed,,,
And he is convicted in criminal court and made a felon.

Because that's exactly what would happen to you or me in that situation.

Aarond
 
Mike Irwin said:
This is what, the third incident like this this year? There was one in Philadelphia with the open carrier and there was another one somewhere else, I think, all featuring incredibly angry semi-rogue cops making lots of threats of violence.
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Two in Philadelphia. There was another incident in Philadelphia within the past week, as reported on opencarry.org and PAFOA.
 
Has anyone read how long this guys been on the force?

Thank You egor20 for the FOP phone #'s.

Also Governor Kasicks "Hot Line" phone number is: 1-614-644-4357.
Be patient...Took two days for a rep. to return my call but they finally did.



Canton City Council President Email: allen.schulman@cantonohio.gov

Council Pres. Schulman is very upset about the amount of emails sent to him from the citizens concerning this matter and apparently expressed it in a council meeting.... Go figure.

If you want to email Canton Mayor or any other gov. staff members in Canton you can Google: www.cantonohio.gov for their home page.
 
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I sent the following email to Mr. Schulman, to add to his collection:

Mr. Schulman,

About the radio interview you did on AM 640 -

I don't think it was the PR coup for which you might have hoped.

As one of those armed civilians whom you seem to deplore and deride, I am offended by your attitude. *This country was founded on the idea of limited government, and maximized liberty of the individual. *This concept included the right of self-defense, as can be found in the writings of the founders, of which The Federalist Papers are among the strongest examples.

Your concept that the issue of concealed permits to more Americans will increase violent crime has been disproven, as crime has very notably NOT shot up in those states which have passed "Shall Issue" laws, nor in those states which have passed laws preempting gun legislation by lower levels of government.

To the city of Canton's credit, the incident that led to the video you were discussing seems to have been taken seriously. *Apparently the officer is on administrative leave, while the investigation is conducted. *I understand that paid leave is a stipulation of the union's contract, and don't blame the city.

Both officers involved were extremely unprofessional (conducting a vehicle search with an un-checked occupant in the car? *seriously?), but the one who threatened the driver, repeatedly, with violence ranging from physical assault to shooting deserves to be fired, if not criminally charged with assault, terroristic threats, and abuses under color of authority.

It's also indefensible, if true, that your DA offered to drop charges if the arrested would sign a form waiving any future lawsuit. *I'm pretty sure that was both a legal and ethical violation on his part.

So, in the story to which you referred, the serious abuses were actually committed by a law enforcement officer, and possibly by the district attorney.

Please tell me again how the armed citizen was at fault?

Regards,

M.D. Leake,
LCDR *USN retired

PS *I am another of those who does not live in Canton, nor even Ohio. *But I do support the NRA-ILA and the SAF, and will be happy to donate to the defense fund in this case. *Should you continue to make statements of the sort you did on AM 640, I'll also be happy to contribute to the election campaign of your next rival.

Edit: The asterisks were not in the email; I think the copy and paste translation added those in place of spaces.
 
Canton City Council Pres. Allen Schulman comments about Ohio cc laws in general are no more than a futile attempt to disguise or somehow turn what happened the night of the encounter with the ccp holder into something blaming Ohio cc laws rather than focusing on the issue at hand.

The issue at hand being the fact that proper procedures were not followed by either Canton LEO's from the onset of the stop. Period!

I'm familiar with the area in Canton where this incident happened. It is the rougher section of the city with probably the highest crime rate in the area.

If I lived in that area of town, or had to pass through there,as a citizen, I'd surely want to be armed.

I also know that Mr Schulman doesn't live in that area and if he did, he'd probably cc also.

The rough area of Canton, our current Ohio cc laws, the fact Ohioans can cc in a restaurant/bar(you can't consume alcohol) all of which Schulman eluded to, MATTERS NOT. All that retoric is no more than an attempt to muddy the waters.

The whole point of this incident is the fact that two Canton's LEO's did not follow proper procedure in what appears to be a suspicious activity stop rather than a randon traffic stop.
Therefore putting a big black eye on the City of Canton's PD Dept. and its officials as viewed by citizens throughout the country.

What happened that night has nothing to do with Ohio's cc laws and shame on Schulman for trying to confuse the issue's with concerned citizens.

hogdogs,

Thanks for posting the youtube vid. of Schulman....

...another call in process.:mad:.
 
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