Fired Canton, Ohio Patrolman Daniel Harless Gets His Job Back

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This is absolute insanity! So now the story is he was mentaly disabled at the time, but now he's good to go!:confused:

They might want to clarify if/when your CCW can be used on a police officer whom is armed, and threatens to kill you.:eek:
 
This right here and the Abbate case in Chicago are prime examples of why the general public has an increasingly poor view of LEO's.

Its a shame that a few bad apples ruin it for all but this type of stuff will just continue to erode the public trust.
 
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Harless’ attorney indicated his client is unlikely to seek his old job, at least for now. He has been receiving workers’ compensation and has applied for a disability retirement pension.

But Harless now has the right to be back on the job, according to arbitrator Harry Graham.
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I'd wager that if Harless gets his retirement, he won't be back.
 
These idiots are going to get someone killed.

Since no one is willing to make this out of control "officer" take responsibility for his actions and accept any consequences, hopefully he will just take his monthly check and go away quietly.
 
When the story first broke, many of us said his union would support him and he'd keep his job, or get full benefits.

I suppose looking at it from the other side, it could be argued as stress related, or something, IF it was the only instance, but this guy has the wrong temperament to be a policeman. I know some of the best policemen in the USA, they are calm, cool, collected individuals that people respect and admire. No, this goes way beyond my opinion, or Daniel Harless's opinions on firearms. I hope that at the very least, they keep him on a probation for a long time. I'm not against second chances and I believe people can change. If he ever, ever treats someone like that again though, even if its the worst criminal on Earth, he should be permanently fired with loss of benefits. I doubt they'll do it though and I doubt he'll change. I hope we don't hear of him murdering someone someday.
 
Sanford FL police department....

Sanford Florida's PD(the lead LE agency in the Trevon Martin incident) has a long history of problems & fraud/waste/abuse. :mad:

In one recent incident, a Sanford PD patrol officer got his police job back after claiming he wasn't given fair treatment by the city & civil service officals. A federal ruling gave him nearly $100,000.00(pay, legal costs, lost wages, etc).
The Sanford PD fired the patrol officer for repeatedly making racist remarks during traffic stops with citizens while on duty.

It irks me when public service employees skate by but in the private sector you can be fired or "seperated" for any # of lame reasons.

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Remind me never to drive through on Ohio next time we travel....
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Its not an Ohio problem. Ohio is very progressive when it comes to gun laws, and attitude. I am proud to call Ohio home. This was an incident that happened because an officer went too far, and in no way is a wide spread attitude of Law Enforcement here in Ohio.
 
Ohio is very progressive
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Progressivism is the idea that with the right people in charge, progress can be made through Government...... a foolish notion, I think, in that those who will not govern themselves will not be governed by anyone else, either.
 
Well, I don't know..in march of 2006 Spokane Police Sgt Karl Thompson beat Otto Zehm to death...and Otto wasn't even doing anything wrong, just getting a soda and snickers at a convenience store. Oh yes, Otto was as the news put it "mentally disabled"...I don't know why they didn't just say he was "Downs"...He worked as a janitor, at least he was a contributing member of society, not a parasite

Yesterday, over 6 1/2 years later, and over a year after a federal court convicted Karl Thompson of the use of excessive force, he was finally cuffed and taken off to serve 51 MONTHS in in federal pen...for beating death of Otto Zehm! 51 months! First put in cuffs after 6 1/2 years?

Worse than that, most? of the SPD don't think he did anything wrong. One guy said Otto Zehm had "no respect"! So, in this guys view, a police officer can murder a person, shoot (as Seattle's Ian Birk did) or beat to death (Karl Thompson) anyone..they can be judge, jury and executioner, no appeals available, summery punishment for "contempt of cop". That is why the system is sick.

BTW: if you are suffering from PSD is it legal to possess a firearm???
 
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