SUSPENSION
On Thursday, May 26, 2005, Police Officer Doe, Badge XX,
assigned to the Ninth Precinct, was suspended without pay by Chief of Police
Ella M. Bully-Cummings.
On May 25, 2005, the Internal Affairs Section was notified of an allegation
of misconduct on the part of Officer. More specifically, the allegation of
misconduct concerned the illegal use of a controlled substance, possession of
a firearm while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or controlled
substance, and remaining on the property of another without permission.
Based on the foregoing, the Internal Affairs Section initiated an
investigation, which revealed the following:
On May 24, 2005, at approximately 11:15 p.m., officers from the Inkster
Police Department were on patrol in the 26006 block of Michigan Avenue, in
the city of Inkster. They were flagged down by a witness who advised them
that there was a police officer sitting in a vehicle in the rear of the
establishment without permission, who the witness observed smoking crack
cocaine. Upon investigation, the driver of the vehicle was identified as off-duty
Detroit Police Officer Doe. The Inkster police officers smelled the odor
of intoxicants about Officer Doe’s person and requested that she exit the
vehicle. At that point, the officers observed that she was in possession of a
firearm. A Preliminary Breath Test was subsequently administered with a
result of .15.
Officer Doe’s vehicle was impounded and an inventory search
conducted. During the inventory search, the officers recovered a brown paper
bag containing one (1) piece of chore boy, which is commonly used to filter a
crack pipe; one (1) metal rod, which is commonly used to clean a crack pipe;
and two (2) pieces of plastic containing a white color residue, which was sent
to the lab for testing, the results of which are pending. Officer Doe was then
transported to the Inkster Police Department, where she was met by members
of the Detroit Police Internal Affairs Section. Upon leaving the Inkster Police
Department, a pipe commonly used to smoke crack cocaine fell from Officer
Doe’s pant leg.
Officer Doe was transported to the Concentra Medical Center for a
just cause drug screening. The results are pending.
Also, on May 25, 2005, the Inkster Police Department submitted a warrant
request to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office. The warrant request is
currently pending.
Based on the above circumstances, it is recommended that Officer
Doe be charged with, but not limited to the following violation of the Detroit
Police Department Rules and Regulations:
CHARGE: CONDUCT UNPROFESSIONAL; CONTRARY TO THE
LAW ENFORCEMENT CODE OF ETHICS, THIS BEING IN
VIOLATION OF THE 2003 DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT MANUAL DIRECTIVE 102.3-5.7,
CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER, COMMAND 3.
Unless contravened by this Commission, the above
suspension without pay will stand.
There were no contraventions to the suspension without pay.
