Post by WaTcHeR on Jan 17, 2006 13:49:41 GMT -5
01/17/2006 - An HPD officer fired for his part in the transfer of a DWI suspect's nude photos will get his job back.
Officer George Miller's lawyer said he has been reinstated after a successful appeal. Miller and partner, Christopher Green, were dismissed last May after they were accused of finding naked pictures on the cell phone of a woman they arrested for DWI in the fall of 2004.
Green was accused of downloading the pictures to his PDA and showing them to others. He has also appealed his firing, but his case is still pending.
05/21/05 - Houston Texas - Two Houston police officers have been fired after a four-month investigation into allegations that they downloaded nude photographs of a suspected drunken driver from her camera phone.
Police Officers Christopher Green and George Miller were indefinitely suspended late last week. Indefinite suspension is tantamount to firing at the Houston Police Department.
The firings could affect dozens of drunken-driving cases awaiting court dates. Green and Miller were assigned to the department's drunken-driving task force.
It is not clear whether they had appealed their termination to the city Civil Service Commission. The officers' union attorney didn't immediately return a call Thursday.
The firings stemmed from an incident in November when they arrested a college student on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
According to a search warrant for Green's home, he transferred nude photos of the woman from her cellular phone to his personal digital assistant.
The warrant also alleged that Miller left the woman a voice-mail message suggesting that they meet at an Italian cafe.
Ned Gill, who is defending the woman against the DWI charge has said he has no idea why his client, a Houston Community College student, had nude photos of herself on her cell phone, or why the officers examined the phone.
The woman, a native of China, is in the United States on a student visa and speaks little English, Gill said.
Marc Brown, head of the District Attorney's Office's misdemeanor division, said he does not think criminal charges will be filed against Green and Miller, but added that he is not involved in that decision. Assistant District Attorney Edward Porter is leading the criminal investigation and could not be reached for comment.
Several Houston defense attorneys with clients arrested by Miller and Green on DWI charges have indicated they plan to use the camera-phone incident to challenge the officers' credibility.
Some defense attorneys think the incident could be interpreted as a violation of the state computer law. That law states that, "a person commits an offense if the person knowingly accesses a computer, computer network or computer system without the effective consent of the owner."
Officer George Miller's lawyer said he has been reinstated after a successful appeal. Miller and partner, Christopher Green, were dismissed last May after they were accused of finding naked pictures on the cell phone of a woman they arrested for DWI in the fall of 2004.
Green was accused of downloading the pictures to his PDA and showing them to others. He has also appealed his firing, but his case is still pending.
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05/21/05 - Houston Texas - Two Houston police officers have been fired after a four-month investigation into allegations that they downloaded nude photographs of a suspected drunken driver from her camera phone.
Police Officers Christopher Green and George Miller were indefinitely suspended late last week. Indefinite suspension is tantamount to firing at the Houston Police Department.
The firings could affect dozens of drunken-driving cases awaiting court dates. Green and Miller were assigned to the department's drunken-driving task force.
It is not clear whether they had appealed their termination to the city Civil Service Commission. The officers' union attorney didn't immediately return a call Thursday.
The firings stemmed from an incident in November when they arrested a college student on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
According to a search warrant for Green's home, he transferred nude photos of the woman from her cellular phone to his personal digital assistant.
The warrant also alleged that Miller left the woman a voice-mail message suggesting that they meet at an Italian cafe.
Ned Gill, who is defending the woman against the DWI charge has said he has no idea why his client, a Houston Community College student, had nude photos of herself on her cell phone, or why the officers examined the phone.
The woman, a native of China, is in the United States on a student visa and speaks little English, Gill said.
Marc Brown, head of the District Attorney's Office's misdemeanor division, said he does not think criminal charges will be filed against Green and Miller, but added that he is not involved in that decision. Assistant District Attorney Edward Porter is leading the criminal investigation and could not be reached for comment.
Several Houston defense attorneys with clients arrested by Miller and Green on DWI charges have indicated they plan to use the camera-phone incident to challenge the officers' credibility.
Some defense attorneys think the incident could be interpreted as a violation of the state computer law. That law states that, "a person commits an offense if the person knowingly accesses a computer, computer network or computer system without the effective consent of the owner."