Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 15, 2007 14:48:46 GMT -5
A Scottsboro woman complaining over a traffic ticket she received has asked Mayor Dan Deason "to direct the Alabama Bureau of Investigation to conduct a complete investigation into this case."
Heather Garner called a press conference on the south side of the courthouse square, read her announcement, and then went to the mayor's office where she hand-delivered the request for an ABI investigation.
Deason said he would not call for an investigation because he feels the city personnel were rightfully doing their duty and that anyone can ask the ABI for an investigation.
Police Capt. Capt. Ron Latimer said, "We have no comment on a pending criminal case."
The woman read the following statement from the south side of the courthouse at 12:15 p.m. Monday with a few friends and relatives gathered around:
“My name is Heather Garner. I am a divorced mother of two young children. I work full time in a downtown office. Last Friday I received a traffic ticket I did not deserve. I contacted the office of Scottsboro's Police Chief. I told the office that I wanted to file a complaint regarding the police officer, who issued the ticket and another city employee.
"An investigating officer was sent to my office. That officer refused to allow me to make a written complaint against the officer. The investigating officer did take information about the city employee, who is married to another city police officer. I do not know what the investigating officer did with the information I gave him. I do know that within a couple of hours I was arrested for harassment of the city employee."
“I feel betrayed by the police department. They are supposed to protect and serve the public, not just the officers and their families. In this case, the city employee has claimed to also be a Scottboro police officer in the past.”
"I have no hope that the police department can conduct an unbiased investigation against the department, the officer or the city employee. As a working mom, I deserve better treatment from the police department and this city.
"Today, I am asking the mayor of Scottsboro to direct the Alabama Bureau of Investigation to conduct a complete investigation into this case."
Garner said she plans to file a claim with the city, but said she did not know at this time what the claim amount would be. Filing a claim with a municipality is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit.
www.thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=5a9b99dd13979330
Heather Garner called a press conference on the south side of the courthouse square, read her announcement, and then went to the mayor's office where she hand-delivered the request for an ABI investigation.
Deason said he would not call for an investigation because he feels the city personnel were rightfully doing their duty and that anyone can ask the ABI for an investigation.
Police Capt. Capt. Ron Latimer said, "We have no comment on a pending criminal case."
The woman read the following statement from the south side of the courthouse at 12:15 p.m. Monday with a few friends and relatives gathered around:
“My name is Heather Garner. I am a divorced mother of two young children. I work full time in a downtown office. Last Friday I received a traffic ticket I did not deserve. I contacted the office of Scottsboro's Police Chief. I told the office that I wanted to file a complaint regarding the police officer, who issued the ticket and another city employee.
"An investigating officer was sent to my office. That officer refused to allow me to make a written complaint against the officer. The investigating officer did take information about the city employee, who is married to another city police officer. I do not know what the investigating officer did with the information I gave him. I do know that within a couple of hours I was arrested for harassment of the city employee."
“I feel betrayed by the police department. They are supposed to protect and serve the public, not just the officers and their families. In this case, the city employee has claimed to also be a Scottboro police officer in the past.”
"I have no hope that the police department can conduct an unbiased investigation against the department, the officer or the city employee. As a working mom, I deserve better treatment from the police department and this city.
"Today, I am asking the mayor of Scottsboro to direct the Alabama Bureau of Investigation to conduct a complete investigation into this case."
Garner said she plans to file a claim with the city, but said she did not know at this time what the claim amount would be. Filing a claim with a municipality is a prerequisite to filing a lawsuit.
www.thedailysentinel.com/story.lasso?ewcd=5a9b99dd13979330