Post by WaTcHeR on May 26, 2006 14:51:33 GMT -5
05.26.2006 - The Dallas Police Department is investigating an officer and his partner for false arrest and other allegations after a tow truck driver was arrested after towing the officer's personal car.
Sources said Officer Michael Contreras had words with a tow truck driver on lower Greenville and Monticello Saturday night as he towed the officer's car.
Officer Contreras got his car out of the pound Saturday night. However, police said on Sunday he and his partner drove to the same pound in uniform, in a police squad car and while on duty out of their division specifically to arrest the tow truck driver.
"They went to the employees business and attempted to detain him," said Asst. Chief Danny Garcia. "Actually, they did detain him and then released him."
Sources said Officer Contreras and his partner, Officer Edward Saenz, discovered the driver had an outstanding warrant and went to his job, handcuffed him, put him in their squad car and they may have taken him to the city's detox center even though he wasn't drunk.
Officer Saenz has a long history of problems with the department, which include false arrest and excessive force allegations.
The department is sorting out what rules or laws may have broken.
Sources said Officer Michael Contreras had words with a tow truck driver on lower Greenville and Monticello Saturday night as he towed the officer's car.
Officer Contreras got his car out of the pound Saturday night. However, police said on Sunday he and his partner drove to the same pound in uniform, in a police squad car and while on duty out of their division specifically to arrest the tow truck driver.
"They went to the employees business and attempted to detain him," said Asst. Chief Danny Garcia. "Actually, they did detain him and then released him."
Sources said Officer Contreras and his partner, Officer Edward Saenz, discovered the driver had an outstanding warrant and went to his job, handcuffed him, put him in their squad car and they may have taken him to the city's detox center even though he wasn't drunk.
Officer Saenz has a long history of problems with the department, which include false arrest and excessive force allegations.
The department is sorting out what rules or laws may have broken.