Proud my local city police did the right thing in firing this cop......

[Logical]

The woman apparently made comments about the police killing blacks with no justification on facebook and and he threatened her and her child.

They investigated it and terminated him in less than 8 hours. No "paid" leave, etc. And started a criminal investigation.

What an idiot.

Glad they did not try to cover it up. Apparently he initially said his account was hacked but the police determined he was lying.

Good news about our local police I think

OVERLAND PARK — A suburban Kansas City police officer has been fired after officials confirmed he made a Facebook post that appears to threaten a child.

Overland Park, Kansas, Police Chief Francis Donchez Jr. says the department began investigating after being notified of the post Friday morning.

He says the officer was terminated immediately after the department determined he had written the post.

The Kansas City Star reports the comments were made on the page of a woman who had posted a picture of a small child.

The post said: “We’ll see how much her life matters soon. Better be careful leaving your info open where she can be found Hold her close tonight it’ll be the last time.”

Donchez says information from the personnel probe has prompted a criminal investigation.

http://fox4kc.com/2016/07/08/terrified-texas-mom-unsure-why-former-overland-park-officer-targeted-her-with-threatening-facebook-post/

[Hoyt]

1. We need much more of this. If Grand Juries won't vote to prosecute a bad policeperson, they still

can be terminated.

[rurallib]

2. Now this goon may blame that woman for his loss of his job

hope he doesn't come after her or the child.

[Logical]

3. I hope they are keeping an eye on him. nt

[MH1]

4. Well ... he was VERY wrong, no doubt, but there is another piece.

At the link in your OP, in the details it mentions the women's profile pic was fairly offensive, and her account has been deleted. You can see the profile pic in the screen shot in the article (and this officer's ill conceived response to it):



It's the pic on the response "Thanks lil mama". It's showing someone with a knife to a police officer's throat.

From the article (emphasis mine):

She said Overland Park Police Chief Francis Donchez Jr. called her to apologize. Overland Park police wouldn't comment on the investigation details or whether anything might have prompted Rodney Lee Wilson's post, but FOX 4 did learn that Williams' profile picture was a person dressed in black holding a knife to a police officer's throat. Williams did confirm to FOX 4 that Facebook deleted her account.

Good they fired him, but I think her choice of profile pic says something about her, too, and it isn't good.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

7. He should absolutely have been fired, no question

And her FB account should absolutely have been deleted.

Good endings all around.

[Oneironaut]

8. Of course it does, but professionalism is important.

A professional officer does not threaten to kill the first person that offended them. There are a lot of bad people out there. This cop seems like a ticking time bomb to be putting stuff like that.

Police officers really do need to put up with every type of person (unfortunately), which means that most people don't have what it takes to do the job. This guy definitely doesn't.

[MH1]

11. I 100% agree. He just failed an ad-hoc psychological screening.

He failed it miserably and should NOT be a police officer.

[Logical]

9. Thanks for the better information. I appreciate it. She has major issue herself. Her.....

post is as bad as his IMO. But he is a officer who should not resort to that.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

13. Exactly - agree 100% on all counts n/t

[Adrahil]

5. There are decent self-policing departments.

My local Sheriff's office fired a deputy who was doscovered to frequent Stormfront (white nationalist website). No ifs, ands, or buts, he was out. Actively participating in hate speech may be protectied by the first amendment, but it does not guarantee you a spot in the Sherriff's department.

[Logical]

10. We need more of this! nt

[safeinOhio]

18. We elect sheriffs and mayors that apt. Police chiefs

Use your votes wisely.
Next. Use the civil courts to make cities and counties pay for violations of Human rights. The cost will lead to crack downs on departments that violate rights

[seabeyond]

6. This is what needs to be done. Boundaries made. It is good to see. It will do more in a short time

than any action we take. This is ALL the people are asking of our cops. Repercussions so boundaries are established. All of us need rules to follow, regardless how much some of us really hates rules.

[Logical]

12. True! Fire the bad ones quickly, praise the good ones. And treat people like they should be treated.

[seabeyond]

14. Any SUCESSFUl boss knows.... This is not rocket science. Nt

[Logical]

15. True! nt

[Dustlawyer]

16. What we really need is our elected representatives to

pass a law for special prosecutors in alleged police misconduct cases. The local DA's are dependant on the police for help in prosecuting their cases. They cannot be expected to be unbiased when investigating officers in the department that they work with everyday.

Cops need to know they are not above the law and will be prosecuted for their bad conduct. Our current system makes them above the law in most cases. If they know they have to answer for their crimes they will be better behaved.

[uponit7771]

17. I was stopped 4 times by LEOs in the greater KCK side... I'm not at all surprised or shocked by this

... persons conduct at all