D.C. police fight high turnover
"More than 5 percent of its 3,800 officers have left the Metropolitan Police Department in the last two years...
Former MPD officer Ed Farris said the breaking point for him came last year, when he was accused of using excessive force by a girl who was injured in the crash of a stolen car. An investigation found no wrongdoing, Farris said, but he was punished anyway because he was accused of filing improper paperwork.
"That was the final straw,” Farris said. He left and received a $15,000 pay raise to become a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security."
by Scott McCabe
The Examiner
Feb 6, 2007
Former MPD officer Ed Farris said the breaking point for him came last year, when he was accused of using excessive force by a girl who was injured in the crash of a stolen car. An investigation found no wrongdoing, Farris said, but he was punished anyway because he was accused of filing improper paperwork.
"That was the final straw,” Farris said. He left and received a $15,000 pay raise to become a special agent with the Department of Homeland Security."
by Scott McCabe
The Examiner
Feb 6, 2007
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