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Wandering Police Officers Big Impediment To Reform: Report
A 2020 study showed officers who move to other police departments often run into disciplinary problems after they are rehired.
William H. Freivogel and Paul Wagman/Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn’t go well. His supervisors allowed him to quit after he suffered a “dangerous lack of composure” during firearms training. The department concluded he would “not be able to cope or make good decisions” under stress. The deputy chief wrote Loehmann “could not follow simple directions, could not communicate clear thoughts nor recollections, and his handgun performance was dismal.”