LANSING A Lansing Police Department officer has been fired for escalating a situation in November.
Officer Alex Rojas was terminated after an internal investigation found he caused other officers to use higher levels of force during a Nov. 10 arrest, Police Chief Daryl Green said in a statement.
The other two officers, Alec Slobin and Morgan Schafer, were not fired. Asked what the internal investigation found regarding the other two officers, LPD Public Information Director Robert Merritt said he did not have the information. You are welcome to file a (Freedom of Information Act) request, he wrote in an email.
All three officers were placed on paid administrative leave while Michigan State Police and the Ingham County Prosecutor investigated the incident. The prosecutor did not file charges against the officers, but said their actions were concerning in March.