The City of Pittsburgh on Friday appealed the reinstatement of the officer who was fired after repeatedly Tasing a homeless man who died the next day. The appeal, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, includes the arbitration award and a dissent written by the city’s representative on the panel,
A former Pittsburgh police commander violated police policy, state and federal wiretapping laws, and two constitutional amendments when he stashed body-worn cameras in patrol cars last fall to secretly record more than a half-dozen of his own officers, a lawsuit filed this week alleges. Matthew Lackner, 50, a Mt. Lebanon
Blue cities protested and set their own towns ablaze, demanding that their officials defund the police. They are now receiving what they thought they wanted.
Retired Pittsburgh Police Commander Matthew Lackner, 50, has been charged on four felony counts for allegedly recording other officers using department-issued body cameras.