Officer Blake Rogers has been on paid administrative leave since June of 2019. Author: Hope Sloop Updated: 3:39 PM EST February 23, 2021
BEACHWOOD, Ohio
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The City of Beachwood has fired a police officer following the results of an investigation into a shooting at Beachwood Place in the summer of 2019.
In a letter sent from Beachwood Mayor Martin S. Horwitz to former officer Blake Rogers, the mayor says that Rogers violated multiple ethical, use of force, and standards policies enforced by the Beachwood Police Department, including discharging his weapon in the presence of children.
Beachwood officer who shot shoplifting suspect at mall fired from police department
Ptl. Blake Rogers was on paid leave for more than a year and a half following the shooting. Still image from police video showing Beachwood Officer Blake Rogers pointing his gun at a shoplifting suspect outside of a mall in June 2019. (Source: Beachwood Police Department) By Misty Stiver and Hannah Catlett | February 23, 2021 at 2:37 PM EST - Updated February 23 at 2:55 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Beachwood police officer who shot a shoplifting suspect in a mall parking lot has been fired from the force.
Officer Blake Rogers was notified of his immediate termination from the Beachwood Police Department in a letter from the city on Monday.
One woman was carjacked at the Swensonâs parking lot and a Heinenâs employee fended off an attempted carjacking, both in University Heights within eight days of each other in December.
Lt. Todd Kinley of the University Heights Police Department said crime tends to rise before the holidays and extend into January.
In the first incident Dec. 10, at the parking lot of Swensonâs at 14510 Cedar Road, a 40-year-old woman was inside a black, 2020 Range Rover rental.
âThe suspect approached her while she was parked, brandished a pistol, ordered her out of her car and then drove off with the car,â Kinley said.
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