Jul 26, 2021 / 10:24 PM CDT
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. A West Memphis Police major who told female employees they needed a “spanking” has returned to active duty, according to documents obtained by WREG in a Freedom of Information Act request.
The documents showed the city hired Memphis-based attorney Florence Johnson to look into complaints against two West Memphis Police Department employees, Maj. Stacy Allen and Lt. Charles Burch.
The complaints against Allen by female law enforcement officers and dispatchers included allegations of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation.
The independent report called Allen’s behavior “longstanding,” dating back to 2017 or earlier. It detailed situations where Allen would practice verbal abuse by telling “a black woman (dispatcher) should not be married to a white man,” asking women at work who they were dating and suggesting they “needed ‘spanking. ”
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On May 26, 2021, Governor Abbott signed HB 54, a new law prohibiting the production of police ride-along reality television programs. It permanently halts the production of shows like
Live PD,
COPS, and (name notwithstanding)
Alaska State Troopers, versions of which have aired with varying degrees of acclaim and ridicule for decades.
Named Javier Ambler’s Law, HB 54 provides that “[a] law enforcement agency may not authorize a person to accompany and film a peace officer acting in the line of duty for the purpose of producing a reality television program.” A “reality television program” is defined as a “nonfictional television program that features the same live subjects over the course of more than one episode primarily for entertainment purposes . . . .” In an attempt to narrow the law’s reach, it expressly excludes “reporting on a matter of public concern by a journalist” as journalist is defi
Grief and grace.
Those two seemingly opposing forces co-existed inside Southport Presbyterian church Thursday as police officers and family members honored their fallen heroes.
There were tears, yes. But there was also hope and compassion. There was family.
The annual Peace Officers Memorial Service is hosted by the local Fraternal Order of Police, the union that represents officers across Marion County. It invites family of slain officers to come together and remember their loved ones.
For some, the grief was perhaps more raw than others. Tom and Jennifer Leath sat near the front of the room just over a year after their daughter, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Breann Leath, was killed in the line of duty.
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Nine people are behind bars following the investigation into a drug ring in Polk County,
On March 10, 2021, detective’s with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Narcotic’s Unit assisted the Criminal Investigation Division with an ongoing investigation regarding an overdose in which one person was found to be dead and three others were admitted into hospitals.
The drug was believed to be cocaine laced with an unknown chemical. During the investigation it became known the cocaine was laced with Fentanyl.
The investigation led to information the drug was possibly obtained from an unknown address off of E Capps Rd. in Polk County from a person known as “Momma Lou”.