[FL] I SPY LT. DOUG BALDWIN BACK AT WORK

- AFTER REPORTEDLY BEATING DOWN HIS OWN SON - WHO SAYS HE WAS TRYING TO PROTECT HIS MOM FROM GETTING HURT:

Mom, 3 kids survive
vehicle's flip
Pensacola News Journal
Sean Dugas
October, 26, 2007
...and her three young children escaped serious injury Thursday... Lt. Doug Baldwin of the Pensacola Police Department said at the scene...

EXCERPTS FROM FIVE MONTHS AGO:

Officer's court date set in battery case
Pensacola News Journal
Thyrie Bland tbland@pnj.com
May, 16, 2007
A Pensacola police officer arrested Sunday is accused of grabbing his son by the neck and head and slamming him against a wall, according to a sheriff's report. Lt. Doug Baldwin... accused of grabbing his son by the neck and head and slamming him against a wall... Baldwin's son said his father and mother were arguing... he became fearful his father would strike his mother... he then stepped between his parents and his father threw him against a bedroom wall... stated that (his father) struck him several times with his closed fist to the head and body area... Baldwin "stopped hitting him when (his wife) jumped on his back"... There was swelling on the right side of Baldwin's son head and one of his ear's was bleeding. Baldwin had a scratch on a knuckle of his right hand. Domestic violence long has been an issue in the homes of law enforcement officers... "Very often some of those personality traits needed to be an officer can lead to domestic violence in law enforcement families"...

NEWS 2 DAYS LATER:

Officer can return to work today after arrest on battery charges
Local briefs
Pensacola News Journa
May 18, 2007
A Pensacola police officer arrested on a domestic violence battery charge Sunday can return to work today, Assistant Police Chief Chip Simmons said... Baldwin discussed the incident Thursday with Police Chief John Mathis... There were no restrictions put on Baldwin after his arrest, such as not allowing him to carry a gun, that would prevent him from doing his job... Baldwin is scheduled for arraignment May 29.

I FOUND NO FURTHER NEWS.