DECATUR POLICE OFFICER RESIGNS AMID DOMESTIC ABUSE ALLEGATION
waaytv.com
Posted: April 20, 2010
[Excerpts] A Decatur Police Officer is off the job after being arrested and charged with domestic violence. It happened Monday night at a home on Bedford Drive. The victim told investigators that she was assaulted and had a rifle pointed at her earlier that night. The woman says that her estranged husband, Decatur Police Officer Mitchell Breland, was the one responsible. Investigators found that the victim's chin and neck has minor injuries... Breland was questioned by police, and eventually arrested and charged with 3rd degree domestic violence... Breland tendered his resignation on Tuesday afternoon... [Full article here]
OFFICER ARRESTED: CHARGED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THIRD DEGREE
WHNT
Amber Stuart
April 20, 2010
[Excerpts] Decatur Police arrested one their own Tuesday morning for domestic violence. Police arrested patrol officer Mitchell Breland for domestic violence third degree... Officers say the wife fled the home to the safety of a friend. The victim told police she had been assaulted and that officer Breland pointed an assault rifle at her... "Anytime we have an officer who is alleged to have done something wrong especially a situation that is violent," said Lt. Jonathan Green with the Decatur Police Department. "We take it very seriously. We don't condone these type of actions"... Breland had worked with the Decatur Police Department since 2007. If he is convicted of this domestic violence charge state law will prohibit Breland from carrying a gun... [Full article here]
Internet comments:
...Thanks to this officer's superiors for stepping up and doing the right thing...
...Thank God they did arrest him. Most of our 1st Responders are the VERY BEST IN THE LAND!!!!!!!...
...From what I understand his wife attempted to reach out for help before his violence escalated to this degree, and no one would help her... [police officer involved domestic violence oidv intimate partner violence (IPV) abuse law enforcement public safety lethal weapon alabama state]
Please note that the wife admitted in court that she lied and all charges were dropped. Domestic abuse is horrible, but so is lying and trying to destroy a person's reputation.
ReplyDeleteIt's called "recanting" - and a good proporton of officer-involved domestic violence victims do it - say they lied or change their story so the officer will not lose their job, or because they are threatened to.
ReplyDeleteA search of this blog for women who recanted: http://tinyurl.com/OIDVrecantings
ReplyDeleteThis same officer has now been arrested for beating his twin girls ages 8 years of age. I know the family personally and this is just another in a long line of out of controls beatings he has given his wives and children.
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