CORRECTIONS OFFICER RESIGNS Corrections Officer Resigns In Wake Of Use-Of-Force Episodes
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Dec. 10, 2012 10:37 AM EST
Eyewitness News Photo
Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
One West Virginia corrections officer has resigned in the wake of two separate use-of-force episodes at the Western Regional Jail.
Jail Authority Executive Director Joe DeLong said six other officers have been disciplined and eight more remain suspended following these incidents.
DeLong updated lawmakers on Monday after discussing the episodes during last month's interim study meetings.
State Police continue to investigate both incidents at the Barboursville facility. The jail agency has finished its internal probe of one of the cases, and that led to the resignation.
DeLong said the agency has done a poor job training corporals, sergeants and shift commanders. He also said good officers don't believe the $1,000 raise that comes with those jobs is worth the added responsibilities, hours and headaches.
W.Va. man indicted on charges of threatening Obama June 19, 2013 12:59 PM EDT A Marshall County man has been indicted on charges he threatened to kill President Barack Obama and the first family in a letter filled with profanity and racial slurs.
Urban Outfitters pulls pill-bottle shot glasses June 19, 2013 2:49 PM EDT Political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky say they're pleased that retailer Urban Outfitters has stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles.
Wooden beam could be detached part of shipwreck June 19, 2013 12:05 PM EDT Archaeologists say a wooden beam found embedded in the floor of Lake Michigan wasn't attached to a larger vessel, but that it could be a detached piece of wreckage from a ship that disappeared while exploring the Great Lakes in the 17th Century.
June 13, 2013 Rio Bravo-South Charleston; Pizza Hut-Kanawha City; Fifth Quarter makes the list. Find out who has violations and who gets the Clean Kitchen Award!
Associated Press
