Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 4014 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: JULY 2016 P retty much everyone is familiar with the concept of profes- sional courtesy in the world of law enforce- ment. It’s commonly understood that when cops realize the person they’re about to stop or write up is a fellow law enforcement professional, they should think to them- selves, “That’s one of the good guys. I think I’ll go catch me a bad guy.” But officers writing each other up can and does occur. It’s just usually not the kind of thing that makes the local newspapers. (Attention millenials: “News- papers” were an ancient inven- tion that involved the printing of words on paper, back in the days before smart phones.) According to a recent ar- ticle from Arkansas Online, the Arkansas State Police are conducting an investiga- tion into an incident where a Highway Patrol corporal was accused of writing a traffic citation to another cop – out of spite. Jericho Police Chief Roy Hill filed a complaint with state police saying that Cor- poral Mickey Strayhorn had stopped an on-duty officer and cited the officer for speeding and failure to wear a seat belt. Chief Hill said Jericho police had cited Strayhorn’s son for speeding and that Strayhorn stopped the offi- cer and issued a warning ci- tation in what they believed was an act of retaliation. The state police released the complaint under the Arkansas Freedom of Infor- mation Act. The complaint states that Hill learned that Manuel Borjorn, one of the Jericho Police Department’s four officers, had been pulled over while on duty by a state police trooper and issued a warning citation for driving more than 15 mph over the posted speed limit. The trooper, identified as Strayhorn, also cited Bor- jorn for driving without a seat belt. A second officer in the police vehicle was not cited. The allegations of retali- ation are based on the fact that just two weeks earlier, Jericho police had cited Strayhorn’s son for speed- ing. It was the second time since February that Jericho police had ticketed Stray- horn’s son for exceeding the speed limit. The first citation was dis- missed through a “courtesy request” from the Critten- den County sheriff’s office, according to the complaint, but not the second. “As a result of my officers issuing a citation to the trooper’s son, it is my total belief that Trooper Stray- horn was retaliating against my officers. Trooper Stray- horn made a direct point to come to Jericho to do what he did,” Hill wrote in the complaint. “He came into Jericho headed northbound and turned around in Jericho and went back southbound where he spotted and stopped my officers. Trooper Strayhorn then went back northbound through Jericho after the stop. Again that let me know he was targeting my officers.” “I gave you a warning, OK? You got to wear your seat belt. None of us are ex- empt,” Strayhorn reportedly told Borjorn, a three-year veteran of the department. “Speeding is a serious thing. You know that, the way you all operate up there, right?” “I gave you a warning, OK? You got to wear your seat belt. None of us are exempt. Speeding is a serious thing. You know that, the way you all operate up there, right?” Cause and effect? You ticket me, I ticket you, so there! Learn more about our online CJ degrees, workshops, and CEUs. Gainful employment information available at ColumbiaSouthern.edu/Disclosure. ColumbiaSouthern.edu/CJ | 800.369.9756 FLEXIBLE. AFFORDABLE. ONLINE. Patrick Brice CSU Graduate Criminal Justice Administration CRITICAL THINKING IS YOUR BEST DEFENSE Online Criminal Justice Degrees at Columbia Southern University are designed to enable students to develop rational decisions and informed responses to the daily challenges they face in law enforcement, courts and corrections operations. Degrees offered include: • A.S. Criminal Justice • B.S. Criminal Justice Administration • B.S. Criminal Justice Administration—Arson Investigation • M.S. Criminal Justice Administration