05-20-2009, 10:34 PM
BPD officer suspended after dispute with tow truck driver
By ROBERT NAPPER - rnapper@bradenton.com
BRADENTON — A Bradenton Police Department officer was suspended after internal investigators found he tried to use his position as a police officer to get his son-in-law’s car back after it was towed from a Tampa apartment complex.
Police internal affairs investigators also found Officer Christopher Hutchko used law enforcement databases to run a background check on a tow truck driver for the company in violation of departmental rules. The violations led to a written reprimand and a 20-hour unpaid suspension, according to the police internal affairs report.
The internal affairs report said on Dec. 13, 2008, Hutchko attempted to retrieve his son-in-law’s car from a tow yard in Tampa. A tow truck driver said the officer flashed his police badge and demanded the car be released.
During a dispute with the tow truck driver, Hutchko also took the driver’s name and date of birth and had a Bradenton police dispatcher run a background check on the man, the report said.
Police officials charged Hutchko with violating department policies by conducting an investigation in a personal quarrel and misuse of criminal justice information.
Wish we could go a year without being the papers....Is that too much to ask?? Just one year...365 days?? :roll:
By ROBERT NAPPER - rnapper@bradenton.com
BRADENTON — A Bradenton Police Department officer was suspended after internal investigators found he tried to use his position as a police officer to get his son-in-law’s car back after it was towed from a Tampa apartment complex.
Police internal affairs investigators also found Officer Christopher Hutchko used law enforcement databases to run a background check on a tow truck driver for the company in violation of departmental rules. The violations led to a written reprimand and a 20-hour unpaid suspension, according to the police internal affairs report.
The internal affairs report said on Dec. 13, 2008, Hutchko attempted to retrieve his son-in-law’s car from a tow yard in Tampa. A tow truck driver said the officer flashed his police badge and demanded the car be released.
During a dispute with the tow truck driver, Hutchko also took the driver’s name and date of birth and had a Bradenton police dispatcher run a background check on the man, the report said.
Police officials charged Hutchko with violating department policies by conducting an investigation in a personal quarrel and misuse of criminal justice information.
Wish we could go a year without being the papers....Is that too much to ask?? Just one year...365 days?? :roll: