A district attorney’s office in Tennessee says the actions of a trooper who allegedly groped a woman during a traffic stop and pulled her over again three hours later were “inconsistent with his training,” CBS Knoxville affiliate WVLT-TV reports. “Our review of this matter revealed that Trooper Lloyd’s actions were inconsistent with his training and Tennessee Department of Safety General Orders,” said a release late last week from the Office of the Eighth Judicial District Attorney General’s office.
It also said, however, it does not believe the trooper’s actions during the encounter with the woman “form the basis for any criminal charge against him.”
The woman, Patricia Wilson, says the trooper, Isaiah Lloyd, pulled her over for not wearing a seat belt in August last year, according to a lawsuit filed several weeks ago, in late January. Wilson said Lloyd asked her to get out of her car and lift up her camisole and shirt, then felt around her waistline, WVLT-TV reports. Wilson said Lloyd put his hands in her underwear and touched her buttock and pubic area.
Lloyd ticketed Wilson for not wearing a seat belt — a pending violation the DA’s office later dismissed — and she continued on to work, according to the lawsuit. Three hours later, Lloyd pulled her over again, as Wilson’s children — 3 and 8 years old — were in the vehicle.
“We have to stop meeting like this,” Lloyd allegedly said. He also said he would not give her a ticket for having tinted windows and asked her where she was going, according to the lawsuit, WVLT-TV reports. Wilson said she was going to her the home of her children’s father then back to her own house.
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that dashcam video shows the two traffic stops.
Doing things outside the scope of your training, opens you to personal liability. He needs to be taught a lesson with litigation.
That would kill initiative, and compromise public safety. Humans learn through error. If error is treated as crime or a civil tort , then effectively and officer’s career would last until his or her first mistake. The result would be that no responsible person would join and available himself to such risk. Agencies would go bankrupt training a steady stream of lower and lower quality replacement officers.
Walking on eggshell is no way to spend a career, and joust bad leadership.
However the problem I have with modern American municipal law enforcement is reverse of the above. They are way too forgiving, excusing the worst of police behavior. Tragic avoidable death of Daniel Shaver at hand of former Mesa, AZ Police officers, Sgt. Charles Langley and Officer Brailsford, is example where defective, criminal LEOs are allowed to get away with murder. Quite litteraly. I think that Shaver execution will go down the history among worst atrocities commited by law enforcement. Along with former NYPD Ofc. Justin Volpe’s attempted murder and bodily violation of handcuffed suspect, and NYPD Street Crimes Unit , execution of Diallo.
I beleive that a time of reckoning is approaching between law enforcement and American public.
Where did he go outside of training? Was it the search of the waistband, or her shaking out of the brassiere? I was taught both of those.
Unless your putting value into the allegation of grabbing her butt or crotch, (or there is some missing information), I’m not seeing the *tisk*tisk* of his actions from the video nor the article.
How is it that municipal law enforcement , rank and promotions system does not have UP or OUT career path. LEO enter as officer and 25 years later they are still an officer. US Armed Forces have 2 passed over promotion boards. Passed over twice and it’s pack your bags, or retirement.