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global1

(25,272 posts)
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:16 PM Nov 2015

Was Van Dyke Still Working The Streets The Last 14 Months?....

This cop that pumped 16 shots into McDonald and murdered him - was he still working as a cop over the last 14 months before the charges were leveled on him?

I heard that he was cited over the years approximately 20 times. I don't think he was ever disciplined. Does anyone here know?

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Was Van Dyke Still Working The Streets The Last 14 Months?.... (Original Post) global1 Nov 2015 OP
I don't know if was on active duty but I did read that he was no longer being paid by CPD Malraiders Nov 2015 #1
he was being paid until he was charged Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 Vincardog Nov 2015 #3
Apparently not Jarqui Nov 2015 #2

Malraiders

(444 posts)
1. I don't know if was on active duty but I did read that he was no longer being paid by CPD
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:27 PM
Nov 2015

But it didn't say when his pay stopped.

Found this:

As soon as he was charged with murder, Van Dyke's police paycheck stopped.

From:

http://abc7chicago.com/news/officer-van-dyke-paycheck-stopped-after-charges/1098780/


Vincardog

(20,234 posts)
3. he was being paid until he was charged Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:48 PM
Nov 2015
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, accused of fatally shooting a black teenager, arrives at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015. Van Dyke was charged with first degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)MANDATORY CREDIT, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES OUT, DAILY HERALD OUT, NORTHWEST HERALD OUT, DAILY CHRONICLE OUT, THE HERALD-NEWS OUT, THE TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES (Antonio Perez)

Jarqui

(10,130 posts)
2. Apparently not
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:34 PM
Nov 2015
http://abcnewsradioonline.com/national-news/some-of-the-past-complaints-against-chicago-cop-charged-in-t.html
Van Dyke, a police officer for 14 years, was stripped of his police powers after an eight-day conduct review immediately after the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting of McDonald, according to police.

He had been on paid administrative leave since the shooting, police said.


They suspended him without pay when they charged him.

fyi, NY Times has info on past complaints against his conduct
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/11/18/us/chicago-police-complaints.html?_r=1
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