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An Omaha police officer resigned during an internal investigation into his conduct after an incident at his apartment complex, according to a press release from OPD.
Officer William Klees resigned Monday which was also the day his internal investigation interview was scheduled. According to a police report, a woman in his apartment complex complained that someone was dumping trash on her car, and that she recorded one of the incidents.
The Omaha City Attorney's Office consulted with OPD to cite Klees with Criminal Mischief.
Chief Todd Schmaderer released a statement regarding the investigation:
Officer Klees has completely disrupted the peace and sense of safety for Ms. Valentine. His actions are not indicative of the values of the hard-working women and men of the Omaha Police Department. His conduct is unbecoming of an officer and warrants his removal from the OPD.
Klees' resignation was accepted by OPD, and his law enforcement certificate will be revoked.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/internal-investigation-into-omaha-police-officer-results-in-resignation/ar-AA146rvM
mahina
(17,727 posts)Seek forgiveness and be better 'sir'.
uponit7771
(90,370 posts)cutroot
(876 posts)They should investigate to discover what other shenanigans he has been up to.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,121 posts)70sEraVet
(3,528 posts)Doubt very much that he only has acted on his racism on his time off!
dalton99a
(81,658 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,754 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,478 posts)malaise
(269,244 posts)Damn
TigressDem
(5,125 posts)rubbersole
(6,746 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,494 posts)TeamProg
(6,326 posts)634-5789
(4,175 posts)brush
(53,957 posts)Where is the charge against this POS?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,121 posts)uponit7771
(90,370 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,204 posts)Some states allow citizens to file directly with a judge for charges. This is common in cases of larceny.
AllaN01Bear
(18,634 posts)electric_blue68
(14,978 posts)plimsoll
(1,671 posts)I mean if I had a criminal cop living within a couple blocks I'd want to know.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,350 posts)Check his crawl space. Check his DNA.
multigraincracker
(32,739 posts)"I'm a cop, who's going to arrest me?" or I'll get a "Professional Courtesy from the other cops. I use to hear that all the time from my ex. I told the Sheriff about it and she was no longer on the force.
pirsquared
(77 posts)Once again, being on "paid leave" means you don't go to your job and you get paid same as usual. Sleep late, fly to Hawaii, no worries. Police unions love this. Did you know?--you can get sick leave while on "paid leave" extending the vacation. And you continue to get additions to your retirement fund and your family's health insurance.
All my life I have aspired to 'paid leave' for at least 6 months.
The perps get no punishment at all. Reform advocates have urged that 'paid leave' be limited to 50% of salary/benefits, to be reimbursed if exonerated.
But not a sneaky paid vacation.
multigraincracker
(32,739 posts)She filled a law suit against the department and county and lost.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,121 posts)JI7
(89,281 posts)robbob
(3,539 posts)Guy needs to be sitting in a jail cell. I wouldnt feel safe if I were her either.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,121 posts)yes, needs to be in jail too
ShazzieB
(16,587 posts)He should have been freaking fired. Canned, sacked, axed, kicked to the curb.
I'm guessing it was a mutual decision. They let him resign rather than air all the dirty laundry that would have come out and reflected badly on both him and the department. He agreed to resign for the same reason.
At least he's not a cop anymore.
58Sunliner
(4,422 posts)Warpy
(111,409 posts)considering how asshole cops protect each other, even if it's a cop with a screw loose like this guy.
It's a shame she's the one who needs to move, but even if this jerk goes to jail, his buddies on the force will know who she is and where she lives.
The world sucks for women.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,121 posts)Warpy
(111,409 posts)but I'm afraid she needs to move NOW, before any of this has a chance to grind its way slowly through the legal system.
I don't think she can sue the cops at this point since he wasn't on duty when he did this shit.
Genki Hikari
(1,766 posts)That looks like an OPD shield on the hoodie he's wearing. If it is, that means he was carrying out a crime while representing OPD.
And cops are never off-duty. Not really.
I think she'll get not a large, but a comfortable, payout. If only to make her shut up.
marble falls
(57,405 posts)... should stay on alert. If this is the effort he expends over some self perceived slight, imagine what he might be up to now that his life has been rearranged.
electric_blue68
(14,978 posts)The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)They keep out smarting me.
marble falls
(57,405 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,217 posts)lame54
(35,339 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,121 posts)lame54
(35,339 posts)electric_blue68
(14,978 posts)to feel. safe?! 😑😔
live love laugh
(13,181 posts)colorado_ufo
(5,739 posts)that the one conversation they had was him asking for a date. Couldn't stand to be rejected by a beautiful black woman.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,525 posts)Justice matters.
(6,952 posts)Stuart G
(38,454 posts)What is his reason?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I looked, and he's 31 and she's a young, pretty woman. Maybe reversible chemical castration coulld have helped him, but too late to save that career now.
The Jungle 1
(4,552 posts)llmart
(15,563 posts)What a cute term. Makes it sound like he is just a ten-year old boy pranking someone on Halloween.
He's a freakin' officer of the law. Well, maybe not any longer (we can only hope).
Folks - this is how the good ole' boy network works. Never forget that. Within law enforcement it's even much more prevalent than say, in a corporate setting.