Ethics

Another Bad Cop Reinstated

By Ed Brayton

Here's yet another situation where a cop does something absolutely appalling and manages to keep his job - even when the chief of police wants him fired!

Pittsburgh police Officer Paul Abel, who last year was involved in an off-duty altercation on the South Side that ended with him shooting a man in the hand, is going to return to his job, police Chief Nate Harper confirmed yesterday.

An arbitrator this week ruled in favor of Officer Abel, who was arrested June 28, 2008 and suspended from his job after he shot then 20-year-old Kaleb Miller.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 18, 2009 (boomark / email).