Cop facing punishment for sending the wrong teen to jail for 35 days over sexual battery - Polidicks

This happened in August 2012 but the cop is only being charged now after a full investigation. [img]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1701116.1393348372!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/cody26n-1-web.jpg[/img] [B]Cody Lee Williams, left, was arrested for sexual battery in August 2012 and spent 35 days in jail. But Cody Raymond Williams, right, was the one actually accused of the crime.[/B] [quote=florida] A Florida cop is facing a 10-day suspension and a demotion for a bungled bust that sent an innocent teenager to jail on child rape charges for 35 days. Clay County Deputy Sheriff Johnny Hawkins was set to be disciplined Tuesday after it was found he arrested the wrong boy for the alleged rape of a girl younger than 12 in 2013, the Florida Times-Union reported. The boy, Cody Lee Williams, 18, was hauled into jail last summer and charged as an adult with sexually battery on a child, the newspaper said. But it was a different boy, albeit one with a similar name — Cody Raymond Williams — who allegedly raped the little girl in late October or early November 2012, authorities said. In all, four deputies in the northeast Florida's office were disciplined for their roles in the blunder, but Hawkins was facing the harshest punishment: a 10-day unpaid suspension and a bump from investigations to patrol, the Times-Union reported. In a letter following the investigation,[B] Sheriff Rick Beseler told Hawkins that because of his incompetence, "an innocent man was arrested for an offense that he did not commit.[/B]" The mistake wasn't discovered until the teen looked into court documents detailing the charges. According to the investigation, Hawkins interviewed the little girl, who said she was assaulted by a high school boy named Cody Williams, [B]but never showed her any photos to confirm the boy's identity.[/B] Williams told the Times-Union "his insides just kind of dropped" when deputies arrested him at his home on suspicion of sexual battery in August. The mix-up wasn't cleared up until October, after Williams called his mother to say he believed police were looking for the other Cody Williams, a classmate at Clay High School. After speaking to the mother, Hawkins showed the alleged victim a picture of Cody Lee Williams. The girl said he wasn't the one who attacked her. Williams told the newspaper, "We were just two guys with the same name at the same school." Williams was released from jail and is now considering suing Hawkins, the Times-Union said. Cody Raymond Williams, meanwhile, was arrested and due in court in early next month. [B]An investigation into Hawkins' sloppy policework found he committed a slew of offenses, including failing to properly identify a suspect and making inaccurate statements on reports, the Times-Union reported[/B].[/quote] [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-wrong-teen-jail-35-days-mix-up-report-article-1.1701117[/url] While I believe the investigation took too long to find this out and the punishment isn't too severe. I'm happy to see accountability in the police force.

[quote] a 10-day unpaid suspension and a bump from investigations to patrol, the Times-Union reported.[/quote] [I]ouch.[/I] I bet he'll not fuck that up again.

give him 35 unpaid days in jail and bump from investigators to unemployed

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44070009][I]ouch.[/I] I bet he'll not fuck that up again.[/QUOTE] He'll be investigating his sadness from now on. Till he's bumped back to investigations

Inaccurate statements on reports and not identifying a suspect? Oh, 10 days and a demotion! Should be fired for it, if you can't report correctly and give incorrect info you are not fit to be in a position of power and trust. Just for comparison, but if an allied healthcare professional such as a radiotherapist or pharmacist lied on a report and incorrectly identified a patient leading to incorrect treatment being issued, they'd be looking at fitness to practise reviews and unemployment.

Also, interesting thing. Usually threads involving police fuckups start out with "And nothing will ever be done about it". These cases usually include killing people for no discernible reason, beating the fuck out of someone because he looked at you funny, usual corrupt cop shit. Okay, so you want something done about it, thats respectable, I get that, and I agree with you. Punishment is expected there. Well, here we have a case of an officer fucking up. Innocent kid got put in jail for a smidge over a month cause the cop never [I]actually[/I] bothered to identify the suspect. The mistake was realized, acknowledged, and rectified. Actual suspect is awaiting trial, and the officer lost two weeks pay [I]and[/I] got demoted, meaning even more lost pay, [I]and[/I] the kid is considering suing (I'd sue too!). So nobody died, the badguy got gotted, and the cop got punished, pretty majorly at that. Thread reaction? "ITS NOT ENOUGH, I WANT HIM UNEMPLOYED AND [I]ON THE STREETS[/I]" Fucking [I]christ[/I] people you got what you wanted, officer got punished.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44070319]Also, interesting thing. Usually threads involving police fuckups start out with "And nothing will ever be done about it". These cases usually include killing people for no discernible reason, beating the fuck out of someone because he looked at you funny, usual corrupt cop shit. Okay, so you want something done about it, thats respectable, I get that, and I agree with you. Punishment is expected there. Well, here we have a case of an officer fucking up. Innocent kid got put in jail for a smidge over a month cause the cop never [I]actually[/I] bothered to identify the suspect. The mistake was realized, acknowledged, and rectified. Actual suspect is awaiting trial, and the officer lost two weeks pay [I]and[/I] got demoted, meaning even more lost pay, [I]and[/I] the kid is considering suing (I'd sue too!). So nobody died, the badguy got gotted, and the cop got punished, pretty majorly at that. Thread reaction? "ITS NOT ENOUGH, I WANT HIM UNEMPLOYED AND [I]ON THE STREETS[/I]" Fucking [I]christ[/I] people you got what you wanted, officer got punished.[/QUOTE] Every other profession, whether you're a lawyer or a doctor, can be held properly accountable. You will be struck off the register and not allowed to practice anymore if you do something like this. But for some reason, police are considered 'different' and so should not be severely punished for their mistakes. If you fucked up like this in most professions you would be fired, so I don't see why you wouldn't as a police officer.

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44070319]Also, interesting thing. Usually threads involving police fuckups start out with "And nothing will ever be done about it". These cases usually include killing people for no discernible reason, beating the fuck out of someone because he looked at you funny, usual corrupt cop shit. Okay, so you want something done about it, thats respectable, I get that, and I agree with you. Punishment is expected there. Well, here we have a case of an officer fucking up. Innocent kid got put in jail for a smidge over a month cause the cop never [I]actually[/I] bothered to identify the suspect. The mistake was realized, acknowledged, and rectified. Actual suspect is awaiting trial, and the officer lost two weeks pay [I]and[/I] got demoted, meaning even more lost pay, [I]and[/I] the kid is considering suing (I'd sue too!). So nobody died, the badguy got gotted, and the cop got punished, pretty majorly at that. Thread reaction? "ITS NOT ENOUGH, I WANT HIM UNEMPLOYED AND [I]ON THE STREETS[/I]" Fucking [I]christ[/I] people you got what you wanted, officer got punished.[/QUOTE] As a police officer you can [i]fuck up[/i] lives. A month+ out of school is no trifle to his grades and career planning. If the officer can be so stupid, he shouldn't be anywhere near the police force.

"Yeah, I guess someone charged me with sexual battery, so, yeah, I'm fucked" [QUOTE]In a letter following the investigation, Sheriff Rick Beseler told Hawkins that because of his incompetence, "an innocent man was arrested for an offense that he did not commit." The mistake wasn't discovered until the teen looked into court documents detailing the charges.[/QUOTE] "I've never even met....wait, they must be thinking of the other Cody Williams." How fucked is either this kid or society that it went down like that?

Jesus, the sadness you can see in him on the left picture.

Did the cop at least apologize?

Imagine the headline "Doctor performs surgery on wrong patient, gets a 10 days unpaid suspension"

I really don't think it's a good idea to demote a cop you should just fire them in most cases. The last thing you want is a bitter angry person in that position.

How the fuck did NOBODY notice this? This isn't just 1 mistake, how the hell did that get through completely unseen until the kid himself fucking looked into the documentation?

[QUOTE=The Saiko;44077430]Imagine the headline "Doctor performs surgery on wrong patient, gets a 10 days unpaid suspension"[/QUOTE] Alot of public workers with strong unions get alot of breaks. Teachers who are accused of sexual abuse in New York can't be fired so they just get paid for doing nothing.

[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;44069946]This happened in August 2012 but the cop is only being charged now after a full investigation. [img]http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1701116.1393348372!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/cody26n-1-web.jpg[/img] [B]Cody Lee Williams, left, was arrested for sexual battery in August 2012 and spent 35 days in jail. But Cody Raymond Williams, right, was the one actually accused of the crime.[/B] [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-wrong-teen-jail-35-days-mix-up-report-article-1.1701117[/url] While I believe the investigation took too long to find this out and the punishment isn't too severe. I'm happy to see accountability in the police force.[/QUOTE] Actually it is pretty severe imo. 10 days without pay is a lot for a investigator. Then getting a demotion back to patrol officer - that is a loss of even more money then. Plus you need to take into account he will have a reprimand on file, the embarrassment of this and being demoted. Hopefully they'll do some better training with him and other things like that. I mean a lot of people in this thread are calling for complete dismissal but that is a bit extreme in my opinion - the loss of pay, a job, benefits, and pension for a offense he didn't mean to commit. While very serious this person that was arrested will obviously be compensated and various other things satisfy his case.

[QUOTE=MR-X;44078752]Actually it is pretty severe imo. 10 days without pay is a lot for a investigator. Then getting a demotion back to patrol officer - that is a loss of even more money then. Plus you need to take into account he will have a reprimand on file, the embarrassment of this and being demoted. Hopefully they'll do some better training with him and other things like that. I mean a lot of people in this thread are calling for complete dismissal but that is a bit extreme in my opinion - the loss of pay, a job, benefits, and pension for a offense he didn't mean to commit. While very serious this person that was arrested will obviously be compensated and various other things satisfy his case.[/QUOTE] 35 days without freedom is more severe and warrants a more severe punishment for the perpetrator.

[QUOTE=MR-X;44078752]Actually it is pretty severe imo. 10 days without pay is a lot for a investigator. Then getting a demotion back to patrol officer - that is a loss of even more money then. Plus you need to take into account he will have a reprimand on file, the embarrassment of this and being demoted. Hopefully they'll do some better training with him and other things like that. I mean a lot of people in this thread are calling for complete dismissal but that is a bit extreme in my opinion - the loss of pay, a job, benefits, and pension for a offense he didn't mean to commit. While very serious this person that was arrested will obviously be compensated and various other things satisfy his case.[/QUOTE] Missing out on some pay is nothing compared to what he did to that kid. He may not have meant to do it, but it happened because he ignored standard procedure and didn't bother to fix it until a month later. It's been said my times before, but if any other professional fucked up like that, they'd be out of a job [I]immediately[/I]. Too severe would be filing criminal charges against him, as like you said, he didn't intend to do it. But the loss of a job? That's extremely reasonable.

[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;44079183]Missing out on some pay is nothing compared to what he did to that kid. He may not have meant to do it, but it happened because he ignored standard procedure and didn't bother to fix it until a month later. It's been said my times before, but if any other professional fucked up like that, they'd be out of a job [I]immediately[/I]. Too severe would be filing criminal charges against him, as like you said, he didn't intend to do it. But the loss of a job? That's extremely reasonable.[/QUOTE] I'm still wondering how the fuck the KID himself was the one who found out about the mistake.. not even the investigation

I can't imagine how shitty it would be to be mislabeled a child rapist, especially if he was still in high school. Absolutely life-ruining potential at the least. His face in the photo really shows it, damn.