KHOU: Federal judge rules in favor of reassigned police officer
KHOU-11 is reporting that a federal judge has ruled in favor of officer Tom Nixon, who brought suit after being assigned to desk duty for speaking out against the department's pursuit policy:
A Houston police officer is once again criticizing his department’s chase policy Thursday morning.
A federal judge ruled Thursday morning that he, in fact, could do that.
HPD commanders gave officer Thomas Nixon desk duty after he complained the department is unnecessarily putting the public in danger.
His comments came after a chase last month in which a suspect hit a family head-on.
Nixon said it could have been avoided if officers had permission to ram the suspect’s car.
But HPD commanders punished him for his comments.
A federal judge overruled that Thursday morning.
Nixon remains under suspension while HPD investigates articles he wrote for Houston's 002 magazine.
UPDATE: Chris Baker says that Nixon will be on his program on KTRH-740 today.
RELATED COVERAGE: Houston Chronicle, KTRK-13.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/02/06 01:31 PM | Print |
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