No charges for cop who handcuffed stepdaughter's boyfriend

[Liberal_in_LA]

No charges for cop who handcuffed stepdaughter's boyfriend

A San Jose police officer who pretended to arrest a teenage boy for having sex with the officer's stepdaughter will not be charged with a crime, Santa Clara County prosecutors say.

The incident happened Aug. 30 after the officer's wife told him their daughter had had sex with the boy. While still in duty and in uniform, the officer, whose name was not released, went to the boy's home for a little talk with his mother and stepfather.

When the boy came home, the officer handcuffed him and angrily told him "it was a crime for minors to engage in sexual intercourse, and that he would likely be charged," prosecutors said in a statement Thursday. The officer also implied that his own stepdaughter could face prosecution.

Then he took the cuffs off, filled out a department-issued case receipt and gave it to the boy's parents -- suggesting that they put it on the refrigerator to remind their son that underage sex was a crime.

Prosecutors said they have concluded that the officer had the authority to detain the boy -- and therefore handcuff him -- because the teen was suspected of a crime.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/crime/detail?entry_id=75187&tsp=1#ixzz137HbHtHg

[joeybee12]

1. Then file a civil suit against this asshole cop...

not sure what grounds, but if the cops and DA are gonna protect their own, then someone needs to teach the jackass a lesson.

[derby378]

2. Straight

Misusing a badge and uniform that symbolize that you act on behalf of the public trust is all fun and games until Lady Liberty loses an eyeball.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. I am as much against overreaching police authority as anyone I know,

but come on - the girl is FOURTEEN. If she was even just 16 it might be different, for a fourteen year old is just a baby, and I think the cop showed remarkable restraint. He sounds to me to be one of the good ones. All he did was scare the thoughtless, hormone-driven boy with an acted-out warning that messing with a 14 year old girl is a crime, and don't forget it.

Considering that he actually did have authority to really arrest the kid for statutory rape, the kid got off pretty lightly.

(typo edit)

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. both were minors

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. That may make it normal, but it still doesn't make it right.

Like I said, if they were both 16 it might be different - time for her to talk to her mother about getting birth control - but at FOURTEEN?

Too soon. Much too soon.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. agreed.

[davidinalameda]

4. who's going to sue?

sounds like the boy's parents were in on it as well

[Missy Vixen]

6. Typically, I support the police

In this case, the guy should have lost his badge and his gun.

If a crime's been committed, charge the kid in question. The reason why he didn't, IIRC, is because his daughter would have been charged as well.

This makes things bad for all officers. Kick the guy off the force.

[DFab420]

7. I can only imagine

the laughs this will get from fellow officers

In this day and age where police seem to be ramping up their aggressiveness and brutality. It's nice to hear a story about a cop only misusing his power to help his step-daughter etc..

All told, maybe this is just cause I see myself as over-protective of my yet to be born children, I would probably do the same thing if I could.