INTERNAL AFFAIRS FINAL DISPOSITION REPORT

PSS-242-22

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Citizen Complaint

Incident Number:

Involved citizen:

Members involved:

State Police Detective Tpr ]

Member current info:

Bureau/Office: Field Operations Bureau-Admin

District/Division: 5th District-Admin
Worksite/Section: 5th Dist-Task Force Section

Snapshot - Member information at time of incident:

HRMN ID:
Body worn camera: Not Available
Bureau/Office: Field Operations Bureau-Admin
District/Division: 5th District-Admin
Worksite/Section: 5th Dist-Task Force Section
Section/Unit: 5th Dist-SWET Southwest Team
Team/Sub Unit: 5th Dist-SWET West Team
Dept. Code: KEBDB
Rank/title: State Police Detective Tpr Spl
Age: Years of employment: 7
Off duty: No Off duty employed: No

State Police Detective Sgt

Member current info:

Bureau/Office: Field Operations Bureau-Admin

District/Division: 5th District-Admin
Worksite/Section: 5th Dist-Task Force Section

Snapshot - Member information at time of incident:

HRMN ID:
Body worn camera: Not Available
Bureau/Office: Field Operations Bureau-Admin
District/Division: 5th District-Admin
Worksite/Section: 5th Dist-Task Force Section
Section/Unit: 5th Dist-SWET Southwest Team
Team/Sub Unit: 5th Dist-SWET West Team
Dept. Code: KEBDB
Rank/title: State Police Detective Sgt
Age: Years of employment: 13
Off duty: No Off duty employed: No
 State Police Detective Lt

Member current info:

Bureau/Office: Field Operations Bureau-Admin

District/Division: 5th District-Admin
Worksite/Section: 5th Dist-Task Force Section

Snapshot - member information at time of incident:

HRMN ID:
Body worn camera: None
Bureau/Office: Field Operations Bureau-Admin
District/Division: 5th District-Admin
Worksite/Section: 5th Dist-Task Force Section
Section/Unit: 5th Dist-SWET Southwest Team
Team/Sub Unit: 5th Dist-SWET Southwest Team
Dept. Code: KEBD0
Rank/title: State Police Detective Lt
Age: Years of employment: 28 Years with unit: 0
Off duty: No Off duty employed: Unk

Related police reports:

N/A

Suspended:

05-11-2022 to 12/08/2022

When/where:

Date/time occurred: Apr 2022

Incident location: Benton Harbor MI 49022 Precinct: Niles Post Area County: Berrien

Status/assignment information:

Status: Completed Priority: Medium

Opened: 05/09/2022 Assigned: 05/11/2022 Due: 03/06/2023 Completed: 02/08/2023

Date District Input Requested: 01/30/2023

Date District Input Received: 02/07/2023

District Input: Capt. Michael Brown, Fifth District Commander, provided the following input:

I have reviewed all the reports, including the SWET original report, criminal investigation, and the professional
standards report. All witness interviews show no evidence of misconduct and theft of currency as
alleged.

Disposition: Unfounded

Unit assigned: Professional Standards

Handled at field/unit level: No
Investigator assigned: Spl/Lieutenant Carissa Horan
Supervisor assigned: F/Lieutenant Brody Boucher
Source of information: BlueTeam

Summary of original allegations:

 alleges that on April 2022, the SWET-West team stole $6,000 during a search warrant at her
home.

Summary of key investigative findings:

A criminal investigation was conducted by First District SIS. told the investigator she could not be certain

Berrien County was

who declined to authorize charges.

D/Lt. , D/Sgt. , D/Tpr/ and Ofc. (Benton Harbor

Police Department) were interviewed during the criminal investigation, all denied taking the money. D/Lt.
, D/Sgt. , and D/Tpr/ were also interviewed by PSS and
.

Recommended charges:

The above charges are recommendations only and are preliminary to a final disciplinary decision. Therefore, this information may not be released
to any third party without the approval of the Professional Standards Section or Labor Relations.