Situation:
An Officer transports a prisoner resulting from a traffic stop initiated by a different Officer. There are three Officers at the scene, and the Officer finally does the transport, assist with the vehicle search. The prisoner is transported to the jail. Upon arrival the suspect is searched by jail personnel and placed into a holding cell.
It is later found that the transported inmate had a 25 caliber firearm upon his person when he arrived at the jail but no one had located it.
What should the reaction of the administration be? reprimand? termination? other?
Who is ultimately responsible?
An Officer transports a prisoner resulting from a traffic stop initiated by a different Officer. There are three Officers at the scene, and the Officer finally does the transport, assist with the vehicle search. The prisoner is transported to the jail. Upon arrival the suspect is searched by jail personnel and placed into a holding cell.
It is later found that the transported inmate had a 25 caliber firearm upon his person when he arrived at the jail but no one had located it.
What should the reaction of the administration be? reprimand? termination? other?
Who is ultimately responsible?
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