Logan police didn’t push for blood draw, chief tells CNN after SLC mayor rebukes handling of officer’s leave
“Instead, Salt Lake City police Detective Jeff Payne was allowed to stay on the job until Sept. 1, a day after the nurse’s attorney publicly released police body camera footage of the arrest. Another officer — believed to be Payne’s watch commander, Lt. James Tracy — was placed on leave the same day. . . . The department, meanwhile, has defended not placing Payne on leave immediately after the encounter. Police spokeswoman Christina Judd said over the weekend that the department does not have a rule mandating that an officer be placed on leave when an internal investigation begins. “It‘s a case-by-case basis,” she said. Administrative leave is mandatory, she said, when a criminal probe begins, which occurred Friday.”
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