Charges dropped against DMPD officer arrested in Altoona Share Updated: 5:11 PM CDT May 12, 2021
Charges dropped against DMPD officer arrested in Altoona Share Updated: 5:11 PM CDT May 12, 2021
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Show Transcript STEVE: ALSO NEW TONIGHT. THE CHARGES AGAINST A DES MOINES POLICE OFFICER FOR AN INCIDENT AT THE SOUTHEAST POLK SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DROPPED. WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT OFFICER RODNEY BRIGGS IN FEBRUARY. HE WAS ACCUSED OF USING HIS POSITION AS A POLICE OFFICER TO TRY TO GET VIDEO EVIDENCE IN AN ALTOONA INVESTIGATION INVOLVING HIS GIRLFRIEND. BUT ACCORDING TO NEW COURT DOCUMENTS, WITNESSES TESTIFIED THAT BRIGGS DID NOT USE HIS AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE THEM TO GIVE HIM THE EVIDENCE. PROSECUTORS ASKED THE COURT TO DISMISS THE CASE. BRIGGS WAS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE IN FEBRUARY AS THE DES MOINES POLICE LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION. POLICE CONFIRMED TONIGHT THEIR INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOI
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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, February 18, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Des Moines police officer has been placed on leave after being charged with a misdemeanor in which he’s accused of trying to interfere in a criminal investigation involving one of his friends.
Officer Rodney Alan Briggs was arrested Wednesday by police in nearby Altoona and charged with non-felonious misconduct in office, the Des Moines Police Department said in a news release Thursday.
The release said Briggs exceeded his authority as a police officer by trying to persuade Southeast Polk School District employees to give him video evidence related to an ongoing Altoona police investigation involving a friend of Briggs’.
Des Moines police officer placed on leave, under investigation for misconduct Philip Joens and Melody Mercado, Des Moines Register
A Des Moines police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after being charged with misconduct in office for allegedly interfering with a case involving his girlfriend.
Rodney Alan Briggs was arrested Wednesday by the Altoona Police Department, according to a news release from Des Moines police, and the Des Moines Police Department Office of Professional Standards has begun an investigation.
Briggs exceeded his authority as an officer by attempting to persuade employees of the Southeast Polk Community School District to provide him with video evidence related to an ongoing Altoona Police Department investigation that involves his girlfriend, according to a criminal complaint.