The long road to vindication for Officer Clayton Swartz
I have been saying for two plus years that I looked forward to showing the community that Officer Clayton Swartz did nothing wrong.
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I have been saying for two plus years that I looked forward to showing the community that Officer Clayton Swartz did nothing wrong.
Officer Clayton Swartz will receive back pay and his record will be cleared.
Stu Harrison, who was a more than 15-year veteran of the Southwestern Regional Police Department, is charged with simple assault.
Stu Harrison, who was a more than 15-year veteran of the Southwestern Regional Police Department, is charged with simple assault.
Matthew Irvin, president of the White Rose Lodge No. 15, Fraternal Order of Police, said the mayor has stated that he would accept a court's ruling — so the union is expecting him to follow the arbitrator's decision. Irvin said the arbitration process is relatively inexpensive and quick and has worked for almost 50 years. The FOP and the city, he said, have respected these decisions in the past. He said it's expensive to litigate in the courts. "We’re spending a lot of money on this case where there’s no evidence of any wrongdoing," Irvin said. In a statement, Ed Paskey, Swartz's att...