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Title: Deputy in slap video is charged, steps down
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www.timesunion.com
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Published: Nov 10, 2014
Author: By Lauren Stanforth | November 10, 2014
Post Date: 2015-02-08 10:15:35 by GrandIsland
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Longtime lawman arraigned on misconduct, harassment charges A Saratoga County sheriff's sergeant abruptly resigned Monday as he was charged with official misconduct and harassment after a video was posted on the Internet over the weekend that purportedly captured him slapping a man whose car he wanted to search. Sheriff Michael H. Zurlo said his office began an investigation into the actions of Sgt. Shawn R. Glans immediately after they learned the video was posted on the department's Facebook page around 9 p.m. Friday. The video shows Glans demanding to search the vehicle of a young man, Colin Fitch, who was standing next to the deputy in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store in Halfmoon. Fitch refused to consent to the search as Glans peppered him with expletives and said they could get a search warrant if he didn't turn over his keys. Glans grows increasingly agitated during the encounter, which was being secretly filmed by Fitch's friend Adam Roberts, who was standing next to the pair. "You want to (expletive) resist?" Glans tells Fitch as the deputy steps toward him and the video captures a loud slapping sound. The video camera was pointed downward at the time of the alleged strike. Glans then grabs Fitch's keys, throwing them to another deputy. "Search the (expletive) car," Glans tells the other deputy, who has not been identified Zurlo acknowledged Glans struck the young man. Glans, 48, was arraigned in Halfmoon Town Court on Monday afternoon on one count of official misconduct, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation. The charges state that while on-duty and in uniform Glans "did knowingly commit unauthorized physical acts in seeking to secure and expedite the search of a vehicle with an intent to benefit himself," according to court records. The harassment charge says Glans slapped Fitch "in the back of the head with an open hand." "His actions both as a police officer and a sergeant were completely inappropriate," Zurlo said at a news conference Monday at which he announced that Glans had resigned. "I am very disturbed. I have zero tolerance for that type of activity." Glans, who said he's been a police officer for 27 years, was immediately suspended after the video surfaced Friday. Zurlo said the sergeant reported in on Monday morning and then voluntarily resigned. Glans' attorney, Matthew Chauvin of Clifton Park, said he didn't know if Glans was informed of the criminal charges against him before he resigned. "The video is difficult to place in the context of the person we know," Chauvin said. "I hope the 20- plus years he's put into the community doesn't go unnoticed," he said adding, "There are two sides to every story." Glans also has worked as a part-time South Glens Falls police officer. South Glens Falls police declined to comment on his status with that department. Glans told the Times Union Saturday that he was concerned about public safety after seeing the gun in the car, but that he would have acted differently if he knew it was being videotaped. "If I had to do it all over again ... I'd probably do the same thing. If I knew the camera was there, no, because it does look bad," he said. The sheriff said an internal investigation is ongoing regarding the actions of the two other deputies who were at the scene with Glans but did not intervene as their sergeant allegedly slapped the young man. Zurlo declined to identify the other deputies. With Glans' resignation, the internal investigation into his actions is closed, Zurlo said. Halfmoon Town Justice Lester Wormuth granted an order of protection on behalf of Fitch and Roberts that prohibits Glans from contacting them. Zurlo said Glans and other deputies approached the two in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart on Route 9 around 2:30 a.m. Friday after receiving a call of suspicious people parking at another business and entering woods on Route 236 near the Wal-Mart. When deputies arrived at the business on Route 236 the car was gone, but they said they found a vehicle matching the description in the Wal-Mart parking lot a short time later. Glans saw a .22- caliber rifle in the car's back seat and wanted to search the vehicle. After the video captured Glans allegedly slapping Fitch, Roberts kept filming and can be heard telling Glans that what just happened was "intense" and he asks the sergeant if he was going strike him next. The sergeant responded that he could "rip your (expletive) head off and (expletive) down your neck." Glans is due back in Halfmoon court on Dec. 9.
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#1. To: All, Deckard (#0)
I'll assume you posted this story, prior to my posting history, here at LF You should note that I'll post any credible police corruption incident I find... and in this case, post the outcome. There was no yellow journalism needed to drama this story up. This county Sheriff most definitely stepped over the line, violated his constitutional rights... and most certainly broke both laws he was charged with. I am not good with posting videos. It's hard to find the embedded code with my phone. Feel free to post the video... there is no excuse for such conduct.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
You are amazing to see in action as a result of being disingenuous all along the cyber highway;and one pile of heaping deceptive posts.
Wait a minute. YOU didn't post this story? Deckard did? WTF is going on?
To: GrandIsland "I'll assume you posted this story, prior to my posting history, here at LF" Wait a minute. YOU didn't post this story? Deckard did? WTF is going on? I'm giving Deckard a chance to be fair and balanced. I'd like to see him post a law enforcement related use of force article where the officers were justified. Just once. lol Prove he doesn't have a "hate all cops" agenda. He will most certainly claim he loves cops, just hates all "bad cops". They all claim that garbage. I would believe it though, if they were fair and balanced... and posted both sides of the coin... and didn't rely on yellow journalism to show just one side.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
I wouldn't say "amazing"... but it is true there are few today that post fair and balanced. If I see LEO corruption, and there can be no other alternative... I'll always point it out. After 20 years of doing it the right way, I take great offense at those that give LE a black eye. More so than you could ever muster up.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
So you do hate all cops?
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
That's pretty damning right there. Obviously he's some hick deputy or he'd know better than to give such a damaging public statement.
I could tell he wasn't very smart from the start of the video.
Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Sounds like the ''Sons of GrandIsland and Gatlin'' are going to get their comeuppance again porker pig cop. Why shouldn't the People despise, loathe and HATE the porker pig cops, politicians and their cheerleader stepford wives in the news media? TO HELL WITH THE PORKER PIG COPS. TO HELL WITH THE TRAITOR POLITICIANS TO HELL WITH THE NEWS MEDIA GOVERNMENT COMPLEX.
When will the "Sons of Gatlin and GrandIsland" learn?---there's always a VIDEO! The cops were STUPID to attack me in front of NBC TV Cameras.
#2. To: GrandIsland (#1)
You should note that I'll post any credible police corruption incident I find... and in this case, post the outcome.
#3. To: GrandIsland (#1)
"I'll assume you posted this story, prior to my posting history, here at LF"
#4. To: misterwhite (#3)
#5. To: Pridie.Nones (#2)
(Edited)
You are amazing to see in action
#6. To: GrandIsland (#4)
Prove he doesn't have a "hate all cops" agenda.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#7. To: Deckard (#6)
"I hate cops because they break the law"
#8. To: GrandIsland (#0)
Glans told the Times Union Saturday that he was concerned about public safety after seeing the gun in the car, but that he would have acted differently if he knew it was being videotaped. "If I had to do it all over again ... I'd probably do the same thing. If I knew the camera was there, no, because it does look bad," he said.
#9. To: TooConservative (#8)
That's pretty damning right there.
#10. To: GrandIsland (#7)
#11. To: GrandIsland (#0)
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