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11ALIVE.COM. >>> BIG CHANGES IN THE ROSWELL
POLICE DEPARTMENT AMID AN4@
ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
ONGOING INVESTIGATION. THE LATEST, THE POLICE CHIEF'S
ABRUPT RESIGNATI4@ON, THAT
FOLLOWING THE FIRING OF THREE
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. HERE'S WHAT4@ WE KNOW TONIGHT.
THE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING ITS
BEST TO DEAL WITH THESE ISSUES
AS NOW WE'RE LEARNING THAT THE
CHIEF HAS DECIDED TO RESIGN.
>> CHIEF GRANT, WHEN DID YOU
FIRST LEARN ABOUT THE
INTENTIONAL FREEZING OF A
13-YEAR-OLD BOY?
13-YEAR-OLD BOY? >> Reporter: SILENCE.
CHIEF RUSTY GRANT AND THE CITY
OF ROSWELL REFUSE TO HAND OVER
DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD SHOW THE
CHIEF KNEW OFFICERS KEPT A
13-YEAR-OLD BOY COLD TO4@ GET HM
TO TELL THE4@ TRUTH.
>> YOU CAN SIT OVER THERE AND
BE COLD.
BE COLD.
BE COLD. >> IS IT COLD IN THE CAR,
YOU'RE ASKING?
YOU'RE ASKING? YEAH, IT'S FREEZING IN THERE.
HE'S GOT ALL THE WINDOWS ROLLED
DOWN AND THE HEAT OFF.
>> YOU CAN'T REMEMBER MOM'S4@4@
PHONE NUMBER.
PHONE NUMBER. IF I MAKE CONTACT WIT4@H MOM THN
WE'LL GET SOME HEAT GOING.
ALL RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT? >> YOU HANDED THE SUPERVISOR OF
THE YEAR IN APRIL, DID YOU KNOW
BEFORE THAT?
BEFORE THAT? IT'S A SIMPLE YES OR NO
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. >> I WASN'T AWARE OF ALL OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING IT.
>> BUT YOU KNEW OF THE
INCIDENT.
INCIDENT.
INCIDENT. >> I WAS AWARE OF AN INCIDENT.
>> Reporter: THE SUPERVISOR OF
THE YEAR WAS DEMOTED.
IN HIS APPEAL, HE WROTE HE'D
ALREADY BEEN VERBALLY COUNSELED.
THE INCIDENT HAD BEEN HANDLED BY
THE CHIEF4@ SHORTLY AFTER IT
OCCURRED AND I FEEL I'M BEING
MORE INTENSELY4@ PUNISHED BECAUE
OF THE CHIEF'S OVERSIGHT.
OFFICER BRAD HILL WAS ALSO ON
THAT SCENE THAT C4@OLD JANUARY
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. IN
NIGHT. IN SEPTEMBER HE WAS THE CLOSEST
UNIT TO THIS.
A PRISONER
A PRISONER WAS DYING IN THE BACK SEAT OF A
ROSWELL POLICE CRUISER.
OFFICER HILL DID NOT RESPOND4@ T
ALL, IN PART BECAUSE HE WAS
AFRAID OF BEING INVOLVED IN
ANOTHER INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.
OTHER ROSWELL AND ALPHARETTA
OFFICERS SAVED THE OVERDOSING
PRISONER WITH NARCAN.
OFFICER HILL WAS ONLY VERBALLY
COUNSELED FOR NOT RESPONDING AS
THE CLOSEST UNIT.
THE CHIEF PROMOTED HILL AND GAVE
HIM A RAISE THAT SAME MONTH.
ROSWELL EVENTUALLY FIRED HIM
DAYS AFTER WE ASKED FOR RECORDS
OF THE INCIDENT.
>> THEY'VE HAD SO MANY -- NOT
JUST PROBLEMS BUT VERY MESSED UP
THINGS THAT THEY'VE LET SLIDE
AND SWEPT UNDER THE RUG INSTEAD
OF FACING IT AND DEALING WITH IT
AND IT JUST LOOKS SO MUCH WORSE
WHEN SOMEBODY CATCHES YOU.
>> Reporter: SARAH WEBB KNOWS
FIRSTHAND.
FIRSTHAND. >> ROSWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW HOW FAST4@4@ YOU WERE T
GOING, MA'AM?
GOING, MA'AM? STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE.
>> Reporter: SHE WAS ARRESTED
FOR SPEEDING AFTER OFFICERS USED
A COIN FLIP APP WHEN DECIDING IF
SHE'D GO T4@O JAIL.
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
OFFICERS COURTNEY BROWN AND CHRISTY
4@WILSON WERE ALSO VERBALLY
COUNSELED UNTIL WE BROKE THE
STORY AND IT WENT GLOBAL.
THEN BOTH OFFICERS WERE FIRED.
>> THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES, THE
ONES WHO WERE FIRED OR DEMOTED,
HAVE SAID ALL THIS WAS HANDLED
INTERNALLY WITH VERBAL
COUNSELING UNTIL THE MEDIA GOT
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. UNTIL THE PUBLIC FOUND OUT.
DO YOU THINK THE MAYOR4@ OR THE
CITY ADMINISTRATOR SHOULD FIRE
THE POLICE CHIEF?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> WHY?
>> WHY?
>> WHY? >> BECAUSE HE I FEEL LIKE4@ IS
THE ONE WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO
HIDE EVERYTHING UNTIL YOU GUYS
HAVE COME AFTER HIM.
>> I LOOK AT THIS LIKE A LOT OF
VIEWERS DO AND I JUST SORT OF
SHAKE MY HEAD YET I CAN'T TURN
AWAY FROM IT WAITING TO SEE
WHAT'S NEXT.
WHAT'S NEXT. >> WHAT IS NEXT?
WE'RE STILL INVESTIGATING THE
ROSWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE NEW INCIDENTS WE'RE
INVESTIGATING RIGHT NOW.
WHAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU WITH
THAT OFFICER WHO DIDN'T RESPOND
TO A PRISONER DYING IN THE BACK
OF A PATROL CAR, THAT'S NEW AND
WE FIND OUT THAT THAT OFFICER
GOT A RAISE AND A PROMOTION4@
AFTER THAT INCIDENT FROM THE
POLICE4@ CHIEF.
POLICE4@ CHIEF. >> I4@T SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL
OF THE INFORMATION, ALL THE TIPS
YOU'VE RECEIVED OVER THE MONTH
HAVE COME WITHIN THE ROSWELL
POLICE DEPARTMENT THEMSELVES.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
OUR SOURCES, WE HAVE SEVERAL
WITHIN THE4@4@ R4@OSWELL POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. EVEN IN THEIR OWN INTERNAL
AFFAIRS INVESTIGATIONS, I -- YOU
CAN MULTIPLE OFFICERS DISPLEASED
WITH THEM NOT HOLDING THE BAD
APPLES ACCOUNTABLE.
APPLES ACCOUNTABLE. IT'S THE GOOD OFFICERS IN THE
DEPARTMENT THAT