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TPD captain accused of inappropriate behavior demoted


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Updated: 10/19/2012 12:07 pm Published: 10/19/2012 11:54 am


A Tulsa police captain accused of inappropriate relationships and activities while on the job has been demoted.

Captain Shawn King has been demoted to the rank of Officer. King was suspended for a week in April of 2012 after he admitted to engaging in sexual activity while on the job.

Interoffice correspondence from Chief Chuck Jordan demoted King to officer and transferred King to the training division until further notice.

In the correspondence Chief Jordan said both changes were made “as a result of King’s violation of rules, regulations, and/or policies and procedures.”

Jordan listed those violations as conduct unbecoming an officer:
  • Engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior while on duty, in your police uniform, in your office at Gilcrease Division in 2008
  • Engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior while on duty, in your police uniform, in your office in Gilcrease Division in 2008 and sending a photograph(s) of this activity via your personal cellular phone to another departmental employee
  • Engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior while on duty, in your police uniform, in your office in Gilcrease Division in 2008 which was reported in a news story by This Land Press to the public on April 26th, 2012, causing embarrassment to the department.
King has 10 days to file a written appeal to the City of Tulsa.


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Unwashed Mass - 10/20/2012 6:53 PM
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Arent police unions great? You could kill your wife and the FOP mob will provide an army of lawyers to keep you far away from the people who's lives you destroyed.

AF vet - 10/20/2012 10:59 AM
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The Sheriffs Office is no better. There is a major who has cost the citizens $2,000,000.00 in a civil suit and the guy is still in uniform and driving a new unmarked car! Twice he has tried to work as a contractor in the middle east, both times he came back with his tail tucked between his legs and got his job back. This is ludicrous!

Mayor Maynot - 10/20/2012 5:41 AM
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That's good that Chucky doll assigned him to the academy. Now he will be able to share his invaluable skill with cadets!!!

Gladys Crump - 10/19/2012 10:19 PM
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Gilcrease is a loose cannon precinct, one mentally disabled kid was photographed in the Jester hat the officers put on his head, they stopped him while he was walking around the block, gave him a ride in their unmarked vehicle,literally begged him to tell them where to buy some pot or pills or something, then took him to his home in their car where he produced a baggie he had found on a sidewalk with a few crackly, brown, pot leaves in it that someone had thrown away after apparently trimming their plants. They threatened him and scared him to death,denied him a phone call so he could let his parents know he had been arrested, or call an attorney, until he finally regurgitated back to them what they had repeatedly told him was fact, then they arrested him and threw him into jail. I am pretty sure this was the TPD captain who sat and watched this kid being humiliated, bullied, manipulated and railroaded and did nothing, if he is, I hope he goes to jail and is put into the cell with the worse criminals ever.

Unwashed Mass - 10/19/2012 7:11 PM
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OK he was punished for improper sex while on duty. Now there is the question of the child abuse, the child pornography on his laptop, and the violent deaths of both his girlfriends father and son. You dont think this story just stops with some minor policy violations, do you?

bucklusio - 10/19/2012 4:46 PM
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So many police officers think that just because they have a badge, that they are the law. But you officers are not the law. You are a public servant, hired to protect and serve the law. I see officers break the law every day, while in their cars. They speed, they turn their lights on to run a stop light so they don't have to wait for it to turn green, they talk on their cell phones and text while driving, they don't use turn signals and a lot of them do not wear seat belts. It's pretty sad that we are paying officers with our tax dollars, to do whatever they want to do. And their excuse is always saying that they are the law.
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