A Baton Rouge Police Department sergeant is being placed on leave after allegedly making racist comments.
BRPD Chief Murphy Paul announced yesterday that Sgt. Chris Kuhn has been suspended for allegedly making racist and other offensive comments on a website.
In a statement, Chief Paul called Kuhn's alleged comments "unacceptable" and says the department plans to act swiftly in its internal investigation.
Here is his complete statement:
On Monday the Baton Rouge Police Department received a complaint indicating a Baton Rouge Police officer was using a fictitious account while blogging on a website using racist, sexist, insulting and other offensive and insensitive language.
The comments in the complaint are disturbing, to say the least, and are unacceptable under any circumstance. This information was presented to me and I immediately directed our Internal Affairs Commander to initiate an investigation. The accused officer was immediately placed on administrative leave. As your Chief, I would like to conclude this investigation expeditiously, but our investigative timelines are governed by the Law Enforcement Bill of Rights, LRS 40:2531. Per this law, the accused officer is granted up to thirty day to secure counsel before being questioned. We plan to act swiftly, but thoroughly to get to the bottom of this. Make no mistake – making racist and insensitive comments like the ones I read in the complaint, is a terminable offense in the Baton Rouge Police Department Policy.
If our investigative efforts confirm that a Baton Rouge Police officer is responsible for the comments, I assure you, that individual will be held accountable.
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