Cop fired after helping fellow officers in distress | The Lookout - Yahoo! News: "t was a Saturday on campus when David Sedmak, a Rice University police officer, heard 'Officer down, officer down!' on his scanner: Two members of the Houston Police Department had been shot downtown. Sedmak rushed to the scene to help his fellow officers.
But Rice didn't see Sedmak as a hero. Instead, the university fired him, citing 'dereliction of duty.'
The university said in a statement that its officers often assist other law enforcement agencies when the need arises. But Sedmak erred, it said, by not informing the university police dispatcher about where he was.
'Sedmak left his post when only two other officers were on duty and failed to notify his supervisor of his whereabouts for nearly an hour, which could have endangered the safety of our students and campus,' according to the university."
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
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