Three Green Bay officers were suspended for five days without pay for their roles in a February traffic stop, Chief Andrew Smith told NBC26. Two are patrol officers and one is a lieutenant.
One person was tased during the traffic stop, and the officer involved had several use of force reports from that specific weekend, Chief Smith explained.
Chief Smith said there were discrepancies between reports issued by the officer and dash cam video.
Officer Mike Rahn resigned during the investigation.
Three other officers got five-day suspensions, mainly because they inaccurately documented what happened.
"We hold our officers to a very high standard, the reporting that they do has to be 100% accurate all the time, especially when someone's freedom, someone's being taken into custody," Chief Smith explained.
The suspensions have already been carried out. There will be more training, but he believes the appropriate punishment was given.
"Everybody needs to know that when mistakes are made, people are going to be held accountable," said Chief Smith. "Sometimes that accountability is just training, sometimes it comes with suspension, sometimes people make mistakes that are so big they can no longer be part of this department."
