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Porter County judge with drunken driving plea says he won’t resign (opens the original)
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Porter Superior Court Judge Christopher Buckley is attending treatment full-time, he told the Post-Tribune Tuesday, and has no intention of resigning from the bench as he manages the repercussions of a drunken driving arrest and conviction last month. Buckley, a Republican who presides over Court 4, put his campaign seeking a second term on hold after accepting a plea agreement for drunken driving in Michigan City less than 48 hours after his Aug. 15 arrest. Buckley, 46, of Valparaiso, has not s
Michigan City officer resigns after misuse of Flock camera data (opens the original)
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Just days after Michigan City police went before the city council to discuss adding Flock License Plate Readers to high-traffic areas in the city, the police department announced an officer had resigned after misusing data from the cameras. This is the third case to surface in the area in just over a week alleging an officer misused data collected by the cameras, which are subject to growing privacy concerns as law enforcement stands by their use as a valuable tool in solving crimes when used ap
Porter County prosecutor switches gears, calls for outside investigation into deputy’s Flock usage (opens the original)
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Admitting he made a mistake, Porter County Prosecutor Gary Germann is now calling in a special prosecutor to examine the case of a sheriff’s deputy who misused the Flock camera system to avoid the appearance of impropriety. Germann announced earlier this week that the deputy, who misused the License Plate Reader System three times, would not be charged with a crime. He has since decided the matter is best suited to an outside investigation. “While we can all agree that law enforcement’s actions
Prosecutor: Porter County officer misused Flock cameras three times (opens the original)
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An officer with the Porter County Sheriff’s Department who misused the county’s license plate reader system did so three times and did not commit a crime, Porter County Prosecutor Gary Germann said Tuesday. Despite the Porter County officer’s violation and the growing scrutiny over the use of Flock cameras nationwide because of privacy concerns, Germann and Sheriff Jeff Balon both said the cameras can be an important tool for law enforcement when used appropriately. The cameras, Germann said in
‘You just ruined my career’: Police report and body cam footage detail Porter Superior Court judge’s arrest (opens the original)
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In a police report and videos from Porter Superior Court Judge Christopher Buckley’s Aug. 15 arrest for drunken driving in Michigan City, Buckley repeatedly emphasized how the arrest will ruin both his life and his career. The records, provided to the Post-Tribune through a records request to the Michigan City Police Department, detail the night of Buckley’s arrest, his refusal to take a breath test at the scene and his trip to a nearby hospital for a blood draw, per a warrant signed off by a La
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