Officer suspended after unauthorized trip
July 11, 2012 13:11 GMT
HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) -- An eastern Kentucky
police officer has been suspended for three days after driving a work vehicle
to Tennessee and parking it in a spot for disabled people.
Knott County Homeland Security Director Greg
Mullins told WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/LHBz6K) that officer Nelson Reynolds did
not have authorization to take the vehicle outside county lines.
Mullins said Reynolds drove to Kingsport,
Tenn., due to a family emergency and had a disabled person with him when he
parked in the spot, but he broke regulations by not getting approval for the
trip from a supervisor.
Mullins says Reynolds turned in a personal
gas receipt, but he will also be required to pay the county back for mileage in
addition to the unpaid suspension.