A Shreveport Police officer faces charges in connection
with the theft of prescription medications.
Shreveport Police investigators received information in
mid-March that a police officer was possibly involved in the theft of some
prescription medication, according to a release.
The theft supposedly happened while the suspected officer
was working an off-duty job at Broadmoor Middle Laboratory School.
Detective supervisors were notified of the complaint and
began an investigation. Investigators obtained arrest warrants this afternoon
charging Kevin Perry, 44, with misdemeanor theft and malfeasance in office.
Perry surrendered to authorities at the Caddo
Correctional Center and was booked in on those charges.
Perry, who joined the Shreveport Police Department in
November of 1990, has been on paid administrative leave since the allegations
were brought forth on March 22, and will remain on leave for seven days
following his arrest, according to the regulations of the Shreveport Municipal
Fire and Police Civil Service Board.