Cop p'd off in Piedmont: Career flushed for issuing $2500 public urination ticket to a 3 year old (Video)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 02/13/2014 12:38 PM
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The Piedmont, OK., officer now wants to sue the city for his wrongful termination; claiming that he had authorization from higher ups to issue the ticket to the 3 year old - who was seen urinating in the front yard of his family's home.
"I said really, he is 3 years old, and he said it doesn't matter," said Dillan's grandmother, Jennifer Warden. "[He said] It is public urination. I said we are on our property and he said it's in public view."
The family lives on two-and-a-half acres and says the street is actually quite rural; but they say the officer who cited them parks at the end of their street daily. So they asked why.
According to NewsOK, Officer Kenneth Qualls, claims that he was given permission by a police lieutenant to issue the public urination citation on Nov. 4, 2012, according to a court petition. Qualls reportedly also called his direct supervisor before being directed up the chain of command for permission.
The Canadian County district attorney's office did not drop the charge, but told Qualls to amend it to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The city's police chief, Alex Oblein, was also informed of the citation the day after it was issued, but did not drop or dismiss it, court documents allege. Qualls was eventually fired after news reports became widespread and the incident was deemed the "pee heard 'round the world." Qualls also states in his suit that he was fired without due process and that his 14th Amendment rights were violated.
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The family on the other hand, alleges that this officer would routinely harass them by sitting down their rural road "sitting in his patrol car doing nothing" and "wasting taxpayer dollars."
"I said really, he is 3 years old, and he said it doesn't matter," said Dillan's grandmother, Jennifer Warden. "[He said] It is public urination. I said we are on our property and he said it's in public view."
The family lives on two-and-a-half acres and says the street is actually quite rural; but they say the officer who cited them parks at the end of their street daily. So they asked why.
According to NewsOK, Officer Kenneth Qualls, claims that he was given permission by a police lieutenant to issue the public urination citation on Nov. 4, 2012, according to a court petition. Qualls reportedly also called his direct supervisor before being directed up the chain of command for permission.
The Canadian County district attorney's office did not drop the charge, but told Qualls to amend it to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The city's police chief, Alex Oblein, was also informed of the citation the day after it was issued, but did not drop or dismiss it, court documents allege. Qualls was eventually fired after news reports became widespread and the incident was deemed the "pee heard 'round the world." Qualls also states in his suit that he was fired without due process and that his 14th Amendment rights were violated.
The family on the other hand, alleges that this officer would routinely harass them by sitting down their rural road "sitting in his patrol car doing nothing" and "wasting taxpayer dollars."
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