The Salt KiA I We Thursday Tribune. Hat 12 fofMottafr DffCtft 4 prill, 1986 Policeman Accused ot Using Excessive Force Is Reinstated - - Officer Greer, who has served five years on the force, had been accused of assaulting Mr Brakey while he was transported to the Salt Lake Moreover, the commission questioned Officer Greer's reaction to Mr Brakey's cursing him "Officer Greer's alleged disdain for the same foul and acid language was apparently overcome a short time later when he used similar words in a page-lonpoem deriding his supervisors." the commission said The poem was reason enough to fire Officer Greer, the commission said noting that his supervisors instead offered him a transfer Chief Willoughby said he would abide by the commission s order and that Officer Greer was a good policeman "Were going to do everything we can to make him a good officer," Chief W llloughby said "He's a bright, intelligent young man But he's got to conform with the policies of the g in- to- ward prisoners He was reprimanded by letter in December 1981 and June 1985 for shaking a handcuffed man and striking another handcuffed person during an arrest He was suspended for two days in March 1983 for striking a juvenile in the face, and he was relieved of duty in June 1983 for assaulting a handcuffed man during an arrest, said a complaint filed with the commission by the Police Department in January. Officer Greer was cleared in January 1983 of wrongdoing in the December 1982 shooting death of Norwegian exchange student Knute Surlien during a burglary investigation A shooting review board found that he had acted within departmental policy and state deadly force statutes when the intoxicated student charged through a glass door at the officer Mr. Brakey alleged that he had suffered a scratch on his nose and one or two black eyes after Officer Greer arrested him. Officer Greer alleged in an Aug 23 report that Mr Brakey had interfered in his investigation of a fight between Mr Brakey and a woman by using foul and abusive language fired Officer Chief Willoughby Greer after an investigation of the incident by the department s Staff In spections Division and a rev icw by its Board uf Inquiry In its findings, the commission said the chief acted responsibly when he discharged Officer Greer But there wasn't enough evidence presented at a hearing in March to uphold the firing The Police Department never sub- - 23-pie- ce portrait collection 3 miniature charms on your 1$ wallets tilth choica of a traditional nor fry spring or tail background Hill Childrens Mens & Compare at SI 5 00 includes 959 deposit ASst styies & coiors 0',mpic Paper GoBots Hawks Outsiders & more Sears Portrait Studio 10 Q5! proebs Od e.t nfcrej-d- r, no V nt n ent " 3 j ' V.e m suit e J P"UU3 d,n . pju-s jn v ' ',na POjLjOJR cre Pi U.n n to this otter addition in available ON These attractive options u 3 V.hit Dj.t j'uunj a J jOui d B I Bountiful Family Center 5626 So. 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SEARS r " .dahosston Wain UTAHf it t Allegedly Hit IWan NOW THROUGH APRIL 12th key ve (535 South) wasnt the first Greers conduct SHOE SALE! may-hav- -- County Jail The incident volving Officer FAMILY ATHLETIC nutted a summary of the inspection divisions investigation or a mednal report on Mr Brakey s alleged injuries Without them the commission couldn t substantiate key points in the departments case commissioners said The commission relied chiefly on the testimony of Wendy Green 20 of Salt Lake City, the woman with whom Mr Brakey allegedly was fighting when he was arrested She testified that Mr Brakey had a scratch on his nose before Officer Greer arrested him Nevertheless, the commission noted that Officer Greer hadn t been assigned a primary or backup role in the investigation of the fight And it said that Officer Greer never proved why he felt he had to arrest Mr Bra- Lake City point- officer fiii-i- l in Jainiarv was ordered reinstated to tus job Monday by the city s ( u il Si rv litomnussion 1 hiOffucr commission ordi-rt-David (irt-iimmediately reinstated tiut said he would receive no ba k pay or implounent benefits for the time he was off the forte, the commission said in a findings of fail statement Commissioners ordered a copy of their findings placed in Officer (,reers personnel file and that he Mgn his 1985 performance evaluation a it also can be put in his file Police Chief KL In addition Bud Willoughby said Tuesday that he would transfer Officer Greer from the Cast Division to the West Division to give him a fresh start fired Officer Chief Willoughby Greer Jan 9 for using "unnecessary and excessive' physical force in the arrest of Jimmy Lynn Brakey, 24. of Salt Lake City, during an incident Aug 23, 1985, at 760 C Hawthorne Salt A j By Brother With A Hammer Dies man whose brother allegedly-struchim on the head with a sledgehammer March 20 has died from injuries James Alan Carlson. 23. no address available, died at St Mark's Hospital about 8 Jim Monday, a hospital spokesman said His brother. Jav Dwayne Carlson, 35. 910 K Sunburn Lano(1170U South). Sandy, is accused of striking him w ith the hammer after an argument and fight at A&.K Meats Inc. 3585 S 500 A West Jay Carlson was charged March 21 with attempted criminal homicide in connection with the incident He was released from the Salt Lake County Jail on $50 000 bond March 25 The Salt Lake County Attorney s Office hasn t amended the complaint t against Jay Carlson filed in 5th Couit but plans to review it. sjmkeswoman Judy Moreton said Cir-im- Hoard to Consider Hooding to Hnild A School in Hunter Board of education meet Thursday in a spec lal im to consider approval of a $20 mil lion general obligation bond to construction of a new high si hool in the Hunter atea of West allev Citv The meeting will take plan- at 4 m in the Granite Sc hool Distru t of ji The Granite vv ill et-in- g !n os 340 1. 3545 South Distm t sjiokeswomun 1atrnia Gurr said the $20 nullum is the last of a $59 6 million general obligation bond authorization approved by voters in 1983 for expansion of capital facilities Aside from the new high school, the bonding authorization has been used to finance construction of seven elementary schools two junior high m hools and an addition to an existing yg&ShSt sSsss s, hool Dr Gurr said the new high school will be the soi ond one to serve students in the West allev Citv aiea Ui-fja- NTivtHrirw lo Mrc! l 1 lu S, ill I., Be Legal Sei let, Hies sso latum will hold a li gal t due a lion seminar Wedtiesdav at 9 a 111 in IheSheialon triad Hotel 2 5 S West inple eo will he $1 or loom her s $ for non members I i opP BLOCW . 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