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Resident alleges Raleigh officer falsified drug test; internal affairs flagged complaint but no sanction reported
Summary
A local resident told council that a Raleigh police officer falsified a narcotics test during a traffic stop and that Internal Affairs sustained a complaint but did not take action, and he asked the council for help.
A resident told the Raleigh City Council that a Raleigh police officer falsified a narcotics test, accused the officer of retaliatory stops and said Internal Affairs had sustained portions of his complaint but declined further action.
“My complaint was sustained, but they said that they're not gonna take a stand on him falsifying a drug test,” Franklin Robinson said. He described repeated traffic stops, alleged harassment of himself and his son, and said the unresolved allegation has affected his life.
Robinson described a sequence in which he said an officer assembled a drug test from items in the officer's patrol car and later reported the test as positive; he said the city attorney’s office declined to take a stand on the falsification after an Internal Affairs finding that Robinson described as sustained.
Robinson asked the mayor and council for guidance on where to pursue further redress. Council did not take formal action during public comment. Staff offered to follow up after the meeting.
