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Brookings resident urges outside investigation into police conduct during open forum
Summary
A Brookings resident told the City Council he and his daughter were assaulted and alleged local officers falsified arrest affidavits; he asked for outside investigators and suspension of officers. City staff responded by pointing to the city’s posted complaint and review processes.
During the council’s open forum, a Brookings resident, Tim Kaye, addressed the council with allegations about a recent assault and the subsequent police response. Kaye said he and his adult daughter were assaulted on Aug. 7 and alleged that responding officers falsified probable-cause arrest affidavits. “I’m demanding an outside agency be appointed to investigate officer Cora Olsen who falsified her probable cause arrest affidavit, officer Weinreich who falsified his probable cause arrest affidavit, and officer Easton Thurrie,” Kaye said. He asked that the officers be suspended pending an outside investigation and…
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