Residents tell Jamestown council of alleged officer misconduct and neighborhood harassment

Two Jamestown residents used the council’s public-comment period to report troubling encounters with law enforcement and ongoing neighborhood harassment.

Paul Wolf, a Jamestown resident who gave his address as 212 Fulton, told the council he went to report what he believed was officer misconduct and said he was met at the station by a receptionist and then an officer wearing a jacket marked “SWAT.” Wolf said the officer used profanity and threatened him: “You’re gonna answer my ******* questions or you’re gonna sit the **** down and shut the **** up,” he said. Wolf told the council he later spoke with Deputy Chief W.G. Forrester, who Wolf said “listened to my whole story” and told him the conduct was wrong.

Wolf said he had not filed a formal personnel complaint and that he accepted Forrester’s verbal assurance that the matter would be addressed. At the meeting, council members and staff advised that a formal personnel complaint can be filed in person and that department “general orders” require officers to operate body-worn cameras during public contact.

Another resident, Larry Kim of 250 Fulton, said he has had repeated problems involving a neighbor and that the situation has affected his autistic son. Kim told the council he has recordings of threats made minutes before officers arrived and said he fears escalation if incidents continue.

Council President Doles opened the public-comment period and acknowledged the speakers. No formal action on the complaints was recorded in the work session minutes; speakers said the topics were discussed with department staff and can be pursued through a formal personnel-complaint process.

The comments came during the work session’s public-comment agenda item. There was no vote on the complaints during open session; the meeting later moved to two scheduled executive sessions, one on personnel and one on ongoing litigation.