A Mississippi police officer involved in the arrest of a 10-year-old for urinating in a parking lot behind his mom’s car is no longer with the Senatobia Police Department.
Senatobia Police Chief Richard Chandler took to the department’s Facebook account on Monday, Aug. 21, to share the news, adding that the other officers connected to the incident will subjected to disciplinary actions.
“As a result of this investigation, one of the officers involved is no longer employed, and the others will be disciplined. We will also have mandatory Juvenile training department-wide, just as we do every year,” the police chief said in the statement.
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The announcement did not clarify whether the departing officer was terminated or resigned, and details about the nature of discipline for other officers were not provided. It was, however, noted that the officer violated the department’s training on how to engage minors during the Aug. 10 arrest.
“We appreciate the public’s patience while we investigated this incident. We deeply value your trust and support, and we are dedicated to continually improving and learning from our mistakes,” Chandler continued.
One of the mistakes made during the emotional arrest was to place the teary-eyed boy, whose name is Quantavious, in the back of a patrol car and haul him to jail. While there, he was charged not only for public urination but because he was left unsupervised. The officers did not handcuff the elementary school student.
The police chief’s statement shared details on what happened a day after the incident to the child’s mother, which resulted in the boy’s mother being arrested.
Chandler wrote that the boy’s mother, Latonya Eason, visited the SPD to discuss an unrelated civil issue. The officers were informed of her existing warrant…
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