[Breonna Taylor]
David James: “I don’t know why certain people have not have been transferred, or terminated, or received suspension days for things that are pretty obvious in there that seem to be policy violations.”
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Members of the Louisville Metro Council are questioning why some of the city’s police officers still have their jobs, following the release of the Public Integrity Unit’s investigative file on the Breonna Taylor case.
The file, which is more than 4,000 pages long and contains 250 hours of video, details troubling conduct by several Louisville Metro officers both leading up to and following Taylor’s death.
In a summary report, one PIU investigator dedicates more than five paragraphs to describe how Maj. Kim Burbrink, the commander of the Criminal Interdiction Division, interfered in the investigation. The report also recommends Detective Joshua Jaynes, who applied for the search warrant for Taylor’s apartment, be “reviewed for criminal actions.”
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said Friday he was first briefed on the contents of the report a few months ago.
“I’ve read some of the reports, watched some of the videos to have a general feeling for what’s going on inside of that file,” he said.
When asked why officers haven’t been disciplined or fire, Fischer said LMPD’s Professional Standards Unit is investigating multiple officers for policy violations.
“That’s what the Professional Standards Unit investigations are all about, to make sure they have their due process rights like everybody else and those are underway now,” he said.
Metro Council President David James said he was unsatisfied with that answer because Fischer has the authority to terminate officers whether a PSU investigation is completed or not.
“I don’t know why certain people have not have been transferred, or terminated, or received suspension days for things that are pretty obvious in there that seem to be policy violations,” James said.
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