City Of Locust issued the following announcement on Dec. 19.
On Friday December 17th, 2021 at approximately 9 a.m. Locust Police Department administration learned of behavior by a Locust officer while off-duty and outside of Locust jurisdiction that we believed constituted detrimental personal conduct, in violation of City and Department personnel policy.
The officer was placed on administrative leave at approximately 11 a.m. that same day, pending an internal administrative investigation. The officer involved was Detective Jaman Smith who has been employed with the Locust Police Department since October of 2020.
On Monday December 20th, 2021 at approximately 2 p.m., following the completion of the internal investigation, Detective Smith was terminated from the Locust Police Department. All behavior by Detective Smith constituting detrimental personal conduct and leading to his dismissal occurred while off-duty and outside of Locust jurisdiction.
The Locust Police Department’s investigation of Detective Smith was administrative only and our actions were taken because of a clear City and Department policy violation.
The investigation was referred to agencies including the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the District Attorney for their own evaluation
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