report is out that he lied about using police-issued gun that was stolen while working second job, report shows. www.actionnews5.com/2024/06/21/former-collierville-officer-lied-about-using-police-issued-gun-that-was-stolen-while-working-second-job-report-shows/
Thin Blue Line Gang. Largest organized criminal gang in the country. This disgraceful example of an officer will move down the road or to a different state and go right back to his old ways. Gang members protect fellow gang members to insure they receive that generous retirement and benefits package funded by the taxpayers. I even in one instance heard a police officer state that their department had a policy that what happened within the department, stayed within the department or you would suffer repercussions . Police hate transparency and wish to keep their criminal and illegal actions hidden from the taxpayers.
They want to publicly humiliated him & keep him from getting hired as an officer elsewhere if he is ever googled..hate to say it but they would not do this to a non brown person no matter how agregious their offense was in uniform unless they were arrested & charged. Whatever he did note that he was not arrested & his resignation satisfied whatever their problem was or pending investigation was against him which usually means they had no case to begin with.
Three years ago Pres Biden tried to remove Qualified Immunity but the republicans' majority in congress voted it down. Instead he ordered a national database to be put in place so that fired cops can't just go down the road and get hired again. Police unions have never allowed this database to be set up. The media do not seem to have the guts to investigate these types of things.
@nicolehowe1742: I disagree. Many police officers get fired for whistleblowing against corruption in the department. It should be a case by case basis. However, once decertification by a state police commissioning board has occurred (which looks at all of the facts of the case) then I'm O.K. with your logic.
I agree, but you're overlooking the fact that 98 percent of these fired officers would be in prison, with life long records, if they weren't cops to begin with. And if cops in this country weren't sovereign citizens immune to laws. We don't have to make new rules for cops, we just need to hold them accountable to the old ones we all already follow.
It’s completely unacceptable and absurd that a department can decline to comment about a disciplinary action against an officer. The department is a public entity, the disciplined officer was employed as a public servant, making all records of that officer open to PUBLIC scrutiny. All it sounds like is covering up a PR mistake/nightmare. A cop that slipped thru proper screening, then managed to get hired elsewhere indicating that the 2nd department failed to do background checks. A simple solution is to make a cop’s Certification a physical certificate. The cop must give the certificate to the agency that hires him. Then that agency retains the cops certification if the cop is under any form of disciplinary investigation. If the cop quits, the investigation must be completed and the results along with the certificate get sent to the certification board. The cop cannot be hired at any law enforcement agency without presenting his certificate. So the cop would have to attend the certification board and abide by the boards ruling. We need to stop the practice of internal investigations being halted just because a cop resigns. Internal investigation should mandatorily have to be completed and always have the results sent to the certification board.
as some one that is very old I can tell you that all you say has been repeated since just after WW2..and there have been a lot of changes..yet after changes upon changes more or less things are still the same..BTW..One of the factors that caused the fall of Rome is the "Preatorian Guards"..The Empeors police..currupt, lawless by design, brutal and remorseless by nature..""""Either by volition or for a price, the Praetorian Guard would assassinate, bully and attack the Roman populace""
You are forgetting that police unions only exist to pay politicians and lend their support during elections allowing these corrupt politicians to remain in office and protect the thin blue line. Quid pro quo!
@@pettyaf960except that being a police officer ISN’T like any other job. We give them a tremendous amount of authority and power over the People. They literally have immunity from prosecution in certain types of scenarios. So there should be MORE accountability for those positions than most other jobs. I don’t know the solution. Maybe a national registry that tracks officers who are fired for egregious things like violating the civil rights of people or for corruption.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A former Collierville Police officer allegedly left his service weapon in a Walmart while working off duty, resigned the day before a disciplinary hearing, then was hired and fired by Olive Branch Police this year. DeMario Pree faced a hearing Thursday before the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training board. He didn’t appear, and the panel voted for default decertification, meaning he can no longer work in law enforcement in the state of Tennessee. WREG Investigators obtained the records Collierville Police submitted to the POST board, stating on March 2 this year, Pree was working an off-duty security job at a Walmart in Hickory Hill. He claimed he was feeling sick, so he went into a bathroom, unholstered his service weapon and laid it on a changing table. Still feeling sick, he told his supervisor he was leaving early. When he got in his car about an hour later, he noticed his weapon wasn’t in the holster. He went back to the restroom and looked for the weapon, even searching the purse of a woman who was in the restroom and reviewing security camera footage, but didn’t find it. Former MPD officer indicted for deadly pursuit had been written up for another 5 months earlier He later told his supervisors he had accidentally holstered his service weapon that day, instead of his off-duty weapon. Another officer told CPD that on March 2, just after Pree’s service weapon was reported missing, he spotted Pree in an Academy Sports in Cordova, purchasing the same kind of handgun as his service weapon. CPD said this proved Pree was using his service weapon while off-duty. He resigned from CPD March 7, the day before he was scheduled for a disciplinary hearing. It is not clear when Pree began working for the Olive Branch Police Department, but on Thursday after the decertification hearing, OBPD released this statement: “Effective immediately, Demario Pree is no longer employed by the Olive Branch Police Department. Personnel matters are not discussed by the Olive Branch Police Department nor the City of Olive Branch.” Last month, two ex-Memphis Police Department officers resigned from the force under allegations surrounding an unauthorized pursuit that resulted in a deadly car crash. Both were sworn in as officers by the Hernando Police Department on Feb. 27. They resigned from Hernando PD in May, after they were indicted on two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, four counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, and official misconduct. MPD has requested both of those officers be decertified. Memphis Police Officer Gregory Marlar was also up for decertification. The charges against him involved reckless driving on Central Avenue on July 21, 2019.Police say Marlar almost hit several cars and crashed into a support structure. They say he never reported the crash and later admitted he had been consuming alcohol. When officers attempted to place him in custody, Marlar was heard on body camera telling them “You better call more cars. Somebody is going to get punched in the face. It isn’t going to be pretty.” He then attempted to run and had to be tackled and arrested by police. The report says he became belligerent, cursing the officers. Marlar resigned February 27, 2020. He reportedly died before his decertification hearing. The commission decided that because of Marlar’s death, the proper thing to do would be to take no action.
A lot of disinformation on here by the hateful W supremacists, so let me clear it up for ya. He was working as a security at a Walmart for a 2nd job and forgot his service weapon in the restroom when he got sick. It was gone when he came back and he tried to cover it up by buying another replacement.
He was working as a security at a Walmart for a 2nd job and forgot his service weapon in the restroom when he got sick. It was gone when he came back and he tried to cover it up by buying another replacement.
@@donaldchapman5466 1) quitting does not stop any criminal investigation, so you’re wrong, a warrant can always be issued and he can still be hooked on PC if there is any. 2) would you rather him stay employed and collect a check on admin leave? 3) this is still America and people are allowed to quit whatever job they want, the government cannot force you to keep your job just because you got in trouble, that would be a violation of due process and his civil rights. You know, the same rights everyone cries about when the police do something they don’t like. 4) it doesn’t sound like there was a crime they’re charging him with, just the moral turpitude that got him decertified. Hope this helps.
It's not that simple because if you get banned from being a police officer in one state, you would have to go to a whole other state get recertified, which requires you to attend a whole different academy in a different state to get your peace officer certification again. And most people don't see somebody going through that much trouble to become a cop again, especially if they were a dirty cop...
😂 wow. He left his work gun at a Walmart. But wait…..there’s more. The reason he took his gun to the Walmart was because he was working as a security officer / off duty PD. It’s criminal to take your work weapon off duty to your cheesy Walmart security job. BUT WAIT - there’s more still……he then gets scheduled for a disciplinary hearing and decides he’ll quit before it happens. But when he didn’t show up for the hearing, the board got rid of him. As well they should. So many unprofessional decisions are enough but why would anyone need a loaded weapon as a Walmart security? I mean…..what are you doing? So now he’s just hitting all the branches on his way down. 😂 . He proved that he doesn’t have the common sense and rational critical thinking skills to be a public servant in ANY capacity. 😂 But he didn’t eat a baby or kill his wife 😂. So everyone just relax.!
Shouldn’t America hear what they have on him first? They’re not charging him with anything and they’re being hash hash about the reasons. Is it for something he did in his two weeks as a cop or they just found out about his prior criminal record and they are embarrassed about it!
@@ri-goblazt5894 MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A former Collierville Police officer allegedly left his service weapon in a Walmart while working off duty, resigned the day before a disciplinary hearing, then was hired and fired by Olive Branch Police this year. DeMario Pree faced a hearing Thursday before the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training board. He didn’t appear, and the panel voted for default decertification, meaning he can no longer work in law enforcement in the state of Tennessee. WREG Investigators obtained the records Collierville Police submitted to the POST board, stating on March 2 this year, Pree was working an off-duty security job at a Walmart in Hickory Hill. He claimed he was feeling sick, so he went into a bathroom, unholstered his service weapon and laid it on a changing table. Still feeling sick, he told his supervisor he was leaving early. When he got in his car about an hour later, he noticed his weapon wasn’t in the holster. He went back to the restroom and looked for the weapon, even searching the purse of a woman who was in the restroom and reviewing security camera footage, but didn’t find it. Former MPD officer indicted for deadly pursuit had been written up for another 5 months earlier He later told his supervisors he had accidentally holstered his service weapon that day, instead of his off-duty weapon. Another officer told CPD that on March 2, just after Pree’s service weapon was reported missing, he spotted Pree in an Academy Sports in Cordova, purchasing the same kind of handgun as his service weapon. CPD said this proved Pree was using his service weapon while off-duty. He resigned from CPD March 7, the day before he was scheduled for a disciplinary hearing. It is not clear when Pree began working for the Olive Branch Police Department, but on Thursday after the decertification hearing, OBPD released this statement: “Effective immediately, Demario Pree is no longer employed by the Olive Branch Police Department. Personnel matters are not discussed by the Olive Branch Police Department nor the City of Olive Branch.” Last month, two ex-Memphis Police Department officers resigned from the force under allegations surrounding an unauthorized pursuit that resulted in a deadly car crash. Both were sworn in as officers by the Hernando Police Department on Feb. 27. They resigned from Hernando PD in May, after they were indicted on two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, four counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, and official misconduct. MPD has requested both of those officers be decertified. Memphis Police Officer Gregory Marlar was also up for decertification. The charges against him involved reckless driving on Central Avenue on July 21, 2019.Police say Marlar almost hit several cars and crashed into a support structure. They say he never reported the crash and later admitted he had been consuming alcohol. When officers attempted to place him in custody, Marlar was heard on body camera telling them “You better call more cars. Somebody is going to get punched in the face. It isn’t going to be pretty.” He then attempted to run and had to be tackled and arrested by police. The report says he became belligerent, cursing the officers. Marlar resigned February 27, 2020. He reportedly died before his decertification hearing. The commission decided that because of Marlar’s death, the proper thing to do would be to take no action.
Do some research. He was fired from Collierville after he lost his police issue weapon. He was working as a security guard at Wal-Mart as a second job, and, he says, accidentally took his police sidearm instead of his own for a guard shift. Partway through, he says he felt sick and went to the restroom. For some reason, he unholstered his sidearm and left it on the baby-changing table. Then left the restroom, still sick. And forgot to retrieve his sidearm. By the time he realized his holster was empty and returned the pistol was gone. Another officer testified he saw Pree in a sporting goods store buying a pistol "similar to" the department-issue pistol, perhaps hoping no ody would notice the serial numbers don't match at some future point. This is why he was fired, careless loss of a weapon, then trying to cover it up. When he was decertified in TN, Olive Branch dropped him because he was, probably, only certified in Mississippi based on his Tennessee credential. So when he lost the TN one, the MS one was forfeit since they were linked.
Thank you for the details of the decertification. I agree with the disciplinary actions, given the attempt to deceive the department. He could've taken a different course of action after loosing his service weapon that would have saved his career.
@@harveygarrett4129 I won't disagree - it wasn't hard to find. Journalism isn't what it used to be. Of course, any nimrod with a cell phone camera claims to be a journalist these days.
Interesting story here. I find it more interesting how others are shouting in the comments about this guy should be in Jail, Barred forever, calling him names and such. Like people just love to parrot the news with nearly no facts!
The biggest problem with US law enforcement is that we have 20,000 police depts. Fired from one,, just move on to another. In most countries they have 1 national police dept with a couple of special branches. Fired once and you're fired forever.
It blows my mind that America has local police departments... in Australia we just have state and federal police. The duplication of management structures must cost a fortune more, and the constant dealing of information between every single department would be a greater impediment to fighting crime.
It would have been informative if the reporter had described the disciplinary charges he was facing prior to his resignation. For that matter, why is it common practice for charges to disappear after a cop resigns? Sometimes these charges are criminal in nature and they are allowed to walk away.
Or the more egregious practice of allowing disgraced, even felonious cops to ‘Trade the Badge’. Surrendering their certification instead of facing jail? But if convicted of a felony the certification gets canceled anyways. So what did the cop really lose? It’s like allowing a bank robber to pay a fine instead of jail, but letting him use the stolen money to pay!
it has to be real bad for the mainstream media to bash police. it's always manipulated when they do. they are as bad as any govt agency, and that's bad.
This happens a lot more than people know. They are allowed to resign from one department without being charged and call it a ”policy violation”. Then they move on to another agency. Like rogue hobo cops.
So no longer allowed in Tennessee but doesn't say he can't in any other state! Guarantee he will be employed by another department in another state by end of the month.
There should be a national database that lists officers that have been fired from any previous precinct...that way other states can avoid hiring these officers which could lead to the new employer being sued or embarrassed.
This is not uncommon. They call them gypsy officers from the top to the bottom. This must have been very serious for them to revoke his peace officers license. However the reason being kept hidden is not transparent or held accountable and is a matter of public record. The system is working exactly the way it was designed. To protect and serve most officers against accountability and transparency but don’t understand why their numbers are dwindling at such a high rate?
Well look up can convicted fellon run for president u will see it say no reson y convicted fellon was turned away but look at turmp convicted fellon and thay expect him to run a counter in and out of court what is he going do if America get attacked he going have to deal with court if he's in court and won't be alowed to leave to deal with the attack and thay talking about how he can be president wile being locked up behind bars in fedral prison non that make sense but soposly Trump can then u going hear Trump cry u have to let me go I pardon myself
This is sad, the department, and now state commission, don't want to make any waves for themselves and so they'll let him resign and set him up for others to pay the price...all to make it easy on themselves.
We need a national database of all cops (all the way up to the Federal level) that have been disciplined or fired and it should include why. These cops shouldn't be able to jump to another department ANYWHERE in the U.S. or it's territories!
@@rose.g. they should do that for all jobs with that mentality. Imagine being a banker who steals, a teacher who lies or a bus driver who diddles kids. If you have a standard for one, it needs to be for all.
@@JohnSmith-iv4sq Yes. Still all of those positions can't get hired again in their fields (or many others), whereas cops are on a whole other level of corruption and escaping accountability.
@@rose.g. what are you waffling about? Ever heard of POST standards? The Brady List? Moral turpitude offenses barring application? I know it’s easy to not think and just hate who society wants you to but you need to do some research.
Not even the fastest firing though, one “officer” was fired and arrested his very FIRST SHIFT! 😳 The state of policing in this country is a complete disgrace anymore!!
@JohnSmith-iv4sq Yes, to a degree. If you hire a thief or a former drug addict. The chances they'll reoffend is greater than someone who isn't predisposed.
He lied about using his department issued gun at a part time security job. He lost the gun when he unholstered it while using the restroom. He said in his report that he accidentally picked up that gun instead of his personal gun.
Left his duty gun in a Walmart bathroom And forgot it He was working a off duty job at Walmart And used his duty gun and lied about it then was spotted Buying another gun that look like his duty gun At a gun store
How does one police department…hire an officer who used to,work at another department……without doing a thorough background investigation, to determine his record and reason for leaving the prior department???????
❓️❓️❓️ So is the officer that stole from that black man, (that's all over social media & yt) receiving the same treatment? Because all we've seen is the video where the officer is completely caught up. What was his punishment? Was he fired and prohibited from working in that state? Inquiring minds want to know.
Cops always cover for other cops. If 1 cop does something wrong, he buddies on the force, all the way up the command chain, will lie, and withhold info. But, If a civilian gets arrested and his friends know what he did, they all get charged, and all of their faces are plastered all over the news telling what they are accused of doing. It is always a double standard. Cops get away with murder and a civilian just riding in the car with someone who committed a crime, gets charged as if he did the crime too. I just watched an old 48 hours show. The actual shooter got 18 years, while the driver got life without parole, all because he was asked to give a friend a ride across town. He had no idea what was going to happen, because the shooter had asked a couple of others to give him a ride but couldn’t because they didn’t have a car or were at work. How is this justice?? Until we take total control of cops and post their faces all on the news when they do something wrong, there will never be any trust in any cop.
Police agencies shouldn’t be able to hide disciplinary actions taken against cops. It should be public and in a nationwide system so they can’t get fired / quit before getting fired and move to the next unexpecting town.
I really dislike companies or agencies NOT saying why a person was fired. It has to do with liability and lawsuits, but it's stupid, people need to KNOW!!!!
They should pull their certifications when they go against the same laws they are sworn to uphold and protect. Stop allowing them to slide from department to department.
Hiding his charges while everyone else’s criminal activity is public is against the law in itself. So because you won’t show it we will just say it was a sex crime
Looks like the quintessential predatory sociopath that police departments like to hire because they make a lot of arrests. Many of them end up making a lot of messes of innocent people's lives and their careers end in disgrace. But this guy has a lot of opportunities in other states to be a cop.
After attending the Academy. Whaaaat??? Two dep'ts had to fire him. So, why did they let him into the academy? Or, better question: What the hell do they teach at that "academy". Doesn't appear like they teach how to be a police officer.
I can't believe there is no system set up that any state can pull up his background check and why he was fired from his job. That should carry over and LE should know who they are putting on their force. It seems so logical that it will never be done. They need to have a system that is taking the bad apples away from the good
Such a great officer !!! Disgrace is for the Departments that hire officers that have been fired by other Departments!!! What, they think those officers get fired for doing such a fantastic job ???..
What was the purpose of letting it be known to the general public that he was fired & can never become a policeman in that state again without sharing details of why he can’t be hired again as a policeman? Why is it news & the facts of the situation are not mentioned? Waste of time & reporting……🙄
Defunding the police has put a huge hurt on recruiting fit people for law enforcement. Follow that up with a move to take away "reasonable" immunity and the "pool" dries up even more. What reasonable person with a decent IQ wants a job that offers little protection from being killed or being prosecuted even if you were acting in good faith. Even great cops make mistakes in high pressure situations. Been there and done it so I write with 30 years' experience.
This is one of the first times I’ve ever seen a officer actually banned from being an officer. Shouldn’t this be extremely common and by default? And he actually can just go to another state!
The public has the right to know. What did that guy do that made the entire state not want to hire him as an officer?
exactly... their policy does not override the publics right to know...
He probably respected people's rights...
@@I_Am_Warden 😂 funny and too close to reality at the same time.
report is out that he lied about using police-issued gun that was stolen while working second job, report shows. www.actionnews5.com/2024/06/21/former-collierville-officer-lied-about-using-police-issued-gun-that-was-stolen-while-working-second-job-report-shows/
He'll show up in WV to violate people
it should be illegal for a tax-funded entity to be able to say nothing
You are absolutely correct!
it should be illegal for a tax-funded entity.
Welcome to the Blue Line Swine Mafia of America
Thin Blue Line Gang. Largest organized criminal gang in the country. This disgraceful example of an officer will move down the road or to a different state and go right back to his old ways. Gang members protect fellow gang members to insure they receive that generous retirement and benefits package funded by the taxpayers. I even in one instance heard a police officer state that their department had a policy that what happened within the department, stayed within the department or you would suffer repercussions . Police hate transparency and wish to keep their criminal and illegal actions hidden from the taxpayers.
He left his gun at a Walmart while off duty !
It should be ALL of America not just Tennessee.
You ppl always do the wrong thing
Have you ever noticed they fired the black cops when they d o wrong. But white cops get PROMOTED.
What about the white ones that murder many of my black people should they be banned from the fifty two states too? Just asking.
That's the dumbest comment I've ever seen, without knowing anything. You know nothing at all.
Damn right
He should be banned from every State and country
You have no idea what the guy did but here you are speaking out the side of your neck saying he should be banned everywhere..
BrainDED trend follower.
America, definitely
@@mmbbeauti3 For what?
Absolutely
I think we would all like an answer to that question. 🤔
Why is this news if nothing was shared with the public?
It's good to know because he may be hired in someone else's hometown.
They want to publicly humiliated him & keep him from getting hired as an officer elsewhere if he is ever googled..hate to say it but they would not do this to a non brown person no matter how agregious their offense was in uniform unless they were arrested & charged. Whatever he did note that he was not arrested & his resignation satisfied whatever their problem was or pending investigation was against him which usually means they had no case to begin with.
Right?? What a waste
@@youvegot2bkiddingme133a simple online search and you can find your answer
@@youvegot2bkiddingme133 On the contrary..
This should ALL be Public Record. That needs to change. It’s still a revolving door for bad cops everywhere.
it IS public record, but these PD's really want to be sued for those records, or be compelled by subpoena. Which makes them suspect.
He will get hired somewhere else in a heartbeat
Three years ago Pres Biden tried to remove Qualified Immunity but the republicans' majority in congress voted it down.
Instead he ordered a national database to be put in place so that fired cops can't just go down the road and get hired again. Police unions have never allowed this database to be set up.
The media do not seem to have the guts to investigate these types of things.
@@InitwithloveTrue
Let’s hope not In Indiana
Being too lazy to look for the public records does not mean they're unavailable to the public.
Once you get fired from one police department you should never be an officer anywhere ever again.
They let him resign, that’s the problem, resigning doesn’t look as bad as being fired. Yet so many police forces let their criminal cops resign.
Psalm 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Yes 😊
@nicolehowe1742: I disagree. Many police officers get fired for whistleblowing against corruption in the department. It should be a case by case basis. However, once decertification by a state police commissioning board has occurred (which looks at all of the facts of the case) then I'm O.K. with your logic.
I agree, but you're overlooking the fact that 98 percent of these fired officers would be in prison, with life long records, if they weren't cops to begin with. And if cops in this country weren't sovereign citizens immune to laws. We don't have to make new rules for cops, we just need to hold them accountable to the old ones we all already follow.
It’s completely unacceptable and absurd that a department can decline to comment about a disciplinary action against an officer.
The department is a public entity, the disciplined officer was employed as a public servant, making all records of that officer open to PUBLIC scrutiny.
All it sounds like is covering up a PR mistake/nightmare. A cop that slipped thru proper screening, then managed to get hired elsewhere indicating that the 2nd department failed to do background checks.
A simple solution is to make a cop’s Certification a physical certificate. The cop must give the certificate to the agency that hires him. Then that agency retains the cops certification if the cop is under any form of disciplinary investigation. If the cop quits, the investigation must be completed and the results along with the certificate get sent to the certification board.
The cop cannot be hired at any law enforcement agency without presenting his certificate. So the cop would have to attend the certification board and abide by the boards ruling.
We need to stop the practice of internal investigations being halted just because a cop resigns. Internal investigation should mandatorily have to be completed and always have the results sent to the certification board.
as some one that is very old I can tell you that all you say has been repeated since just after WW2..and there have been a lot of changes..yet after changes upon changes more or less things are still the same..BTW..One of the factors that caused the fall of Rome is the "Preatorian Guards"..The Empeors police..currupt, lawless by design, brutal and remorseless by nature..""""Either by volition or for a price, the Praetorian Guard would assassinate, bully and attack the Roman populace""
You are forgetting that police unions only exist to pay politicians and lend their support during elections allowing these corrupt politicians to remain in office and protect the thin blue line. Quid pro quo!
Most states exempt personnel records from information requests.
Police unions run the police, DAs and judges like the mafia.
Or the cop lied on application !
Someone is going to spill the beans. That’s a dangerous dude if they won’t even say.
What’s the point of this story if you’re not gonna give us the REASON??
cops his that
I wonder how the local government silenced the victims of this cop?
Probably paid for their silence.
$$ and a NDA
threats of violence?
Unless they are rich and can pay ...
There were no victims.
They have to stop passing these nightmares around from department to department
He’s black. Therefore, they decommissioned him before he could.
Ok but it's like any other job you get fired go to another
It's like what the Catholic church did with all the pedo priests.
@@pettyaf960except that being a police officer ISN’T like any other job. We give them a tremendous amount of authority and power over the People. They literally have immunity from prosecution in certain types of scenarios. So there should be MORE accountability for those positions than most other jobs. I don’t know the solution. Maybe a national registry that tracks officers who are fired for egregious things like violating the civil rights of people or for corruption.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A former Collierville Police officer allegedly left his service weapon in a Walmart while working off duty, resigned the day before a disciplinary hearing, then was hired and fired by Olive Branch Police this year.
DeMario Pree faced a hearing Thursday before the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training board. He didn’t appear, and the panel voted for default decertification, meaning he can no longer work in law enforcement in the state of Tennessee.
WREG Investigators obtained the records Collierville Police submitted to the POST board, stating on March 2 this year, Pree was working an off-duty security job at a Walmart in Hickory Hill. He claimed he was feeling sick, so he went into a bathroom, unholstered his service weapon and laid it on a changing table. Still feeling sick, he told his supervisor he was leaving early.
When he got in his car about an hour later, he noticed his weapon wasn’t in the holster. He went back to the restroom and looked for the weapon, even searching the purse of a woman who was in the restroom and reviewing security camera footage, but didn’t find it.
Former MPD officer indicted for deadly pursuit had been written up for another 5 months earlier
He later told his supervisors he had accidentally holstered his service weapon that day, instead of his off-duty weapon. Another officer told CPD that on March 2, just after Pree’s service weapon was reported missing, he spotted Pree in an Academy Sports in Cordova, purchasing the same kind of handgun as his service weapon.
CPD said this proved Pree was using his service weapon while off-duty.
He resigned from CPD March 7, the day before he was scheduled for a disciplinary hearing.
It is not clear when Pree began working for the Olive Branch Police Department, but on Thursday after the decertification hearing, OBPD released this statement: “Effective immediately, Demario Pree is no longer employed by the Olive Branch Police Department. Personnel matters are not discussed by the Olive Branch Police Department nor the City of Olive Branch.”
Last month, two ex-Memphis Police Department officers resigned from the force under allegations surrounding an unauthorized pursuit that resulted in a deadly car crash. Both were sworn in as officers by the Hernando Police Department on Feb. 27.
They resigned from Hernando PD in May, after they were indicted on two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, four counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, and official misconduct. MPD has requested both of those officers be decertified.
Memphis Police Officer Gregory Marlar was also up for decertification. The charges against him involved reckless driving on Central Avenue on July 21, 2019.Police say Marlar almost hit several cars and crashed into a support structure. They say he never reported the crash and later admitted he had been consuming alcohol.
When officers attempted to place him in custody, Marlar was heard on body camera telling them “You better call more cars. Somebody is going to get punched in the face. It isn’t going to be pretty.”
He then attempted to run and had to be tackled and arrested by police. The report says he became belligerent, cursing the officers.
Marlar resigned February 27, 2020. He reportedly died before his decertification hearing. The commission decided that because of Marlar’s death, the proper thing to do would be to take no action.
..Thanks for the background details! 🤙beck yeah!
Thank you!
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Died before his certification hearing? Struck by lightning? Leprosy? Peanut allergy? Enquiring minds want to know.
Thanks!👏✌️
He should be banned from being a police officer in any state!!!
why? What did he do?
If you don't know why are you so sure that's an appropriate punishment?
A lot of disinformation on here by the hateful W supremacists, so let me clear it up for ya.
He was working as a security at a Walmart for a 2nd job and forgot his service weapon in the restroom when he got sick. It was gone when he came back and he tried to cover it up by buying another replacement.
He was working as a security at a Walmart for a 2nd job and forgot his service weapon in the restroom when he got sick. It was gone when he came back and he tried to cover it up by buying another replacement.
@@Asiansxsymbol😮
His eyes show deception. His face shows smugness. Keep him away from any type of job with children or the public.
Keep you away
@kimberlymuldowney503 why you replying to me. You aren't the OP. People like you just like go argue on the internet for no reason 😂
Agreed 👍
You are overreaching.
You're the type that is going to agree to pre arrests due to ai technology
Resignation for Cops who do not Obey the Law or the Constitution should NOT be ALLOWED, they should get the PUSH !!
They just started getting busted for murdering citizens in the last few years so it may be a minute before they get fired for any less.
What do we expect. When a president of the USA commits crimes, yet can still run for president. Something very wrong with our system.
@@donaldchapman5466 lol imagine telling someone they aren’t free to quit their job. This is America, people can quit whether you like it or not.
BUT to be ALLOWED TO QUIT to ESCAPE A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION should NOT BE ALLOWED. A Civilian CANNOT DO THAT and WALK FREE !!
@@donaldchapman5466 1) quitting does not stop any criminal investigation, so you’re wrong, a warrant can always be issued and he can still be hooked on PC if there is any. 2) would you rather him stay employed and collect a check on admin leave? 3) this is still America and people are allowed to quit whatever job they want, the government cannot force you to keep your job just because you got in trouble, that would be a violation of due process and his civil rights. You know, the same rights everyone cries about when the police do something they don’t like. 4) it doesn’t sound like there was a crime they’re charging him with, just the moral turpitude that got him decertified. Hope this helps.
He has 49 more chances.
No, he’s black. He doesn’t get free passes
@@DemocratsUnite That's all he gets is free everything....
He'll come up to seattle. They're all about DEI.
Every city is
Grow a brain and stop your delusion @@dellalyn9918
Why aren't these corrupt cops banned from being a law enforcement officer IN EVERY STATE??!! Seems logical, yes?
It's not that simple because if you get banned from being a police officer in one state, you would have to go to a whole other state get recertified, which requires you to attend a whole different academy in a different state to get your peace officer certification again. And most people don't see somebody going through that much trouble to become a cop again, especially if they were a dirty cop...
How do you know he was “corrupt?” There was zero information about why he was decertified.
@@martinover7927 I didn't say he was corrupt, I'm just saying that in some certain scenarios some cops are framed to look like they're corrupt...
What a waste of the one week of training required to become a cop.
Should be banned in all of America!!!
For what?
@@00700556 For being Black is what they really want to say.
😂 wow. He left his work gun at a Walmart. But wait…..there’s more. The reason he took his gun to the Walmart was because he was working as a security officer / off duty PD. It’s criminal to take your work weapon off duty to your cheesy Walmart security job. BUT WAIT - there’s more still……he then gets scheduled for a disciplinary hearing and decides he’ll quit before it happens. But when he didn’t show up for the hearing, the board got rid of him. As well they should.
So many unprofessional decisions are enough but why would anyone need a loaded weapon as a Walmart security?
I mean…..what are you doing?
So now he’s just hitting all the branches on his way down. 😂
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He proved that he doesn’t have the common sense and rational critical thinking skills to be a public servant in ANY capacity. 😂
But he didn’t eat a baby or kill his wife 😂. So everyone just relax.!
Ok what was he doing? We have a right to know
Do a FOIA request. Then you will get ten sheets of paper with every line blacked out or redacted. 😂
Shooting heroin while on patrol, mugging dope dealers for their supply and so on and so forth ......
Apparently screwed his captains wife😂
By law they can’t tell you
You dont have the right
How about NEVER being a police officer in America. 🇺🇸
Shouldn’t America hear what they have on him first? They’re not charging him with anything and they’re being hash hash about the reasons. Is it for something he did in his two weeks as a cop or they just found out about his prior criminal record and they are embarrassed about it!
@@ri-goblazt5894either way he's unfit to be a police officer.
@@ri-goblazt5894no criminal at all If you look it up he left his duty gun at Walmart working There
@@ri-goblazt5894 MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A former Collierville Police officer allegedly left his service weapon in a Walmart while working off duty, resigned the day before a disciplinary hearing, then was hired and fired by Olive Branch Police this year.
DeMario Pree faced a hearing Thursday before the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training board. He didn’t appear, and the panel voted for default decertification, meaning he can no longer work in law enforcement in the state of Tennessee.
WREG Investigators obtained the records Collierville Police submitted to the POST board, stating on March 2 this year, Pree was working an off-duty security job at a Walmart in Hickory Hill. He claimed he was feeling sick, so he went into a bathroom, unholstered his service weapon and laid it on a changing table. Still feeling sick, he told his supervisor he was leaving early.
When he got in his car about an hour later, he noticed his weapon wasn’t in the holster. He went back to the restroom and looked for the weapon, even searching the purse of a woman who was in the restroom and reviewing security camera footage, but didn’t find it.
Former MPD officer indicted for deadly pursuit had been written up for another 5 months earlier
He later told his supervisors he had accidentally holstered his service weapon that day, instead of his off-duty weapon. Another officer told CPD that on March 2, just after Pree’s service weapon was reported missing, he spotted Pree in an Academy Sports in Cordova, purchasing the same kind of handgun as his service weapon.
CPD said this proved Pree was using his service weapon while off-duty.
He resigned from CPD March 7, the day before he was scheduled for a disciplinary hearing.
It is not clear when Pree began working for the Olive Branch Police Department, but on Thursday after the decertification hearing, OBPD released this statement: “Effective immediately, Demario Pree is no longer employed by the Olive Branch Police Department. Personnel matters are not discussed by the Olive Branch Police Department nor the City of Olive Branch.”
Last month, two ex-Memphis Police Department officers resigned from the force under allegations surrounding an unauthorized pursuit that resulted in a deadly car crash. Both were sworn in as officers by the Hernando Police Department on Feb. 27.
They resigned from Hernando PD in May, after they were indicted on two counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving death, four counts of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury, and official misconduct. MPD has requested both of those officers be decertified.
Memphis Police Officer Gregory Marlar was also up for decertification. The charges against him involved reckless driving on Central Avenue on July 21, 2019.Police say Marlar almost hit several cars and crashed into a support structure. They say he never reported the crash and later admitted he had been consuming alcohol.
When officers attempted to place him in custody, Marlar was heard on body camera telling them “You better call more cars. Somebody is going to get punched in the face. It isn’t going to be pretty.”
He then attempted to run and had to be tackled and arrested by police. The report says he became belligerent, cursing the officers.
Marlar resigned February 27, 2020. He reportedly died before his decertification hearing. The commission decided that because of Marlar’s death, the proper thing to do would be to take no action.
😂.
Do some research. He was fired from Collierville after he lost his police issue weapon.
He was working as a security guard at Wal-Mart as a second job, and, he says, accidentally took his police sidearm instead of his own for a guard shift. Partway through, he says he felt sick and went to the restroom. For some reason, he unholstered his sidearm and left it on the baby-changing table. Then left the restroom, still sick. And forgot to retrieve his sidearm. By the time he realized his holster was empty and returned the pistol was gone.
Another officer testified he saw Pree in a sporting goods store buying a pistol "similar to" the department-issue pistol, perhaps hoping no ody would notice the serial numbers don't match at some future point.
This is why he was fired, careless loss of a weapon, then trying to cover it up. When he was decertified in TN, Olive Branch dropped him because he was, probably, only certified in Mississippi based on his Tennessee credential. So when he lost the TN one, the MS one was forfeit since they were linked.
What a fool😂🤦🏾♂️
The news that reported the story should've done the research 🤔
Thank you for the details of the decertification. I agree with the disciplinary actions, given the attempt to deceive the department. He could've taken a different course of action after loosing his service weapon that would have saved his career.
@@harveygarrett4129 I won't disagree - it wasn't hard to find. Journalism isn't what it used to be. Of course, any nimrod with a cell phone camera claims to be a journalist these days.
Interesting story here.
I find it more interesting how others are shouting in the comments about this guy should be in Jail, Barred forever, calling him names and such.
Like people just love to parrot the news with nearly no facts!
The biggest problem with US law enforcement is that we have 20,000 police depts. Fired from one,, just move on to another.
In most countries they have 1 national police dept with a couple of special branches. Fired once and you're fired forever.
It blows my mind that America has local police departments... in Australia we just have state and federal police. The duplication of management structures must cost a fortune more, and the constant dealing of information between every single department would be a greater impediment to fighting crime.
A nationwide database about those rotten apples can't be that difficult? Just dumb.
It would have been informative if the reporter had described the disciplinary charges he was facing prior to his resignation. For that matter, why is it common practice for charges to disappear after a cop resigns? Sometimes these charges are criminal in nature and they are allowed to walk away.
Or the more egregious practice of allowing disgraced, even felonious cops to ‘Trade the Badge’.
Surrendering their certification instead of facing jail? But if convicted of a felony the certification gets canceled anyways. So what did the cop really lose?
It’s like allowing a bank robber to pay a fine instead of jail, but letting him use the stolen money to pay!
it has to be real bad for the mainstream media to bash police. it's always manipulated when they do. they are as bad as any govt agency, and that's bad.
This happens a lot more than people know. They are allowed to resign from one department without being charged and call it a ”policy violation”. Then they move on to another agency. Like rogue hobo cops.
Gypsy Cops is the term.. its official, sadly.
all departments are in on it
So no longer allowed in Tennessee but doesn't say he can't in any other state! Guarantee he will be employed by another department in another state by end of the month.
He is. He is employed by some poorly policed municipality in Mississippi.
If not already
@@nonyabusiness7780 you guarantee that? I’m calling BS on your guarantee.
That's why there should be a national database, and absolutely not allowed to just resign!!
There should be a national database that lists officers that have been fired from any previous precinct...that way other states can avoid hiring these officers which could lead to the new employer being sued or embarrassed.
This is not uncommon. They call them gypsy officers from the top to the bottom. This must have been very serious for them to revoke his peace officers license. However the reason being kept hidden is not transparent or held accountable and is a matter of public record. The system is working exactly the way it was designed. To protect and serve most officers against accountability and transparency but don’t understand why their numbers are dwindling at such a high rate?
So much for Background checks And we are supposed to trust the Government?
Well look up can convicted fellon run for president u will see it say no reson y convicted fellon was turned away but look at turmp convicted fellon and thay expect him to run a counter in and out of court what is he going do if America get attacked he going have to deal with court if he's in court and won't be alowed to leave to deal with the attack and thay talking about how he can be president wile being locked up behind bars in fedral prison non that make sense but soposly Trump can then u going hear Trump cry u have to let me go I pardon myself
Background checks are for pesky citizens exercising their right to protect themselves and family. Trusting the government leads to death
This just brings down trust in all law enforcement.
"all law enforcement"? No..All law enforcement in the South? Yes
@@johnhanson9245you are paying attention.
@@johnhanson9245 Sadly, It's no better up here in the north.
Its really not.
This is sad, the department, and now state commission, don't want to make any waves for themselves and so they'll let him resign and set him up for others to pay the price...all to make it easy on themselves.
We need a national database of all cops (all the way up to the Federal level) that have been disciplined or fired and it should include why. These cops shouldn't be able to jump to another department ANYWHERE in the U.S. or it's territories!
the prostitute politicians are blocking this from us
@@rose.g. they should do that for all jobs with that mentality. Imagine being a banker who steals, a teacher who lies or a bus driver who diddles kids. If you have a standard for one, it needs to be for all.
@@JohnSmith-iv4sq Yes. Still all of those positions can't get hired again in their fields (or many others), whereas cops are on a whole other level of corruption and escaping accountability.
@@rose.g. what are you waffling about? Ever heard of POST standards? The Brady List? Moral turpitude offenses barring application? I know it’s easy to not think and just hate who society wants you to but you need to do some research.
@@JohnSmith-iv4sq You poor little thing. Smh
They are covering up his crimes!
How about doing your homework to find out why he was fired?
Spoken like a true *POLICE OFFICER…..*
@@atlhawksfan9330 It's called the Freedom of Information Act."
@@PrisonPreacher a FOIA request doesn’t stop the police from redacting pertinent information. They do that a lot.
Fk you. This should be public record
It could take years to drag the information out of them in court even if the court allowed it.
He'll just move down here to North Georgia.All our cops fired from somewhere else
I hope not.
@@YellowJeepthey are
Whoa 😮
Not even the fastest firing though, one “officer” was fired and arrested his very FIRST SHIFT! 😳 The state of policing in this country is a complete disgrace anymore!!
He wasn’t fired
@@marvinfrederick6363 who wasn’t fired? The story clearly states he was fired!! 🤷🏼♂️
This is a prime example of the lowering of the hiring standards from the beginning.
And there's plenty others
When was the hiring standards ever high?
@@timbradford1673 70's & 80's.
@@tjmayer9103 except hiring standards can’t predict the future.
@JohnSmith-iv4sq Yes, to a degree. If you hire a thief or a former drug addict. The chances they'll reoffend is greater than someone who isn't predisposed.
They won't tell why?
He probably deserves a charge of some kind. He won't get one,but derseves one or two or three. We don't know,they won't say.
He lied about using his department issued gun at a part time security job. He lost the gun when he unholstered it while using the restroom. He said in his report that he accidentally picked up that gun instead of his personal gun.
The same personality that becomes a policeman is the same personality that becomes a criminal
Interesting how they chose to notify just Mississippi. Couldn't he apply to become a police officer in any other state, too?
He had to done something so egregious that he would resign before his hearing for his LEO certification.
Left his duty gun in a Walmart bathroom And forgot it He was working a off duty job at Walmart And used his duty gun and lied about it then was spotted Buying another gun that look like his duty gun At a gun store
It happens in every agency local, state, and fed.
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"When the people that make the laws don't enforce the law then there is no law. " Billy Jack 🇺🇸
How does one police department…hire an officer who used to,work at
another department……without doing a thorough background investigation,
to determine his record and reason for leaving the prior department???????
❓️❓️❓️ So is the officer that stole from that black man, (that's all over social media & yt) receiving the same treatment? Because all we've seen is the video where the officer is completely caught up. What was his punishment? Was he fired and prohibited from working in that state? Inquiring minds want to know.
Good cops are suffering from people hired on police departments all over our country!
What percentage are 'good' cops on the force, all the way up? 40% maybe.
Morally good? Physically good? Mentally good?
@@rrickard2874highball estimate
Cops always cover for other cops. If 1 cop does something wrong, he buddies on the force, all the way up the command chain, will lie, and withhold info. But, If a civilian gets arrested and his friends know what he did, they all get charged, and all of their faces are plastered all over the news telling what they are accused of doing. It is always a double standard. Cops get away with murder and a civilian just riding in the car with someone who committed a crime, gets charged as if he did the crime too. I just watched an old 48 hours show. The actual shooter got 18 years, while the driver got life without parole, all because he was asked to give a friend a ride across town. He had no idea what was going to happen, because the shooter had asked a couple of others to give him a ride but couldn’t because they didn’t have a car or were at work. How is this justice?? Until we take total control of cops and post their faces all on the news when they do something wrong, there will never be any trust in any cop.
Thats aint no man.
SilverBack?
File as a FOIA Document with the Department. They have to give you the information.
Do you think that wasn't done?
He shouldn’t be a police officer ANYWHERE. He should be locked up for being an abuser.
Police agencies shouldn’t be able to hide disciplinary actions taken against cops. It should be public and in a nationwide system so they can’t get fired / quit before getting fired and move to the next unexpecting town.
No background checks necessary or just too ridiculous to bother with?
No background checks and they just hand him a weapon?
...Oh those pesky WalMart gun thieves. Seems 'ya can't leave your gun laying around anywhere anymore. 🙄
Fortunately, hes on the United Airlines diversity pilot list.
I really dislike companies or agencies NOT saying why a person was fired. It has to do with liability and lawsuits, but it's stupid, people need to KNOW!!!!
You have 37k subs. You should not be putting ads on your videos. You should be begging people to watch them without interruptions.
You should stop posting cause this video gave zero information about why he was let go.
Oh just be outraged 😊😊
Typical main stream news…all fluff
The press is complicit in governmental crimes, thence we get nothing but pap, and milk-toast.
Him: this state sucks anyways im going to florida😂
They should pull their certifications when they go against the same laws they are sworn to uphold and protect. Stop allowing them to slide from department to department.
California will hire him
TSA
Who told you that? 😂
@@ndayembidi6781 the governor
I will do anything for my country but don't ever ask me to trust a cop
I wouldn't have even watched this clip if I'd known there was no information to be released. I'll now block this RUclipsr.
Someone left good info a few comments above yours.
Hopefully he doesn’t come to Atlanta
As long as they’re using taxpayer money transparency must be mandatory
You shouldn't be able to pay cops with tax dollars *if you won't tell the public why a cop got fired.*
He just looks shady
Omg he does. When scrolling, i saw the headline first then I kept looking at his pic.
Hiding his charges while everyone else’s criminal activity is public is against the law in itself. So because you won’t show it we will just say it was a sex crime
He can go to another state and still be a cop lmfao.
No. He will never be a cop again. He lied after being advised of his Garrity Rights.
what a strange story with no details
Looks like the quintessential predatory sociopath that police departments like to hire because they make a lot of arrests. Many of them end up making a lot of messes of innocent people's lives and their careers end in disgrace. But this guy has a lot of opportunities in other states to be a cop.
yeah he's has a look about him...not good
@@systemsproceed248 See? You absolutely CAN make assumptions based ON someone's photo. With predators, it's in the eyes.
The usual suspects.
Yes you
Cops are criminals in uniform
Boy the amount of misconduct and corruptions around white officers is egregious.
Duh, Duh, Duh, another one bites the dust. Was probably pure garbage in the beginning, anger issues, past gang relations.
Past gang relations??!! You're hired!
@@afghanivvhite3106 Who knows what else is in his past history.
Waste of my time...this didn't tell me nothing but someone got fired.. great journalism here...WOW
We need more transparency in public office.
After attending the Academy. Whaaaat??? Two dep'ts had to fire him. So, why did they let him into the academy? Or, better question: What the hell do they teach at that "academy". Doesn't appear like they teach how to be a police officer.
Call the criminals with police badges for what they are, criminals.
Document it on his permanent record so he can be banned from being a police officer across the country
I can't believe there is no system set up that any state can pull up his background check and why he was fired from his job. That should carry over and LE should know who they are putting on their force. It seems so logical that it will never be done. They need to have a system that is taking the bad apples away from the good
Another DEI hire who can’t handle the job 😂
Thats all you got? Usual suspect
"STOP RESISTING!!!"
Such a great officer !!! Disgrace is for the Departments that hire officers that have been fired by other Departments!!! What, they think those officers get fired for doing such a fantastic job ???..
He'll move on to another state and get a DEI gig.
If a cop gets fired for any reason they should never be able to work as a cop again any where, in any state, ever.
What if he got fired for having sleep apnea 🤷♀️
Or having s*x?
Oh he the wrong color for the thin blue line to protect him 😂😂😂😂
Why report on it, if you don't tell why he was fired...pointless
What was the purpose of letting it be known to the general public that he was fired & can never become a policeman in that state again without sharing details of why he can’t be hired again as a policeman? Why is it news & the facts of the situation are not mentioned? Waste of time & reporting……🙄
He'll be working in Kentucky shortly
Yall could have kept this story if yall don't know what he did.
Aw, the poor guy’s gonna have to work in a different state now. And rest assured, he will get hired again.
Defunding the police has put a huge hurt on recruiting fit people for law enforcement. Follow that up with a move to take away "reasonable" immunity and the "pool" dries up even more. What reasonable person with a decent IQ wants a job that offers little protection from being killed or being prosecuted even if you were acting in good faith. Even great cops make mistakes in high pressure situations. Been there and done it so I write with 30 years' experience.
They still protect their own. Sickening
Nacho job, Bruh!!!!
You should have tried Memphis first!!!
Why post this news clip if u can't say what happen...a waste of time🤔
They stop extending the OLIVE BRANCH 🤣
these incompetant goons all wind up in Florida where Desantis welcomes them with open arms
This is one of the first times I’ve ever seen a officer actually banned from being an officer. Shouldn’t this be extremely common and by default? And he actually can just go to another state!
Boy Wouldn’t we all love to know the details behind this one