The Maysville police officers accused of using excessive
force while making an arrest earlier this month acted appropriately
according to a report by the State Bureau of Investigation, District
Attorney Dewey Hudson said Thursday. Hudson's announcement, which came
during a press conference in Jacksonville, doesn't automatically
guarantee that the four Maysville police officers, who were suspended
without pay at a Maysville town board meeting Oct. 7, will get their
jobs back. The board that voted 3-2 to suspend them until the SBI
looked into the matter will need to vote to reinstate them. But
Maysville Mayor James Harper, who also spoke at the press conference,
said the board unanimously agreed to bring the officers back if the SBI
determined they acted appropriately. Maysville officials asked the SBI
to look into the Oct. 1 incident in which two Maysville police officers
on patrol were allegedly assaulted by four men. [more ]
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