Canine the Bounty Hunter
Cop Son Sues Dept. That Fired Him
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Canine the Bounty Hunter‘s son Garry Chapman — who was fired, then reinstated, from a police pressure in Alabama final yr — is suing the division … He says they solely disciplined him to show him a lesson for calling out a unclean cop.
Keep in mind … Chapman’s employment was terminated final yr after his involvement in a deadly high-speed automotive chase. He was later reinstated, however he says he ought to’ve by no means been fired within the first place.
In court docket paperwork, obtained by TMZ, Chapman alleges the police division, together with Priceville, Alabama, Mayor Sam Heflin, used the tragic incident as a possibility to smear his title and eliminate him — one thing Chapman alleges they had been engaged on for a while.
Chapman claims it began when he filed a proper criticism relating to the unprofessional conduct of a fellow officer. Within the papers, Chapman alleges the departmental management dismissed the criticism, questioning why he was so involved with the actions of one other officer, and commenced to drudge up “previously undisclosed, minor issues to begin papering his personnel file.”
Within the paperwork, Chapman claims issues escalated when he blew the whistle on an officer who supposed to take a departmental Ok-9 as his private pet when he left the division.
When the tragic accident got here alongside, Chapman says the mayor and police division purposefully made him the face of it, thus vilifying him and inflicting him “catastrophic reputational harm.”
Chapman says he subsequently misplaced out on a promotion and has been unable to safe different employment in regulation enforcement as a result of no company needs to rent an officer whose title is in nationwide headlines for a deadly incident.
He is asking for compensatory damages “in an amount to be determined by the jury.”
