Poulsbo, Wash., City Attorney Alexis Foster has resigned following a vote of no confidence by the union that represents the city’s police officers, as well as criticism from the city’s police chief and mayor. Foster’s sin? She informed the court that the request for a protective order to confiscate the woman’s weapon, filed by the city police officer, contained false information. County prosecutors agreed with Foster and added the officer to the county’s Brady List, a record of officers who have been documented to have given false information. The investigation established that the misinformation was added by a social worker of the police department. The report states that the officer did not notice the error and did not actually intend to enter false information. Foster actually agreed with that assessment, and the officer was otherwise not disciplined. But she said the law requires a false statement to be reported regardless of the officer’s intent.
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