Posted on March 5, 2015

Former Head of Organization for Black St. Louis Officers Group Put on Unpaid Leave

Joel Currier, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 4, 2015

A St. Louis police sergeant who was president of an organization that represents black St. Louis police officers when as much as $200,000 went missing has been suspended, authorities said.

The police department said Tuesday that Sgt. Darren Wilson was suspended Monday without pay, amid ongoing internal and criminal investigations into “financial irregularities” discovered by the Ethical Society of Police in December. City police did not say why Wilson was suspended and declined to comment further.

Darren Wilson

Darren Wilson

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Wilson has not been arrested or charged with a crime. {snip}

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The Ethical Society of Police says it was founded in 1972 to “monitor and rectify the racial and ethical challenges that confront the Metropolitan Police Department.”

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