And in Court, everyone believes the Sharp dressed Officer?
Here's and article printed in the Tribune where a dozen officers were de-certified as police officers for various forms of misconduct. Are officers always honest?
Nine Utah officers decertified for misconduct
Offenses ranged from sex with minors to abusing drugs
By Nate Carlisle
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 06/14/2007 05:40:09 PM MDT
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Posted: 5:39 PM- SANDY - One policeman tested positive for amphetamines. Another had sex with a 16-year-old boy. And a sheriff's deputy bought $1,500 worth of cigarettes with her county credit card.
These cops and six others who misbehaved have something else in common: They have been booted from Utah law enforcement.
The Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council voted Thursday to decertify the officers, including Ryan Atack, the former Salt Lake City narcotics sergeant who failed a drug test last summer.
Atack and the other eight officers already had resigned or been terminated from their respective police forces.
Atack first came under suspicion on July 19 when a supervisor noticed him acting strange and agitated, according to a POST report. The police department asked Atack to take a urinalysis, which tested positive for amphetamines, the POST report says. The department placed Atack on administrative leave. He resigned three months later.
A Salt Lake City Police Department investigation revealed "Atack had been addicted to controlled substances for some time," according to the POST report. Earlier this month, he pleaded guilty to trying to pass a bogus prescription in American Fork in February.
Utah defense attorneys have raised the possibility Atack's drug use could spur a review of criminal
convictions where Atack was an investigator or made the arrest. Atack was assigned to narcotics for about two years.
Decertifying a peace officer prohibits him or her from working in Utah law enforcement.
In addition, the council voted to apply multi-year suspensions to three officers, who would can resume their law-enforcement career when their suspensions end, though POST staff said Thursday only a small percentage of suspendees choose to do so.
Among the cops who lost their certifications was Jeremy Zobell, 24, a former Draper police officer, who in November 2005 met a 16-year-old boy at a restaurant. The teen said he was 18. The pair were at Zobell's condominium watching a DVD when the boy revealed his correct age, POST says, and the two engaged in kissing, fondling and oral sex.
The 16-year-old's parents found out and the West Jordan city prosecutor took the case. Zobell pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to a class B misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was fined $587 but served no jail time.
POST also decertified former Daggett County sheriff's deputy Nancy L. Peckering, who bought $1,500 worth of cigarettes on a county-issued credit card. Peckering resigned in lieu of termination on March 7, according to a POST report. A week later, she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor theft charge.
The council on Thursday also approved revised discipline sentences for peace officers. POST Director Rich Townsend said the guidelines attempt to create more uniformity in the sentences administered by the council, particularly on drunk driving cases.
Townsend said some cops caught driving drunk were being decertified while others received suspensions.


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