Cop complains about Chief Pennington’s Corvette escort
October 3, 2008 at 10:38 am by Mara Shalhoup in NewsAt least one Atlanta cop does not appreciate Police Chief Richard Pennington’s request for on-duty motorcycle officers to escort his Corvette club around town, AJC.com reports.
If the allegation — which was described in an ethics complaint filed against Pennington — is true, it’s a pretty brazen move for a chief who already has an uneasy relationship with his ranks.
According to the AJC story, a probe of the allegation has begun and Pennington declined comment on the open investigation. The story goes on to say:
The officer who filed the complaint did so anonymously out of fear of retribution, said police Sgt. Scott Kreher, president of an Atlanta police union. …
Kreher said the club’s members came to Atlanta for its week-long annual convention and stayed at a hotel south of the city, near the airport.
On July 12, Pennington had a handful of officers escort the club members, driving their Corvettes, from the hotel to Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead, Kreher said.
Pennington was with the group, was not on duty and was driving his Corvette, Kreher said, adding that the escort required about two hours of the officers’ time.
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