5 Arizona cops on paid leave after one flushes a fetus.

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Police: 5 Arizona cops on paid leave after one flushes fetus

'June 04, 2009' June 04, 2009 MESA, Ariz. (AP) ⿿

Police in Arizona say five officers
have been placed on paid leave after one allegedly flushed a fetus down a toilet.
Mesa Police Chief George Gascon (gas-KOHN⿿) says four officers responding to a call about a possible miscarriage at a motel on Monday discovered a woman who apparently lost a fetus estimated to be 12 to 14 weeks old.
Gascon says an officer who wasn⿿t at the motel instructed the four over the phone to flush the 4-inch fetus down the toilet rather than take it to a hospital.
A supervisor who was reading incident reports came across details about the disposal of the fetus and shared them with a superior.
Gascon says all five officers were placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
He says police plan to forward the case to the Maricopa County Attorney⿿s Office to see if prosecutors recommend charges.


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I thought this was an odd story .

I don't understand why all 5 had to be suspended when the other four were only doing as they were told .


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