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Ohio cop fired for pulling over daughter and boyfriend without cause

Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:37 pm
Posted by TJGator1215
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Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:37 pm
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John Kovach Jr., a 26-year veteran, was fired after the Lorain Police Department found the traffic stop was an “abuse of power.”

Dashcam footage from the patrolman’s cruiser showed the officer pulling over a silver car on April 16, the Chronicle-Telegramreported. The car contained three passengers: Katlyn Kovach, 18, his daughter; Makai Coleman, 18, her boyfriend and a friend. The footage showed that Kovach did not tell dispatch that he pulled over a car.

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Kovach told Coleman to step out of the vehicle because “he’s going to jail.” When Coleman asked why the officer said, “Have a seat in my car. We’ll make [expletive] up as we go.” The teenager proceeds to sit in the back of the cruiser.

The patrolman was able to locate Coleman’s car after tracing his daughter’s computer to a friend’s home, FOX 8 reported. Kovach threatened to give the friend, who was in the car, a ticket for failing to wear her seatbelt.



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Posted by Tiguar
Montana
Member since Mar 2012
33131 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:38 pm to
Glad he got fired. Pos
Posted by LSUbacchus
Portland, Oregon
Member since Jul 2012
1662 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:39 pm to
I want to know more about ICE raiding the meatpacking plant tbh
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
64757 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:40 pm to
Good for the department.

That cop is an a-hole who cannot be trusted with a badge.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65617 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:41 pm to

Another case of the Thin Blue Lyin'
Posted by BearCrocs
Member since Aug 2013
6429 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:41 pm to
Man could you imagine how much worse that could have turned out?..
Posted by heypaul
The O-T Lounge
Member since May 2008
38104 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:42 pm to
Imagine what he would to his wife's boyfriend.
Posted by patnuh
South LA
Member since Sep 2005
6701 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:42 pm to
White girl dating a black boy, so pops was gonna end that shite.
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
64757 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:44 pm to
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The investigation also discovered that Kovach lied to his supervisors about the traffic stop. He told investigators he did not approve of his daughter’s relationship with Coleman, but didn’t give a reason.


If there's anything that should have a zero tolerance policy, it's employees lying to their bosses about sensitive matters that would reflect on them poorly.

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He said he would appeal his termination.


This is why civil service rules suck arse.

In the private sector, this would've been an open and shut case and courts would tell him tough shite.
Posted by rmnldr
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:45 pm to
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Katlyn Kovach, 18



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Makai Coleman, 18, her boyfriend


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Makai


Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
52910 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:45 pm to
Cop did nothing wrong. That pos boyfriend should know better
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
52910 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:46 pm to
Back the badge a-hole

You mad because you got busted breaking the law, criminal scum
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
65617 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:49 pm to

You're Mistaken, Bacon.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
52910 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:51 pm to
The thug probably had weed in the car
Posted by Btrtigerfan
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Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:56 pm to
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
64757 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 6:58 pm to
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White girl dating a black boy, so pops was gonna end that shite.



He was so racist he was willing to lose his job over it.

Oh and this article from CBS has more details that are missing from the OP. He's a piece of shite that has no business being trusted with a badge and a gun.

Violations of privacy, lying to his bosses, failure to mirandize, illegal searches, lack of probable cause and an illegal detainment and arrest.

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The paper obtained documents related to the dismissal which said Kovach's actions warranted "immediate dismissal." In a memo obtained by the paper, police chief Cel Rivera said the actions were "an abuse of police authority and a serious departure from appropriate protocol…they are contrary to the mission, values and policies of the Lorain Police Department."

According to the paper, Kovach pulled over the car with a driver and three passengers in it outside of a home without alerting dispatch. He then tells the driver, his daughter's boyfriend Makai Coleman, to get out of the car because he's "going to jail."

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"Have a seat in my car. We'll make (expletive) up as we go," he said.

Kovach appears to be looking for his daughter, and doesn't realize that she is one of the backseat passengers.

The boy sits in the squad car. The mother of two of the teens in the car, Gloria Morales, comes outside of a home and talks to Kovach. He asks Morales if his daughter is in her house, and when she says no, he asks why his daughter's computer is in her house.

"If I check and you're lying to me, you're going to jail," he says.

He reportedly later told fellow officers he tracked the girl's computer to Morales' home because he believed she was suicidal and wanted to take her to the hospital, the paper reports, citing documents related to the firing. He reportedly said he waited at Morales' home and pulled Coleman's car over when he saw it.


Kovach later told officers that he didn't think Coleman was a good person and that his daughter had been staying with him against his wishes, the paper reports.

In the video, he tells Morales his daughter is "suicidal" and says "that boy has been harboring her."

Morales tells him to obtain a search warrant if he wants to search her home. Kovach threatens to give her daughter a ticket for not wearing her seatbelt and then tells Morales she is being disorderly.

"How am I being disorderly? You're making this personal," Morales says in the video."You want to ticket my daughter for not wearing her seatbelt because you think your daughter is in my house."

When Morales says she will call 911, Kovach threatens to arrest her.


When Kovach realizes his daughter is in the backseat, he orders her to get in the backseat of his patrol car and pushes her inside as the girl screams that she is 18 and can't be detained for no reason.

"Why are you pushing me? Why are you doing this?" she is heard screaming.

The investigation reportedly found that Kovach violated the department's policies by initiating the traffic stop without cause and failing to inform dispatch; for threatening to arrest Morales; for taking Coleman into custody and saying he would make up cause; and for using his police authority to locate his daughter.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41158 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 7:01 pm to
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I want to know more about ICE raiding the meatpacking plant tbh



ICE arrested over 145 illegals mostly from Guatemala. It was a year long investigation. The children of those arrested where taken in by the local Catholic Church, they didn't release how many.
Posted by StupidBinder
Jawja
Member since Oct 2017
6392 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 7:03 pm to
That’s messed up. The former cop needs someone to shove him into the back of a squad car and haul him away.
Posted by RockyMtnTigerWDE
War Damn Eagle Dad!
Member since Oct 2010
105384 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 7:05 pm to
I'm surprised his daughter doesn't press charges of holding someone against their will, kidnapping, etc
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32509 posts
Posted on 6/22/18 at 7:06 pm to
The union will back him. He will get the termination over turned and he will retire. Book it
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