According to the Orlando Sentinel, 2 police officers from Groveland, Fl, are being investigated for allegedly entering the bedroom of an 11-year-old girl, pointing a gun at her and ordering her to the ground.
In an inverview with the girl’s father, Jean Guirand, he tells her story. “the police officers came into her room while she was laying there watching TV, and they told her to get up, pushed her to the ground, put their knees behind her back and put her at gunpoint,”
“Both officers involved have a history of disciplinary actions in their personnel files but not for excessive force, according to records obtained from the City of Groveland.
Rigdon has been disciplined for misusing Florida’s driver-and-vehicle database in 2011 to access photos of his wife and her friend and for violating several policies in May, including neglect of duty, filing a false report and mishandling evidence, according to his personnel file. Rigdon was also cited for failing to appear to testify at traffic court and saying that he “forgot about it and offered no other reasonable explanation,” according to an employee-supervisor conference form.
Festa, who has been working in law enforcement for more than 15 years, received disciplinary action for “carelessness” after failing to recognize visible signs of abuse on a juvenile in December, his personnel file shows. In May of the year before, Festa was suspended for six hours without pay for sleeping while on duty and neglecting duty, the file shows.”
Guirand believe that the officers were out of line and that their actions traumatized his daughter.
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