NO CHARGES AGAINST EX-OFFICER KLAEHNTimes-Union Newspaper
Jen Gibson
10/29/2009
[Excerpts] FORT WAYNE - Domestic battery charges against a former Warsaw probationary police officer have been declined by the Allen County Prosecutor's Office... [Joseph Robert] Klaehn was accused of hitting his wife and was booked into the Allen County Jail on one count of domestic battery at 2:35 a.m. Friday... [Full article here]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A CRIME, NOT JUST A BAD CAREER MOVE. BECAUSE HE WILL NOT BE CHARGED, IF JUST-FIRED WARSAW POLICE OFFICER JOSEPH KLAEHN COMMITS A DOMESTIC ASSAULT IN THE FUTURE IT WILL TECHNICALLY BE A FIRST OFFENSE. IF HE APPLIES FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT JOB THERE WILL BE NOTHING THAT PREVENTS HIS BEING HIRED. OFTEN THE LOGIC GOES - HE LOST HIS JOB, THAT'S ENOUGH. BUT IT'S APPLE'S AND ORANGES.
NOT ONLY IS THE VICTIM'S SAFETY NOT MENTIONED, OR WHAT IF ANY SERVICES AND SAFETY WERE OFFERED HER - BUT THERE IS NO MENTION OF WHETHER OR NOT HER FACE BORE EVIDENCE. WHY?
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[IN] Police Chief Hunter fires new Officer Klaehn the same day domestic assault was reported - ...Klaehn was arrested early Friday morning at his Fort Wayne home for allegedly slapping his wife several times... According to the police report, Klaehn allegedly made threats and struck his wife in front of their child....
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