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Well, that didn’t take long at all, did it? Just yesterday we were discussing the case of the Fairfax County, Virginia police officer who was suspended from his duties for detaining an illegal alien at a traffic stop. At the scene of an automobile accident, the cop discovered the driver didn’t have a valid driver’s license. Upon running his name through the DMV, he learned that the driver was an illegal alien with a warrant for failing to appear at a deportation hearing. He notified the ICE agent assigned to the case, who arrived and took the illegal immigrant into custody.For this, he was suspended from his law enforcement duties. But the resulting outcry from around the country was apparently more heat than the police chief who suspended him wanted to handle. Only a day later, the cop has been returned to full duty....The report cites “offers of assistance and support for the officer†that poured in from around the country. While the police chief didn’t mention it, it’s not difficult to imagine that their email inbox was filling up quickly and their phone lines were busy. Perhaps that was what it took to help the Chief see the light.
In a potential cover-up, the Fairfax Police Department denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for documents related to the suspension of a police officer who turned an illegal immigrant over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The illegal immigrant had an ICE detainer warrant out for his arrest, but Fairfax County has maintained an anti-ICE pro-illegal alien "sanctuary" policy.Townhall filed a FOIA request for documents regarding the suspension, but the Fairfax Police Department rejected the request, withholding the records due to an "administrative investigation." The letter clarified that "the records responsible to your request ... is being withheld in its entirety because Fairfax County is exercising its discretion to withhold the record in accordance with VFOIA," the Virginia FOIA statute.Townhall's Matt Vespa reported the "allegation that the wife of this illegal alien contacted the police chief, which set this chain of events into motion." An anonymous tipper approached PJ Media claiming personal knowledge that the police officer's gun and badge were confiscated after the incident, which would involve a very harsh and unusual reprimand for someone following federal law.
