Date of Offense
Offense(s)
Official Statement
Terminated: No
Demoted: No
Suspended: Yes
Other Sanction:
Resigned, retired, transferred, or separated while case was pending: No
# of Days Suspended: 45
Sustained Charge: Departmental rules, regulations, policies and procedures
Description: From September 28, 2022, through June 15, 2023, Officer Michael Casey committed a multitude of infractions. They include – responding to an extra duty assignment late, taking an excessive amount of time to respond to a call for service, failing to activate his body worn camera and mobile video recorder as required by policy, leaving work early, not submitting a summons in a timely manner causing
a delay in court proceedings for accused driver, failing to complete a report in a timely manner, being insubordinate by not completing a report as instructed and in a timely manner, having repeated instances of misconduct that violate the public’s expectations of a police officer, failing to properly assign and label 65 BWC videos, failing to provide dispatch of race/sex of driver during a motor vehicle stop as well as the reason for the stop, failing to identify himself to a motor vehicle driver, failing to report for duty, failing to advise the department of his new residential address, failing to fully investigate a motor vehicle crash, improperly using lights and sirens, operating a department vehicle in a reckless manner, conducting a poor
investigation of a motor vehicle crash, leaving a marked patrol unit idling in the parking lot for approximately 4 hours, failing to render aid during a medical emergency, failing to ensure a driver was able to operate his vehicle in a safe manner, failing to wear his ballistic panels after being ordered to do so by a supervisor, failing to maintain his duty weapon by not keeping the magazines at capacity with department issued ammunition, and failing to notify the department that he lost his badge and police identification. On August 29, 2023, Officer Michael Casey pleaded guilty to all the above charges and served a 45‐calendar day unpaid suspension.
