ASTORIA, Ore.
An Astoria police officer accused of having sex with a woman while he was on duty faces misconduct charges.
The State Police say 32-year-old Brian Slotte (slah-tee) was arrested Tuesday on 10 counts of official misconduct, a misdemeanor that carries a year of jail time as a maximum sentence.
Local police say he also faces departmental discipline. He was released from jail and is on unpaid administrative leave.
A prosecutor says the affair went on for a lengthy period, with trysts in the woman's apartment.
Outside investigators and prosecutors were brought into the case, which is routine in such invesigations.
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Information from: The Daily Astorian, http://www.dailyastorian.com
31 comments:
Last time I checked, having a nooner with your girlfriend doesn't make you a bad cop, or a bad person. Yeah, he did it on the company's dime. But honestly, when was the last time you spend 30 minutes surfing the internet or talking on the phone when you were supposed to be working?? If we were all cited for 'official misconduct' for doing crap on the clock when we were supposed to be working, I doubt anyone would have a job.
Might want to check again pig lover the dude was fucking a minor.does that sound like something that everyone does?
you may want to check again a-hole. was not a minor!
mistake in judgement but not one worth being arrested for.
Brian was NOT having an affair with a minor, and I completely agree that this has gone way too far. He's a great guy and a great officer. Go team Slotte!!!
HMMM....sex with longtime girlfriend, in private apartment, on break, and tell the truth about it....is that really something that is criminal??? Brian Slotte is a great police officer and an even better man! Go team Slotte!1
This is not the first time he has had sex with a minor. This has been going on for at least 8 years. Yes, I agree that this alone is not enough to conclude that Slotte is a bad police officer. However, he has been involved with a whole string of misconduct. The specifics I can not go into, but I know of many people who have been convicted unfairly due to his false testimony. These cases are now being reviewed (the ACLU is representing one of my relatives) and the lawsuits against Officer Slotte and the City of Astoria are in the making. After everything is said and done, Officer Slotte is going to have a great time in the slammer with a whole handful of the very people he has put there himself; minus the ones that he wrongly put there.
Slotte is a shady bitch. Hope Mcnary, Slotte's lap dog, learns what happens when you a crappy cop.
Team Slotte is a bunch of cops who think they are above the law and can do what ever they want. Just in says team Slotte shows how dumb they are. I think I can pass judgement as I am also a law enforcement Officer about half of the Astoria Police Department needs to be fired.
Pretty hard (pardon the pun) to respond to a call Code 3 when your clothes are on the floor along with all your other gear. That and you're advising Dispatch you're out "investigating" when in fact you're in bed being paid taxpayer dollars to shag your honey.
Guess that's good work if you can get it.
A "minor" point - the officer better hope none of the gals he dated at Astoria and Warrenton High over the past years decide to come forward if they were under 18 at the time. That would be a bad thing.
10 1st Degree counts of Official Misconduct in addition to multiple violations of department policy is what it is ... OSP did the investigation with another county's DA doing the Grand Jury and ensuing indictment.
Hope the sex was damn good.
Quit showing your guy's ignorance. Team Slotte is not made up of cops, in fact an Astoria business owner made it up. So I am wondering who the "law enforcement officer" is that posted the comment about Astoria Police. Why not put your name out there if you believe so strongly?? These charges have to do with him having a relationship with AN ADULT! Know the facts before accusing!
If you know the facts then state your source as well as YOUR name and affiliation -
As for the "law enforcement officer" who posted - he or she has every right to post under "Anonymous" as you do - so climb down off your high horse, bucko -
And who is the "Astoria business owner" who you offer started "Team Slotte" - again, start naming names yourself (as well as your own) if you are so sure of your "facts" and position.
In the end the Astoria Police Department can add yet another cop to its "Wall of Shame" when it comes to unethical behavior and bad judgement...even its new chief has commented on that in the public record.
"Team Slotte" should purchase and provide the Astoria Police Department's personnel roster with bumper stickers for their patrol cars that read "To Serve and Protect I Keep My Zipper Up!" - now that would send a comforting message.
The following is from an October 14, 2008 Astoria Police Department news release:
Early today the Oregon State Police (OSP) informed the Astoria Police Chief that criminal charges had been filed against an Astoria officer. Brian Slotte was arrested this afternoon by OSP and booked at the Clatsop County Jail.
Brian Slotte has served as an Astoria Police Officer since December 1999. When questions arose concerning his on-duty and possible off-duty misconduct, he was placed on paid administrative leave for the duration of the criminal investigation conducted by the Oregon State Police. He now faces accountability for his choices in the criminal justice system and the police department discipline process.
The Astoria Police Department (APD) regrets that one of our officers is alleged to have violated our trust and the community trust. The men and women of the Astoria Police Department are committed to providing nothing less than professional, excellent service to our citizens and to the State of Oregon.
APD is grateful to the members of the OSP who have conducted this investigation. It falls to the police to police ourselves and we appreciate OSP detectives' professionalism, dedication to duty and efforts on behalf of our community.
Office Slotte is afforded the same rights as any person and may choose to challenge criminal charges in court and discipline taken against him. He will remain on administrative leave without pay pending further action.
How old was the woman involved when this relationship began? Story I read said the first complaint was made in, like, 2004. It's the end of 2008 now. Could she have been a minor when this first started and is now an adult four years later???
She was 23 in 2004 and was his girlfriend of several years. If you know him so well then you would know who it is! They were together until 2006 I believe.
I just saw this page and read the comments above. Seems like most of you think Astoria is the only department this goes on it. Funny!One bad seed doesn't make the apple rotten!
You're apparently the one who "knows him so well" - so thanks for the info - noticed you didn't provide any other information (i.e. your sources).
As for this going on in other departments...
First, DUH!
Second, because it does are you offering this is a justification or excuse or rationale for it going on at APD?
For goodness sakes, who was this detective's supervisor and why wasn't he or she supervising him properly???
Again, don't make assumptions! He was not working as the Detective at that time. He was working patrol. No I do not think what he did was right but does that mean I shouldn't want his career ruined? No. If people got arrested for bad morals, many honest, hard-working people could be behind bars.
By the way, why hasn't anyone looked into charging this deputy who's ex talked about him below??
Posted on the Daily A under Slotte's article....
Article comment by: Tammy (Kelland) Aley
Dear Editor,
This is not a new scenario for Astoria and for the Police departments. My former husband had multiple affairs from 1999 to 2003 with not only staff at the Sheriff's department, but with other cadets/officers as well. The only punishment he got was a two week leave without pay. I (at that time) trusted that the Police were doing what was right and that they were going to be more aware of the situation. Instead, it was swept under the rug and he continued to be inapropriate not only on police property, but with police "items" as well. I am disgusted that the people that we are to put our trust in are as deviant or more than the ones that they place into their custody. Tammy (Kelland) Aley
Uhhh, the paper reports him as being a detective at the time...so if he was working patrol and shagging his honey while supposed to be working the streets as a uniform that makes his actions even more serious.
Again, where was his supervisor, who was also then a patrol sergeant and supposed to know where his patrol officers were and what they were doing?
As for the letter from the Daily A you posted ... that's what the ex wife is pointing out if you read it more closely ... that's why she offers, in her situation, it was all swept under the rug.
And why she, among others, doesn't want the same to happen in this case although it very nearly did if the original complaint was made in 2004 +/-.
Again, who is the local businessman who birthed "Team Slotte"? Are they selling support T's?
I don't see anywhere in the paper it says he was detective at the time of the incident. As for the question about the supervisor. Law enforcement officers are allowed to have breaks wherever they are allowed, and home is one of those spots. I am not sure the supervisor would have any clue what someone is doing in their own private home if they just stop in and don't miss calls. I know exactly what the person was talking about when she commented in the paper. I am just wondering why Brian Slotte is the only person who has been charged with a crime for doing it? Official Misconduct can be charged up to one year after a person leaves their job. I won't bother saying who the business owner is. They are not making t-shirt, that is just another ASTORIA RUMOR. It is merely a way for people to show their support of their friend, no matter what is alleged. Any why would it matter if he was cheif, sgt., det., or patrol at the time?
You make a good point -
APD is no stranger to sexual misconduct both on and off the job -
And no one I can remember who has been alleged to have engaged in such misconduct has been either charged or fired - I guess behind-the-doors deals were cut and everyone, like the ex-wife in her letter says, just pretended it didn't happen.
Maybe Officer Slotte should fight the charges and then the department's position per their policy. Certainly not all the facts are available to the public and won't be unless there is a criminal trial - but on the surface it seems clear his department knew of something going on back when this first started and chose, as it has a history of, to "sweep it under the rug" at the time.
I guess I hope - now - that he puts up a good fight. APD is no virgin when it comes to scape-goating and stabbing their own officers in the back when it suits its purpose. Maybe he should have been offered some deal like counseling, some time off without pay, and closer supervision in the future?
At least he wasn't found hustling high school cheerleaders and making lewd comments about the size of their breasts like that Seaside cop did some years back, as I recall.
Thanks for the better insight on this.
First Brian Slotte of the Astoria Police Department...now Robert Smith of the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office is found guilty in a case involving the rape of a 17-year old boy.
Who is protecting the local population from their local cops???
OSP???
Brian Slotte did not have any type of innapropriate relationship with a 17 year old... Quit being a jerk who wants to stir up more bad press.... Anyone who knows anything about either of the these cases, know they are not even close to the same thing.
Bad press?
These two have stirred up the bad press.
Violation of ethics, law, policy, procedure, and compromise of Public Trust.
This is an open forum on the topic, ya biased blooter, once the badge, gun, and uniform are on "they" are all "one" - for good or for ill.
The North Coast needs a Citizen Oversight Board where its law enforcement professionals are concerned.
Some people making posts keep acting like Slotte did nothing but the Oregon State Police Charged him with 10 counts of a misdemeanor crime so they must had some evidence. He should have more accountability than anyone else because he is a police officer not less. He should be fired and go to jail if he is found guilty. he should also be fired if he violated policy of the city of astoria and the police department.
So Brian should go to jail for having consensual sex on duty, and other people (Robert Smith) get probation after actually commiting a real crime?? Wonder if there even is a policy about having sex with a boyfriend, girlfriend, wife, or husband while on a union break?? What evidence, he admitted to it....just because he said he did it does not make it against the law!!
So is OSP just after Slotte is that what you are saying.
Have they charged anyone else?? Others have been disciplined by departments for doing it, but at least in Clatsop County they have not been charged.....so maybe.
Make you think about OSP just picking on Slotte and APD because I know for a fact some of the CCSO Deputies are doing the same thing. One was even chaught by his wife. So way do they get to slip under the rug even when their department knows they are doing it.
Brian Slotte is a cancer to the Law Enforcement community and society. Slotte tried countless times to have an affair with my wife, as far as I know it never happen. "As far as I know". Jail time would do this maggot some good! Carma=1 – Slotte=0
"Slotte tried countless times to have an affair with my wife, as far as I know it never happen." REALLY?? And tell me you "try" to have an affair with someone's wife? You either do it or you don't. ALL CHARGES WERE DROPPED, so the evidence was not there for prosecution. Would have been a great trial though. Slotte getting on the stand and telling the truth yet again, and the ex-girlfriend getting up there talking about all her past problems, most of them not even invloving Slotte. I think the best carma of it all is that Slotte still lives a very good life and has respect of many, many people. If you don't believe walk around with him for a bit, 10 people will come and talk to him about it!! :)
Brian Slotte has lied many times on official cases, skewed the facts and was terminated rightfully for his action. I used to watch him get smash drunk at the bar then 3 hours later was on the road working. He's a dishonest person that has made a fool of many people that used to support him. I'm very disappointed in him still many years later.
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