OREGON
Canby's City Administrator placed Police Chief Greg Kroeplin on paid administrative leave today, following an Oregonian story yesterday that outlined allegations from an ongoing FBI investigation that he concealed or failed to investigate one of his officer's alleged steroid abuse.
"The City of Canby takes seriously any allegation of employee misconduct,'' City Administrator Mark Adcock said, in a prepared statement. "The City understands the importance that the community maintains the trust in the integrity of the Canby Police Department that it has worked so long and hard to earn over the years.''
The city has ordered an "independent, third-party entity'' to carry out its own personnel investigation, the statement says.
The FBI launched a public corruption investigation in February, which led to the resignation of Canby Officer Jason Deason on July 17. Federal authorities alleged in multiple search warrant affidavits filed in U.S. District Court that Deason bought steroids in uniform, while on the job.
Further, federal agents alleged in court documents that Canby police supervisors either failed to address the problem or concealed its existence. A neighboring police agency gave Chief Kroeplin in July 2006 a two-page memo detailing an informant's tip about Deason's steroid buys from an Oregon City man, but Kroeplin brushed it off as unsubstantiated rumors, federal agents alleged in court documents.
Kroeplin last week referred all questions about the investigation to the FBI.
The FBI investigation is continuing. No charges have been filed.
To read Sunday's story, click here.
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