HILLSBORO, Ore.
An off-duty Hillsboro police officer is accused of pulling a gun on a Scappoose couple and threatening their lives while they were eating ice cream.
Kevin Deavers said he and his wife were eating ice cream outside a Dairy Queen last week when Deavers said off-duty officer, Scott Hanley pulled in front of him and shined his headlights into the couple's car.
Deavers asked the man to dim his lights. He said that's when officer Hanley pulled out his gun.
"He says you need to leave. You need to leave right now, you need to go. I was trying to reason with him. 'Bud, I'm just eating my ice cream, why do you have your high beams pointed at my eyes?' Then he pulls out a semi-automatic pistol and holds it sideways... and says 'I'll kill you and her,'" said Deavers.
The Hillsboro Police Department confirmed Hanley was under investigation, but he has not suspended been suspended and police said they're still working to verify the story and figure out exactly what happened. But police did not dispute the fact that Hanley pulled out a gun.
The couple said they want quick action.
"Take his gun away from him and put him behind a desk. I don't know, but if you're that unstable, they're supposed to be trained to react to something. I hope I'd get tased before I get shot in the face," said Deavers.
At this time the Columbia County District Attorney had not decided whether to file charges against Hanley.
1 comment:
There is always only one side in your posting isn't there. I was a witness to this incident and the couple attacked the off duty officer. Amazing how it's always an assumption that makes someone else in this case the couple look like the ass for lying. Of course there no charges ever filed either. Maybe next time all of the facts should be gathered before posting!
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