ROCKPORT, IN (WFIE) -
A 14 News Update on the story
about a Rockport police officer who was suspended after allegations she sent
lewd pictures of herself.
A Rockport Police Officer has
been suspended following allegations of sending lewd photos of herself.
Officer Dawn Krantz has been
suspended for three weeks without pay for conduct unbecoming a police officer.
In addition to this, Krantz is
to be evaluated at Southern Hills Mental Health or an equivalent facility.
No one from Mayor Harold
Goffinet to Police Chief Dale Meredith is ready to give any kind of official
statement on this matter.
The notice does not specify
what was in those texts. It also doesn't specify whether those texts were made
while on duty or in Krantz' personal time.
We tried to reach out to
Krantz, police Chief Dale Meredith, Mayor Goffinet and Hargis, but no one is
willing to make an official comment on the matter right now.
That officer is speaking out.
Officer Dawn Krantz posted on
our 14 News Facebook page overnight.
As we reported on Wednesday,
Krantz was suspended for three weeks without pay for conduct unbecoming a
police officer.
According to a disciplinary
notice from the Rockport City attorney-- there are allegations that last
September, Officer Krantz texted inappropriate images and messages to someone
in the community.
Last week a report of that
activity was taken by the city attorney and submitted to the City of Rockport
for review- the suspension is a result of that review.
Krantz took to our Facebook
page to thank everyone who has supported her.
She writes:
"I accept full
responsibility for my actions and I want to assure everyone this incident
occurred on my personal time with my personal phone.
I do realize my actions have
affected my family, my friends and my community. My actions have also affected
my Police Departments reputation, which we all have worked very long and hard
to build.
I want to thank Rockport Mayor
Harold Goffinet, Rockport Board of Public Works/Safety and Rockport Police
Chief Dale Meredith for handling this incident the way that they did.
I look forward to returning to
work and continuing to serve the City of Rockport."
In addition to that 21 day
unpaid suspension, Officer Krantz is supposed to be evaluated at Southern Hills
Mental Health or an equivalent facility.