By Jonathan Bullington,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
A veteran member of New Orleans
Police Department's Juvenile Bureau has been placed on an unpaid
"emergency suspension" after police said he used "unauthorized
force" on a 16-year-old girl.
Officer Terrance Saulney, a
24-year veteran of the department, is accused of using force on the girl as she
was being processed for intake on Tuesday (Sept. 23), according to an NOPD
release.
Police did not specify the
nature of that force, but said Saulney reported the incident to his supervisor,
who reviewed surveillance footage and contacted the Public Integrity Bureau
Force Investigation Team.
That unit conducted its own
investigation on Wednesday, and suspended Saulney without pay pending the
completion of its investigation, police said.
The U.S. Department of Justice,
federal consent decree monitor and Independent Police Monitor have all been
notified of the investigation, police said.
Saulney's suspension comes one
day after NOPD announced that 15-year veteran Officer Jayson Germann was fired
after police said he violated department rules for off-duty paid details.
