“Controversy Continues Over Racial Slur at Police Station: Councilman Wants Officers to Take Lie Detector Tests”

The following short article from the KETV website is cited here in full:

OMAHA, Neb. — A racial slur found inside an Omaha police precinct has one city council member upset.

Councilman Frank Brown said he wants police to take a lie-detector test.

The slur was found on Thanksgiving Day inside the northeast precinct. Omaha city officials said the incident has been investigated.

Now the NAACP and Brown say the city’s response is not enough.

“We should do all we can to find that person and punish that person no matter what the cost,” Brown said.

Brown plans to introduce a resolution at the next council meeting. It calls on Police Chief Don Carey to require handwriting analysis or polygraph tests for officers.

Chief Carey told The Omaha World Herald that lie detector testing would be too costly and unreliable.

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