LEO Round Table is an internet based law enforcement talk show. This is episode 56, recorded on 06/27/2016, with the following on-air personalities: Chip DeBlock (Host), Luke Lirot (Attorney), Bret Bartlett, Mark Hopper, Bobby Alsip, Charles Humphrey and David D’Agresta. We produce two 30 minute shows each week that are released on our YouTube channel Tuesdays and Thursdays. In addition to your host, the other panelists (except for attorney Luke Lirot) are active or retired law enforcement officers as well.
Topic 1 concerns Belle Isle police officer Brandon Cornwell admitting that law enforcement officers were ordered to withdraw from inside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando (Florida) while terrorist Omar Mateen was on a shooting spree. Officer Cornwell’s statements contradict information released by the FBI. Also mentioned in the story is Chris Grollneck.
Topic 2 concerns discrepancies in the Pulse nightclub shooting timeline. Quoted in the story is Orlando Police Chief John Mina. Also mentioned is Orlando Police Officer Adam Gruler, Answai Bennett and Orlando Torres.
Topic 3 concerns former Cherokee County (Georgia) School District Lieutenant Daniel Peabody being charged with felony Animal Cruelty and Making False Statements in connection with the death of a police K-9 (Inka) left in a patrol car. Quoted in the story is Cherokee County Chief Marshal Ron Hunton
Topic 4 concerns a mistrial in the case of off-duty Richmond (Virginia) Police Officer David Cobb charged with Second Degree Murder in the shooting death of Paterson Brown, Jr. at a carwash.
Topic 5 concerns no charges being filed against a Metropolitan Police Department officer after he dry-fired his firearm at another officer in roll call after being ordered to do so by a sergeant.
Topic 6 concerns a ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court stating that Michigan law protects law enforcement officers who make statements under threat of possibly being fired, even if those statements are false. Mentioned in the story are justices Brian Zahra, Stephen Markman and David Viviano.