Chandler police investigate officer’s reputed illegal searches

Chandler police begin an internal inquiry today to determine whether to fire a suspended officer accused of conducting illegal records checks for two men under investigation by state and federal authorities.

Police Chief Sherry Kiyler said Wednesday she expects the department’s investigation of officer Bradley Forward, who was indicted Tuesday on 10 felony counts, will take no more than a few weeks to complete.

“We have a lot of rights as police officers and not abusing them is an obligation,” Kiyler said.

The grand jury alleges Forward, a seven-year employee with the department, misused police computers and his position to illegally search records from January 2005 until last month for two Chandler men, Edward Purvis and Gregg Wolfe. The men were principals of a Scottsdale nonprofit now under investigation by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the FBI.

Those authorities are looking into allegations the Christian organization, Nakami Chi Group Ministries International, violated securities laws and defrauded investors.

Kiyler said her department learned on Oct. 16 that the state also was looking at Forward’s involvement as part of its investigation of the nonprofit.

He was suspended three days later.

“The concerns that were brought forward were significant enough that I felt compelled to place him on administrative leave,” Kiyler said.

Forward was a patrol officer at the time.

Prior to that, Forward had worked three years as a detective in the family
crimes unit, where at one point, he wrote in a self-evaluation: “I have a good foundation of knowledge in regards to rules, policies and procedures.”

“The department waited until the conclusion of the attorney general’s investigation to start its own inquiry because the two must be kept separate by law,” Kiyler said.

Forward’s personnel file shows he was suspended for one day in November 2004 for failing to show up for work three times over the previous three years.

Read Another Article

A Family at Cross-Purposes
Chandler cop resigns before inquiry

Related News Articles Topic(s): Nakami Chi Group Ministries International Subscribe to Religion News Blog updates Subscribe to Religion News Blog [What is this?] Get Religion News Blog's headline by Email [What is this?] Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults: ApologeticsSearch.com: Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs. CounterCultSearch.com: Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support. Find Related Religion & Spirituality Books at Amazon.com Nakami Chi Group Ministries International Possibly related... or Most Popular Religion News Articles Kent Hovind: Evangelist arrested on federal charges Beast’s real mark devalued to ’616′ Muslim Woman Gives Sex Advice on Arab TV Michael Jackson Confirms Conversion to Islam Kent Hovind, ‘Dr. Dino,’ guilty on all counts The fall and rise of Carlton Pearson Search False prophet Harold Camping sets another date for rapture: May 21, 2011 Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Kent Hovind — Dr. Dino — sentenced to 10 years in prison

Search Religion News Blog