New Orleans警员涉持配枪威胁室友被捕 10月17日自首 NOPD已将其无薪停职
位于路易斯安那州奥尔良堂区的新奥尔良市，St. Tammany Parish 警长办公室（STPSO）10月17日表示，New Orleans 警局（NOPD）巡警 Derrick Burmaster 当天上午自首，被以一项持枪严重袭击（aggravated assault with a firearm）罪名登记收押。Burmaster 现年47岁，住在 Slidell。
警长办公室称，事件发生在10月2日凌晨，地点是 Slidell 的 Bellwick Bay Drive 3300街区一处住所；Burmaster 被指在与室友争吵时，亮出其 NOPD 配发的枪支。该办公室人员犯罪调查组调查后，于10月16日取得逮捕令；Burmaster 10月17日上午到 St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center 自首并被收押，保释金定为15,000美元。上述指控为指控性质，Burmaster 在被证明有罪之前推定无罪。
NOPD 就此发表声明称，该局公共廉政局（Public Integrity Bureau）已对涉及警员 Derrick Burmaster 的指控展开调查；Burmaster 已被无薪紧急停职，其警察权力已被撤销，上述行政措施将在调查结果出来之前持续有效。（GSM 据 St. Tammany Parish 警长办公室发布与 NOPD 声明报道）
New Orleans Officer Arrested After Alleged Firearm Threat Against Roommate; NOPD Suspends Him Without Pay
New Orleans is a city in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said on October 17 that New Orleans Police Department patrol officer Derrick Burmaster surrendered that morning and was booked on one count of aggravated assault with a firearm. Burmaster, 47, is a resident of Slidell.
According to the sheriff's office, the alleged incident occurred in the early morning hours of October 2 at a residence in the 3300 block of Bellwick Bay Drive in Slidell, where Burmaster is accused of brandishing his NOPD-issued firearm during an argument with his roommate. Detectives with the sheriff's office Persons Crimes Unit investigated and obtained an arrest warrant on October 16. Burmaster surrendered at the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center on the morning of October 17 and was booked on the charge; his bond was set at $15,000. The charge is an allegation, and Burmaster is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
In a statement, the New Orleans Police Department said its Public Integrity Bureau has opened an investigation into the allegations involving Officer Derrick Burmaster, that he has been placed on emergency suspension without pay, and that his police powers have been revoked, with those administrative actions to remain in effect pending the outcome of the investigation. (GSM, based on the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office release and the NOPD statement)
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