A Louisiana State Police official, accused of of erasing data from his work cellphone after the death of Ronald Greene, has been placed on administrative leave nearly three years after the Black motorist's death.
On Friday, the head of the law enforcement agency, Superintendent Col. Lamar Davis, said he"placed Lt. Col. Doug Cain on paid administrative leave pending the ongoing administrative investigation into the sanitization of his department cellular device," in a statement issued by LSP."The decision to place him on leave was made in the best interest of the department to eliminate any questions into the integrity of the investigation.
While Cain was not at the scene of the incident involving Greene, his work phone is alleged to have been sanitized in the wake of Greene's death.According to Davis' testimony, Cain has not been interviewed by internal affairs. Cain testified before the same committee on March 22. During his testimony, state Rep. Debbie Villio asked him why his cellphone had been sanitized, Cain responded,"I can't speak to that ma'am.
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