A Sacramento police officer has been arrested for two counts of filing a false police report, according to CBS13.
The Sacramento Police Department announced on Thursday, May 6, that officer Alexa Palubicki, 26, was the subject of a months-long investigation.
She has been with the department for three years and was placed on administrative leave when the details on her misconduct were received, stated the department in a news release.
The investigation stemmed from a traffic stop Palubicki made at a gas station. According to CBS13, Palubicki initially pulled over a Black man for illegal parking but later added in suspicion of a DUI for probable cause after consulting with her fiancé who is also a police officer.
"The issue of concern was the inconsistency between the initial SSD jail booking arrest report and the SPD crime report," said the report.
Information was brought forward by fellow officers last July and the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said the charges are related to an incident that occurred on July 11, 2020.
“The Department has instituted a number of changes to prevent incidents like this from ever happening again,” the department said in the news release. “These changes include creating an Inspection and Standards Team that is responsible for conducting reoccurring audits of arrest reports, body-worn camera footage, and crime reports to ensure that arrests are lawful and within policy.”
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