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A CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER
WORKING OFF-DUTY AS A SECURITY
GUARD GETS INTO AN ALLOCATION
AND ENDS UP SHOOTING A MAN.
A JOINT INVESTIGATOR, CHICAGO
REPORTER, AND DAVE SAVINI HAS
MORE ON MOONLIGHTING COPS THAT
CAN LEAD TO EXPENSIVE
INVESTIGATIONS AND LIEWFORTS.
-- LUTES.
THE CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER
KENNETH WALKER DIDN'T WANT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT HE WAS SEEN
DOING WHILE WORKING A SECOND
JOB AS A PRIVATE SECURITY
GUARD.
THAT'S HIM IN THE WHITE SHIRT.
PULLING A GUN FROM THE ANKLE
HOLSTER AND FATALLY SHOOTING
MARLIN HORTEN.
HE WAS SHOT IN THE CHEST.
SHOT IN THE CHEST.
HIS BROTHER DIED OUTSIDE
THIS CHA BUILDING IN 2013.
DID YOUR BROTHER HAVE A GUN
OR A WEAPON?
NO, HE DIDN'T HAVE EITHER.
HE WAS UNARMED.
OFFICER WALKER HAD JUST
WORKED TWO SHIFTS IN A ROW.
ONE AS A CHICAGO COP AND ONE
HERE AS A PRIVATE SECURITY
GUARD.
AND HE ALLEGEDLY WORKED 16 1/2
HOURS STRAIGHT.
WHEN HE FIRED THAT DEADLY SHOT.
HOW CAN YOU TRUST HIS
JUDGMENT WHEN SOMEONE IS
WORKING THAT MANY HOURS?
YOU.
THINK WERE YOU CLEAR HEADED
ENOUGH AFTER WORKING ALL OF
THOSE HOURS?
OR CBS 2 CHICAGO REPORTER
INVESTIGATION FOUND THE CITY IS
ON THE FINANCIAL HOOK TO DEFEND
WALKER IN THE ONGOING HORTON
LAWSUIT.
EVEN THOUGH OFFICER WALKER WAS
WORKING FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY.
THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN AN OFF-DUTY
OFFICER IDENTIFIES THEMSELVES
AS POLICE THE CITY SAYS IT IS
REQUIRED TO DEFEND THEM IN
LAWSUITS.
DO YOU THINK THE TAXPAYERS
SHOULD HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL
FOR YOUR OFF-DUTY SHOOTING?
EXCUSE ME.
IT COULD COST MILLIONS.
DESPITE THE LIABILITY, CHICAGO
POLICE HAVE FEW RULES
REGULATING SECONDARY
EMPLOYMENT.
THEY DON'T COLLECT ANY
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MANY
OFFICERS ARE WORKING OFF-DUTY.
WHERE THEY ARE WORKING.
WHAT KIND OF WORK THEY ARE
DOING.
A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REPORT
RELEASED IN JANUARY SAYS A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ALLEGED
POLICE MISCONDUCT INVOLVES
SECOND JOBS AND WHETHER THE
CITY IS DEFENDING THE
MOONLIGHTING COPS OR NOT, IT
ALSO COSTS MONEY TO INVESTIGATE
THE INCIDENTS SUCH AS A 2 1/2
YEAR PROBE INTO OFFICER KA LEAD
SHAR.
AND HE REPORTEDLY PUNCHED A
PORTILLO DINER LACERATING HIS
FACE AND HE WRAPPED HIS CUFFS
AROUND HIS FISTS LIKE BRASS
KNUCKLES.
STANDS BEHIND THE BADGE AND
ALLOWS HIM TO DO SOME THINGS
THAT ARE ABOVE THE LAW.
DO YOU BELIEVE THERE SHOULD
BE MORE RULES INVOLVING POLICE
OFFICERS AND MOONLIGHTING?
DEFINITELY.
WALKER WAS CLEARED OF
WRONGDOING IN THE HORTON
SHOOTING.
AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER
POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT
REGULATE MOONLIGHTING AND ONE
THAT HAS HIRED COMPANIES HIRING
POLICE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR WRONGDOING.
AND FOR CPD, ANY CHANGE IN THE
POLICY WOULD HAVE TO BE
NEGOTIATED WITH THE POLICE