Police Officers Arrested

Mobile Police Marijuana Mobile Police arrested two of their own Wednesday.

by Robert Blomquist

Published: Wed, February 06, 2008 - 9:01 pm CST Last Updated: Wed, February 06, 2008 - 10:41 pm CST

Mobile Police Department arrested two of its own officers Wednesday for illegal conduct on the job.

Police Officer Desmond Brooks was arrested after police seized more than $300 and illegal drugs from his home in Theodore. Brooks' arrest was the result a tip indicating he was involved in illegal activity. He is facing charges of Theft of Lost Property Second Degree, Possession of a Controlled Substance (crack cocaine) and Possession of Marijuana Second Degree.

Later Wednesday evening, the investigation into Officer Brooks led to the arrest of Police Officer Aaron Porter, 32, of Mobile. He is facing a charge of Possession of a controlled Substance (cocaine).

The Mobile Police Department says it wants to send a clear message that they will not tolerate wrong-doing among officers, "It's not something we take lightly" says Police Chief Phillip Garrett. Brooks, 28, has been an officer for eight years.

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rmseek1234 Says:

Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 3:46 pm

One other comment for now-I have said in other forums and posts that are anti law enforcement, don’t judge until you have walked in their shoes. There are citizen academies and citizen ride alongs if you want to see the true life of law enforcement. Take the time to check it out. I am very proud to be the wife a dedicated officer and to know MANY more fine and upstanding officers and their families. It is also not right to judge these two, until we know the whole story-it could be possible that what the first poster said is right-not that that makes what THEY did right, because it is not their job to “pay” informants-but I suppose some could get that TV land mentality.

rmseek1234 Says:

Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 3:37 pm

You can’t base opinions on an entire department on what two have done. If that were the case, would we not trust every black person, because a few robbed stores or whatever. Would we not trust every doctor, because a few made poor judgments or someone died during surgery. The list could go on and on. To vent such venom, on an overall fine department is ridiculous. I am in no means justifying their actions-but to group the whole department as untrustworthy or crooked is insane.

JENNY_143 Says:

Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 1:14 pm

I agree, you can’t trust cops. The law has no meaning anymore to most cops… I don’t believe that anything will be done about it! More than likely nothing will be done to these cops either… the city will come up with some story like carl has, to let them off the hook.

Mercedes Says:

Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 10:51 am

These guys are dead. How do ex cops do in prison? At least they didn’t hurt any Pit Bulls.

CwhatUwant2C Says:

Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 9:50 am

THEY WILL COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO GET OUT OF IT…....YOU CAN NOT TRUST THE POLICE…YES THERE IS SOME VERY GOOD OFFICERS OUT THERE…AND THESE MAKE THEM LOOK BAD…..THIS SHOWS EVERYONE YOU CANT EVEN TRUST THE POICE….....I HAVENT TRUSTED THE POLICE IN YEARS BECAUSE OVER THE YEARS YOU SEE THERE IS MORE CROCKED POLICE OUT THERE…...I WOULDNT EVEN GIVE THEM BOND….........

carl Says:

Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 9:13 am

I think the punishment depends on the motive.I have heard of cases of this type over the years where this has happened and the reason given was ,they were giving the drugs to their drug addicted informants who was giving them valuable information on other crimes,not that this is the case here,just a possibilty.