A school resource officer was fired after arresting two 6-year-old students last week, Orlando police said.
Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón announced that school resource officer Dennis Turner was terminated as a result of arresting the two children without the approval of a commanding officer. An investigation is still underway into the incident.
Rolón also said that he has reminded officers of the department policy that requires officers to get approval before arresting any child under the age of 12.that a 6-year-old girl was charged with battery after she kicked someone at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy, a K-5th grade charter school in Orlando.
A second child, a 6-year-old boy, was arrested in a separate incident at the same school, was processed and later released to a relative.Michael Dean, the head of the juvenile division at the prosecutor’s office, said Monday that his office was alerted the boy was on his way to the juvenile detention center and he intervened so that the boy wouldn’t spend time at the center.
Ayala said she has not received a case number for the boy, but once it is assigned,"it too will be immediately dismissed."
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