[kellyhound]

A Saratoga County sheriff's sergeant abruptly resigned Monday as he was charged with official misconduct and harassment after a video was posted on the Internet over the weekend that purportedly captured him slapping a man whose car he wanted to search.

Sheriff Michael H. Zurlo said his office began an investigation into the actions of Sgt. Shawn R. Glans immediately after they learned the video was posted on the department's Facebook page around 9 p.m. Friday.

The video shows Glans demanding to search the vehicle of a young man, Colin Fitch, who was standing next to the deputy in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart store in Halfmoon.

Fitch refused to consent to the search as Glans peppered him with expletives and said they could get a search warrant if he didn't turn over his keys.

Glans grows increasingly agitated during the encounter, which was being secretly filmed by Fitch's friend Adam Roberts, who was standing next to the pair.

"You want to (expletive) resist?" Glans tells Fitch as the deputy steps toward him and the video captures a loud slapping sound.

The video camera was pointed downward at the time of the alleged strike. Glans then grabs Fitch's keys, throwing them to another deputy. "Search the (expletive) car," Glans tells the other deputy, who has not been identified.

Zurlo acknowledged Glans struck the young man. Glans, 48, was arraigned in Halfmoon Town Court on Monday afternoon on one count of official misconduct, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation.

The charges state that while on-duty and in uniform Glans "did knowingly commit unauthorized physical acts in seeking to secure and expedite the search of a vehicle with an intent to benefit himself," according to court records.

The harassment charge says Glans slapped Fitch "in the back of the head with an open hand."

[rob666]

Wow.

[30564U]

Well...there's not much I can say here, it just makes me sad...he fucked up, and in a most public and awful way. I can completely understand what happened...the world changed and this older sergeant forgot to evolve with it and will now pay a very high price for his failure or inability to change. In all honesty, his resignation/retirement was probably long overdue...police work affects some folks more than others. According to this sargeant's sleeve hash marks, he has at least twenty five years of service (five stripes at five years a stripe). He will retire now and hopefully enjoy the rest of his life in peace. He made a major mistake, and I'm sorry he did it, but he did, and he must move on before his age, his stubbornness, and his twenty-five years of ghosts, cause him to do something even worse. He screwed up in dealing with two juvenile jack asses that weren't fit to wipe that man's ass...and who, in another time, would have had their collective butt's beat into a hospital ward for their attitudes alone. I'm sorry that those two idiots were responsible for this old sargeant's demise...he and his family deserved better for his years of service and sacrifice.

[zin0]

This is why I can't stand most cops because this is how I've been treated 80% of the time I get pulled over. When cops pulls you out of the car he even asks "do you you MIND if I search your car". So the you have every right to decline unless he has a good enough reason for it. Cops like this just don't like being told no.

[Arevalosocom]

Fuck this cop.

[Shakey]

This guys language would be enough for me to fire him. Unprofessional.

[Pyramid_Head]

That is a horrible accuse for a cop.

[30564U]

Originally Posted by Pyramid_Head ↗

That is a horrible accuse for a cop.

Excuse.

[Oswald2001]

Originally Posted by zin0 ↗

This is why I can't stand most cops because....blah blah blah....some lame excuse....blah blah blah...I'm projecting my own mental illness on 'cops'....blah blah blah...more obvious BS...blah blah blah...

You are clearly enjoying your Persecution Complex.

How many times have you been pulled over?

Is this a hobby of yours?

I would go sometimes 10+ years between getting pulled over and then only because I was exceeding the speed limit.

I never had any problem, but I could have if I had your very very poor attitude.

How much of your imagined mistreatment is due to your own 'sweet disposition'?

When are you going to realize that you are doing this to yourself and most - if not all of this nonsense - is in your mind?



ProTip: Take note of the kind of low life cretinous scum that share your delusions and skewed misperceptions.

When you see them, you are looking in the mirror.

[Mr Poo]

Fat idiot with a power complex..