PHOENIX—Three Phoenix police officers have resigned after a man alleged they forced him to eat marijuana found in his vehicle to avoid going to jail, Chief Joseph Yahner said Thursday. A fourth officer, Jeff Farrior, was demoted from lieutenant to sergeant for being aware of last week’s incident and not taking appropriate action, Yahner told reporters. This conduct is against everything that we stand for,” Yahner said. Police identified the three officers who quit as Richard G. Pina, Jason E. McFadden and Michael J. Carnicle. Two of them are being investigated both criminally and by the department, Yahner said, adding that the third officer is considered a witness to the act and is the subject of just the administrative investigation.

Source: thestar September 23, 2016 01:33 UTC