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MPD arrests fellow officer on opioid-related charges

Posted by Dale Liesch | Aug 28, 2017 | Latest, News | 1 |

The Mobile Police Department placed one of its own under arrest Monday, following an Internal Affairs Investigation.

Cpl. Damian Colvin surrendered to authorities on Aug. 28 and faces a total of three charges, including possession of a controlled substance, theft of property in the second degree and tampering with physical evidence, according to MPD Chief Lawrence Battiste.

Battiste said the department got word of an issue involving Colvin from a fellow officer. At a press conference Monday, Battiste said it was unfortunate MPD had to take an action against one of its officers.

“We will police our own,” Battiste said. “We will hold each other accountable. We owe it to the City of Mobile.”

Colvin, who has been on the force since 2004, worked with Battiste off and on for the past two and a half years. During that time, Battiste said Colvin, who resigned “almost immediately” after the allegations against him were brought to light, was a hard worker.

“I was never aware of any integrity issues,” Battiste added. “He always worked hard and did his very best.”

The possession charge involves opioids, though Battiste told reporters it was too early in the investigation to speculate further. Colvin was a patrol officer in the second precinct at the time of his resignation, though he previously worked in the fourth precinct and as a member of the department’s robbery detail.

However, the allegations that led to Colvin’s arrest on Monday aren’t the first his fellow officers have made against him. In 2013, Colvin was one of four MPD officers at the first precinct implicated in a scandal related to falsely submitted crime reports. At the time, Colvin was suspended from duty for 120 hours for “conduct unbecoming” and “submitting false entries.”

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Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch has been a reporter at Lagniappe since February 2014. He covers all aspects of the city of Mobile, including the mayor, City Council, the Mobile Housing Board of Commissioners, GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico and others. He studied journalism at The University of Alabama and graduated in 2007. He came to Lagniappe, after several years in the newspaper industry. He achieved the position of news editor at The Alexander City Outlook before moving to Virginia and then subsequently moving back a few years later. He has a number of Alabama and Virginia Press association awards to his name. He grew up in the wilderness of Baldwin County, among several different varieties of animals including: dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, a horse and an angry goat. He now lives in the Oakleigh neighborhood of Mobile with his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Joan. The family currently has no goats, angry or otherwise, but is ruled by the whims of two very energetic dogs.

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