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jakeXT

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Sun Jul 13, 2014, 05:56 AM Jul 2014

Durham police officers accused of faking 911 calls to enter homes

DURHAM (WTVD) --
A Durham police officer admitted under oath that he lied in order to gain entry to a home and to serve an outstanding warrant.

During a court hearing last May, court officials say he told a District Court judge that it was a common practice within Durham's police department.

He said he knocked on a resident's door, claiming police had received a 9-1-1 hang up call. But, it never happened.

It's the reason why Durham Police Chief Jose Lopez sent out an internal memo obtained by ABC11.

"Effective immediately," Lopez wrote, "No officer shall inform a citizen that there has been a call to the emergency communications center, including a hang up call, when there in fact has been no such call."

http://abc11.com/news/i-team-dpd-accused-of--faking-911-calls/172684/

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