Lake Stevens cop ordered to work on his communication skills
Jan 29, 2013, 7:16 AM | Updated: 7:21 am
After a bar fight and a civil rights lawsuit a Lake Stevens police officer is being ordered to work on his communication skills.
The Everett Herald reports Officer Steve Warbis violated his department’s code of ethics after the bar fight in May that began with an argument over someone touching a customer’s classic car.
In 2011, Warbis reportedly stopped a man for driving erratically when he was off-duty. That stop ended in a civil rights lawsuit for unlawful arrest and excessive use of force that was later settled out of court for $100,000.
An internal investigation determined that Warbis did not break any criminal or civil laws, but found that he needed to have some additional training and that he did fail to promote a positive image as a police officer.
Report by KIRO Radio’s Pete Gammell
