FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) – Two other Fayetteville officers were suspended due to evidence that came to light in the case of Sgt. Dominic Swanfeld, an officer who was suspended after a sexual harassment investigation, according to disciplinary documents from the city of Fayetteville.
Those officers were Cpl. Leonard Graves and Sgt. Creston Mackey, the documents state.
Both attended the June 21 Fraternal Order of Police State Conference at the Chancellor Hotel at 70 Northeast Ave. in Fayetteville (the same conference Swanfeld was at when he was accused of sexual harassment), according to the documents.
Swanfeld allegedly slapped a woman there on the buttocks and asked her sexually explicit questions. Investigators later determined there was insufficient evidence to prove those claims, according to disciplinary documents from the City of Fayetteville.
During the investigation Swanfeld was dishonest and deceptive with investigators, the documents state. Investigators learned that Swanfeld drank alcohol on June 20 and June 21 and then drove his Fayetteville Police Department vehicle, according to the documents.
“There was never an allegation that he was drunk while he was doing that, but it was confirmed that he had drank some alcoholic beverages and then drove his city vehicle,” Tabor said.
Swanfeld ended up being suspended for 30 days, and he was banned from taking home a police department vehicle for 180 days.
Graves and Mackey were each found to have consumed some alcohol before driving police vehicles, and that is ultimately what they were disciplined for, according to documents.
According to Fayetteville Police policies, procedures and rules, “No alcoholic beverages are to be consumed or carried in department vehicles, nor are they to be driven after the officer has been consuming alcoholic beverages.”
Graves was suspended without pay for 16 hours, and he was banned from taking home a police vehicle for 180 days, the documents state.
Mackey was suspended without pay for 24 hours, and he was also banned from taking home a police vehicle for 180 days, according to the documents.
The memos that both Graves and Mackey received detailing their suspensions were dated for Sept. 2.
Although they were not the primary focus of Swanfeld’s investigation, they were still found to have been in violation of department policy, and they were punished accordingly, the documents state.
