Found Deceased OH - Alex Enslen, 31, Missing after drinking at bar, West Chester, 31 Jan 2022

[PommyMommy]

JUN 6, 2022

West Chester police officer quits after failing to act on tip about missing man found dead

This is related to Alexander Enslen, a West Chester man who went missing Jan. 31 and was found dead March 19

www.fox19.com

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Margaret Clem, an officer since 2017, “failed to act/document/and share” after leasing agents at the complex told her on March 10 that maintenance workers there thought they saw a human body in the pond, police records show.

It’s not clear if the officer checked the pond because her body camera was not turned on “while on a call for service and while engaging with members of the community,” records state.

A maintenance worker at the complex told police reviewing her response that he saw “an object in the pond that resembled a human body or possibly a log. He asked Officer Clem if she wanted him to show her the location of his observation and she declined. Officer Clem told him the pond had already been searched and nothing was located. He remembered Officer Clem mentioned something about search teams using sonar and nothing was located. He observed Officer Clem leave the complex without searching the pond or surrounding areas.”

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[imstilla.grandma]

Investigation: Officer didn’t report tip on missing man later found dead in pond

An internal investigation found that Officer Margaret Clem received a tip from a maintenance worker on March 11 of a possible body in the pond.

www.whio.com

 

[Tssiemer]

So apparently she was given the info the week before he was found. The article is very informative but I guess I'm wondering why, if they saw the cop leave without checking, they didn't call it in later? Apparently, the cop told them they had checked the pond with sonar and it was clear. I don't know.

 

[evilwise]

Leasing agent sees an object in the pond that might have been a body or might have been a log, tells cop. Cop tells agent that the pond has already been searched and there's no body in it, agent then concludes it must have been a log.

 

[Betty P]

Leasing agent sees an object in the pond that might have been a body or might have been a log, tells cop. Cop tells agent that the pond has already been searched and there's no body in it, agent then concludes it must have been a log.

West Chester, OH seems to have some problems with a few members of their police force. The officer above also wasn't wearing her body cam that would have recorded her conversation with the leading agent. She hadn't worn it at all during her shift, according to the investigation.

Another West Chester officer was investigated for ignoring a woman's complaint about a stalker. The stalker later killed the woman.

West Chester cop suspended over mistakes in Ellie Weik stalking case is fired over new violations

James Thomas has left the department after a new internal investigation found four violations of police rules and regulations

www.fox19.com

Perhaps someone needs to review the West Chester PD's training program for police officers.

Sadly, these officers will easily find work elsewhere in a nearby PD. JMO