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Chief defends cop after Steeler coach's arrest is questioned

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The city's acting police chief is defending an officer who arrested Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter outside a bar after the independent Citizens Police Review Board confirmed it's investigating the incident. Chief defends cop after Steeler coach's arrest is questioned

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Chief defends cop after Steeler coach’s arrest is questioned

PITTSBURGH –The city’s acting police chief is defending an officer who arrested Steelers coach Joey Porter outside a bar after the independent Citizens Police Review Board confirmed it’s investigating the incident. Chief defends cop after Steeler coach’s arrest is questioned

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Chief defends cop after Joey Porter”s arrest is questioned

Acting Chief Scott Schubert

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Pittsburgh’s acting police chief is defending an officer who arrested Steelers coach Joey Porter outside a bar Sunday night after the independent Citizens Police Review Board announced it’s investigating.

Review board executive director Elizabeth Pittinger says the “high visibility” of the incident prompted the review, even though the board typically…

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Chief defends cop after Steeler coach's arrest is questioned

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Chief defends cop after Steeler coach's arrest is questioned

The city's acting police chief is defending an officer who arrested Steelers assistant coach Joey Porter outside a bar after the independent Citizens Police Review Board confirmed it's investigating the incident. "I have concluded the officer's account of the incident is accurate and our officer conducted himself in the professional manner that is to be expected," Chief Scott Schubert said, referring to arresting Officer Paul Abel. Schubert said he reviewed unspecified videos of the incident on Sunday, including some recorded by Abel's body camera, in reaching that conclusion.Porter's arrest has generated intense social media interest, and review board executive director Elizabeth Pittinger said it was that high visibility and negative chatter on social media surrounding the incident that prompted the review.

whatever investigation has been launched by the review board has been done on their own accord and not as a result of any complaint filed by Joey Porter personally or me on his behalf.

Elizabeth Pittinger

The chatter Pittinger hopes to address stems from Porter's reputation as a hot head, she said, and his high profile as a Steelers coach and former star player.Abel has a controversial past and was nearly fired for a 2008 incident in which he pistol whipped and shot a man while off-duty. Abel claimed the man walked up to his car at red light and punched him.Abel was criminally charged with drunken driving, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment, but acquitted.

If we understand what happened, and there was no misconduct, we have a responsibility to assure the public of that.

Elizabeth Pittinger

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Chief Defends Cop After Steeler Coach’s Arrest Is Questioned PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s acting police chief is defending an officer who arrested Steelers coach Joey Porter outside a bar Sunday night after the independent Citizens Police Review Board announced it’s investigating.

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Chief defends cop after Steelers coach’s arrest is questioned

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Pittsburgh’s acting police chief is defending an officer who arrested Steelers coach Joey Porter outside a bar Sunday night after the independent Citizens Police Review Board announced it’s investigating. Chief defends cop after Steelers coach’s arrest is questioned