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Cop faces disciplinary hearing in Taser case
WARREN — Among the laundry list of charges Patrolman Richard Kovach faces for repeatedly using a Taser on an intoxicated woman is inhumane treatment.
Kovach, 40, was placed on administrative leave about three weeks after a police dashcam videotape of the Sept. 2 arrest of 38-year-old Heidi Gill of Howland outside Up The Creek, a Warren bar on East Market Street, was reviewed.
In a letter to Kovach dated Oct. 31 and obtained by The Vindicator on Saturday, Chief John M. Mandopoulos lists the results of an Internal Affairs Unit investigation and the charges Kovach now faces.
The summary of violations range from police ethics, rules of conduct and use of force to protection of prisoners, falsifying a report and more.
For more, see Sunday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com
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