AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH BEATING A SUSPECT AT A LOCAL MOTEL FACES A JUDGE SUNDAY … BUT 24 YEAR OLD CEDRIC GREER WAS SHOWN AS BEING CHARGED WITH A FELONY INSTEAD OF A MISDEMEANOR. APD SAYS IT WAS THE COURT’S MISTAKE.
GREER IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY AFTER A CADET IN TRAINING REPORTED HE NEEDLESSLY BEAT A SUSPECT WHO WAS FULLY COOPERATING WHILE BEING ARRESTED MARCH 20TH AT THE BEST CHOICE INN. STATE POLICE IS INVESTIGATING.
APD CHIEF GORDEN EDEN SAYS THE CASE INCLUDES ITEMS OF GRAVE CONCERN. APD HIRED GREER IN LATE 2011. HE HAS ONE EARLIER COMPLAINT CLAIMING HE VIOLATED APD POLICY.
