A trio of Louisville Metro Police Department commanders are ensnared in an internal investigation into an officer’s use of the city’s license plate reader database, according to records obtained by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting.
LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey initiated the Professional Standards Unit investigations into Lt. Col. Nicholas Owen, Major Stephen Lacefield, and Lt. Jeremy Ruoff last month after KyCIR revealed officer Wesley Troutman listed immigration enforcement-related keywords on 150 searches of the city’s license plate reader database.
Humphrey wants to know what the three commanders knew, said or did in relation to Troutman’s searches. Troutman was already under investigation when Humphrey expanded the inquiry to include them…