LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Lexington police officer resigned in January after the chief of police recommended he be fired over three separate disciplinary complaints that documented a hit-and-run collision in his cruiser, chronic tardiness to court and a string of on-duty missteps that included mishandling a possible sexual assault call, according to internal records.
Officer Samuel Sheehan, assigned to the Bureau of Patrol’s Central Sector third shift, submitted his resignation effective Jan. 9, 2026, after meeting with Police Chief Lawrence B. Weathers on Dec. 15, 2025. Weathers had recommended termination across all three complaints two days later on Dec. 17, according to the disciplinary files. Sheehan, hired in June 2023, requested that his cases be referred to the department’s Disciplinary Review Board, but he resigned before the board convened.
The most serious complaint centered on a Nov. 9, 2025, collision. According to a Dec. 8 investigative summary by Lt. Joe Anderson of the Public Integrity Unit, Sheehan was responding to a disorder call at 367 W. Short St. when he struck another vehicle that was traveling on Main Street. Sheehan had not activated his emergency lights or siren before the collision, and traffic camera footage showed he was attempting to pass several vehicles and quickly change lanes at the time…