SUNSET, La ( KLFY ) — A Sunset Police Officer was allegedly fired today after refusing to follow orders he says are illegal and unethical.
Officer Derrick Savoie says he was asked to write a warrant for a man who was accused of trespassing and who Savoie says was illegally searched. Savoie says when he refused to write the illegal warrant, and Sunset’s Chief of Police fired him.
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News 10 sat down with Savoie for an exclusively interview, and he discussed how he wants law enforcement to be held accountable for breaking the law.
“If you, illegally search the vehicle, anything you find after that, is nothing,” Savoie explained. “You can’t, say ‘oh look I found this. You illegally searched.”
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Savoie says on Jan. 7, Sunset police received a call about a man’s vehicle trespassing on someone’s property. After a routine check of the vehicle’s license plate and tag, officers learned there was no insurance and tags were expired.