LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The attorney representing two Louisville Metro Police officers disciplined in connection with improper immigration-related searches of a license plate camera system said his clients were swept up in a breakdown involving federal agencies, internal communication and unclear policies.
Attorney F. Todd Lewis represents Lt. Jeremy Ruoff and Detective Wesley Troutman, both of whom faced discipline after an agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration used Troutman’s login credentials to access the city’s Flock Safety camera system and conducted searches labeled with immigration-related terms.
Lewis said Troutman, who has long been assigned to a DEA task force, shared his password with the agent to the system as part of routine cooperation between law enforcement agencies working criminal cases…