Metropolitan Police Department Officer Arrested
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Metropolitan Police Department Officer Arrested
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Youth Investigations Division announced today that a MPD officer has been arrested.
On Wednesday, January 9, 2013, Officer Wendel Palmer, who is assigned to the Sixth District, was arrested pursuant to a warrant and charged with First Degree Child Sexual Abuse for offenses that reportedly occurred when the victim was a juvenile.
Officer Palmer, who joined the Department in 1990, has been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of the criminal charges.






