The chairman of the D.C. police union has filed a federal lawsuit accusing police officials of launching an illegal internal investigation of him because he has publicly challenged "numerous policies and practices of [the department] and its leadership."
Kristopher Baumann, chairman of the D.C. police labor committee for Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1, said police officials were also "monitoring" what he said at public meetings. The suit asks a judge to block the internal investigation from proceeding. A spokeswoman for the police department could not be reached. Baumann did not return an e-mail seeking comment.
The suit centers on a barricade situation May 30 between police and a man suspected of shooting at officers. More details about the incident could not be determined. In the lawsuit, filed in the District's federal court Monday, Baumann alleges that he referred questionable command decisions about the incident to the union's safety committee for investigation.
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