A WVSP trooper claiming to be the whistleblower, whose anonymous letter triggered a broad investigation into wrongdoing at the agency, spoke out Wednesday.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ/WDTV) - A West Virginia State Police trooper claiming to be the whistleblower, whose anonymous letter triggered a broad investigation into wrongdoing at the agency, spoke out Wednesday, yet he stopped short of saying he actually wrote the letter.
“Are you the author of that letter?” asked investigative reporter Curtis Johnson.
“I provided information for the letters,” Cpl. Joseph Comer replied.
“Did someone else write the letter on your behalf,” Johnson asked.
“I’ll just leave that, again, I had the information, and I provided the information,” Comer answered.
The anonymous allegations claim serious wrongdoing against members of the West Virginia State Police. It detailed claims of a “ghost account” used for purchases, falsified overtime and a hidden camera system placed in the women’s locker room at the State Police Training Academy.
Comer says his reason for giving the information in the letter was misconduct that he claims was getting worse.
“It goes against everything I believe as a trooper and the way in which I was raised,” he said Wednesday. “And beyond belief it goes against our oath of office. Our baseline is case law, state law, federal law, policy 81 CSR, which is our administrative rules -- we’re not above that. We were not better than anybody, but we are held to a higher standard,...
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