A former Gary police officer was sentenced Wednesday to a yr in federal jail after pleading responsible to violating a handcuffed man’s civil rights by utilizing extreme pressure whereas arresting him.
A U.S. District Court docket decide in Hammond sentenced Terry Peck to 1 yr and in the future in jail adopted by one yr of supervised launch, courtroom data present.
Peck, 48, pleaded responsible in August to 1 depend of deprivation of rights underneath coloration of regulation — a federal crime with a most sentence of as much as 10 years in jail. He admitted utilizing extreme pressure whereas arresting a motorist throughout a March 2019 site visitors cease as he was on responsibility for the Gary Police Division.
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“Whereas the driving force was handcuffed and never posing a risk to Peck or anybody round him, Peck slammed the driving force’s face and head in opposition to a police car, breaking the person’s tooth and inflicting him bodily harm,” the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned in a information launch.
A former Gary, Indiana, police officer has been sentenced to a yr in jail for a civil rights violation.
Peck was indicted in October 2021 by a federal grand jury. He’s a previous president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 61 in Gary.
Peck was fired in 2020 by the Gary Police Civil Service Fee following a disciplinary grievance filed in reference to the motorist’s assault, courtroom data present.
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“This profitable prosecution demonstrates how justice can prevail when victims and witnesses bravely report legal misconduct by those that took an oath to serve and defend,” mentioned U.S. Lawyer Clifford D. Johnson for the Northern District of Indiana.
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