Officer Adina Thrower
April 17, 1999 - While Officer Thrower's ex-boyfriend was driving, Thrower (in another vehicle), forced her ex's vehicle off the road, pulled her department issued handgun on him and proceeded to assault him.
April 18, 1999 - Officer Thrower was charged with two counts of felonious assault and one count of felony firearms
August 1999 - Charges against Officer Thrower were dismissed.
September 1999 - Officer Adina Thrower returned to work at the Flint PD
HEARING TODAY FOR OFFICER IN ASSAULT CASE
Flint Journal, The (MI)
April 27, 1999
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A pretrial hearing was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. today for a Flint police officer charged in an alleged assault on her former boyfriend April 17.
Adina Thrower, 30, an 8-year veteran of the police department, was arraigned Saturday before Flint District Judge Ramona M. Roberts on two counts of felonious assault and one count of felony firearms.
Thrower, who had been assigned to Flint's 911 center, was released on a $15,000 personal bond.
A complaint was filed April 17 by a man, 27, who is the father of Thrower's child.
In the complaint, the man said Thrower, who was in another vehicle, forced him off the road on East Boulevard Drive after midnight. She allegedly pulled a handgun on him during the altercation.
Thrower reportedly slapped the man, injuring his lip. The man told police he believed the officer pointed the gun at him as he drove off. The gun allegedly used in the assault was one issued to Thrower by the department.
The officer is currently on paid administrative leave pending completion of an internal investigation by the department.
Thrower is the fifth police department employee under investigation for criminal wrongdoing in recent weeks.
Flint: Officer to return to job
Flint Journal, The (MI)
September 1, 1999
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A Flint police officer who was charged with assaulting her former boyfriend is expected to be back on the job Sunday.
Police Chief Trevor A. Hampton said he was notified last week that charges against Adina Thrower, 30, were dismissed. She has worked for the department for eight years.
Hampton said he gave Thrower, who works in the 911 center, a 29-day suspension, placed her on one-year probation and set other provisions he would not divulge.
Thrower was charged with two counts of felonious assault and one count of felony firearm possession stemming from a complaint filed April 17 by the father of Thrower's child.
The complaint states that Thrower forced the man, 27, off the road on East Boulevard Drive and allegedly pulled a handgun on him.
According to reports, she slapped the man, injuring his lip. The man told police he believed the officer pointed the gun at him as he drove off. The gun allegedly used in the assault was one issued to Thrower by the department.
Cop's firing was too slow
Flint Journal, The (MI)
September 2, 1999
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Police departments cannot afford to have among their ranks officers who exhibit unacceptable, even unlawful behavior. The second chances other kinds of employees might receive are not reasonable for those who are entrusted with firearms and broad power.
That's why it's troubling that Officer Tegory Jarrett remained with the Flint Police Department as long as he did.
Jarrett, 29, is charged with firing two shots from his handgun last week, narrowly missing his estranged wife and a police officer. He has since been fired, but the alleged incident isn't the first involving Jarrett. Last month police also were called to intercede between Jarrett and his wife, and in January he was placed on probation for a domestic incident that occurred in Owosso, where Jarrett reportedly became extremely belligerent and uncooperative with officers.
In the Owosso case, Jarrett pleaded no contest to charges of attempted resisting and obstructing a police officer. As part of a plea agreement, he was ordered to receive counseling on anger control and alcohol abuse. He should have lost his job. The police department is no place for those who cannot control their tempers or who exhibit little respect for the law and those who enforce it.
Yet on Sunday, a Flint officer who was charged with felonious assault will be returning to work in the 911 center. Adina Thrower allegedly forced her former boyfriend's car off the road, slapped him and pointed a gun at him. Police Chief Trevor A. Hampton gave her a 29-day suspension, one year of probation and set other provisions that were not made public. Charges against Thrower have been dismissed.
Schools have zero-tolerance policies for students who bring weapons to school, recognizing the enormous safety threat their actions pose. Police departments need to be similarly restrictive and more quickly weed out officers whose behavior makes them undesirable as law enforcers.
