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Police say Officer Michael Amiott also must undergo retraining, and he has been removed from the SWAT team.
A week ago, Amiott arrested Richard Hubbard III after a traffic stop.
Police video and citizen cell phone video shows the stop exploded into a violent struggle. Police said Hubbard resisted arrest. He is facing charges tied to the struggle and driving with a suspended license.
Amiott got hired in Euclid after resigning from Mentor Police just before getting fired there for lying about a traffic stop.
A crowd of angry citizens filled a meeting at Euclid City Hall this week demanding reform in the police department.
Hubbard goes to court Thursday on his charges. And his attorney says he is also exploring a civil suit.
“After reviewing the internal investigation, listening to the interviews and watching the complete video I made the determination that Ptl. Amiott made a false statement in his police report,” stated Chief Kevin Knight, in a letter dated April 3, 2014. “At no time from the moment Plt. Amiott pulled out to follow the vehicle in question until it was stopped did I observe anything closely remote to weaving.”
The letter further stated that when Amiott was told by the Mentor chief that his employment would end, he asked if he could resign and the city agreed.
According to files, Amiott was asked why he initiated a traffic stop on Feb. 22, 2014 in Mentor. He first told a sergeant he made the stop because the car did not have a front plate. When his supervisor told him a car with a dealer plate does not have to have a front plate, he then said the car was weaving. It is not known if Euclid police knew about this case when he was hired as a patrol officer.