4 Officers Transferred in Stripping Incidents

Under fire concerning allegations that an officer forced women stopped for traffic violations to strip, a Long Island police department has transferred four supervisors out of the officer’s agency. The supervisors were not linked to the allegations against officer Frank Wright but were transferred to send a message that supervisors are responsible for their subordinates’ actions, said Suffolk County Police Commissioner John Gallagher. Wright is accused of pulling four women over for alcohol tests and then ordering them to remove their clothes or open their shirts. The women said that in return for removing their clothes they were not charged with drunken driving. Wright was suspended without pay and prosecutors plan to present the case to a grand jury. Gallagher ordered a captain, two lieutenants and a sergeant moved out of the county’s highway patrol bureau.