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<\/figure>\n A former officer of the Johnson County Sherriff\u2019s workplace in Kansas has had his police license revoked after he was caught making an attempt to short-change a retailer out of practically $400 value of Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>playing cards.<\/p>\n As this disciplinary submitting<\/span> (by way of The Kansas Metropolis Star<\/em><\/span>) states, the person\u2014recognized as William Knight\u2014had been serving as a \u201cfull-time regulation enforcement officer\u201d with the Sherriff\u2019s Workplace since March 2019. In Might this 12 months, whereas in uniform, he was \u201cprocuring in a retail retailer\u201d when he \u201caroused the suspicions of an Asset Safety Investigator\u201d.<\/p>\n Seems Knight had been caught taking \u201ca number of barcodes off cheap gadgets he had at house\u201d, had caught them on the again of 12 complete packing containers of Pok\u00e9mon playing cards and thought he might get away with shopping for them at a drastically lowered worth. <\/p>\n The cashier immediately observed one thing was up, although, and after alerting the \u201cAsset Safety Investigator\u201d Knight pretended that he had simply acquired \u201ca name\u201d and needed to instantly go away the shop. He was rapidly recognized, nonetheless, and later needed to admit that he had certainly tried to rip-off them, which resulted in him being criminally charged with one depend of \u201cillegal acts concerned in theft detection\u201d.<\/p>\n Whereas Knight escaped a felony case, his actions have been additionally introduced earlier than the Kansas Fee on Peace Officers\u2019 Requirements and Coaching, the federal government physique overseeing the appointment of cops within the state. They decided that as a result of Knight \u201clacks the non-public qualities of integrity\u201d required, he was unfit to proceed serving, and so final month revoked his license to function an officer (Knight had already left his position on the Johnson County Sherriff\u2019s workplace three days after the incident, so this wasn\u2019t a firing, extra of a prevention of him getting police work elsewhere within the State).<\/p>\n G\/O Media could get a fee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018Sadly, in a time of extreme stress and anxiousness, he exercised poor judgment, resulting in this arrest and cost,\u201d Knight\u2019s lawyer mentioned in a press release despatched to The Kansas Metropolis Star<\/em><\/span>. \u201cRegardless of his discharge from the JCSO, Mr. Knight is gainfully employed, supporting his household and making an attempt to make amends to the sufferer, his group and his household by the DA\u2019s diversion program.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n