IAPE Evidence Blog

Hearst Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Inc., Times Union, timesunion.com
BYLINE: Bren­dan J. Lyons
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Albany, NY

ALBANY — An Albany police offi­cer was sus­pended Mon­day as depart­ment offi­cials inves­ti­gate alle­ga­tions he took fire­works from a dri­ver dur­ing a traf­fic stop.

The 43-year-old offi­cer, Tin­daro J. Fazio, is a 13-year vet­eran of the force. He’s alleged to have con­fis­cated the fire­works about 10 days ago. Part of the inter­nal inves­ti­ga­tion is exam­in­ing whether Fazio declined to fol­low a sergeant’s orders that he place the fire­works in a police prop­erty room, where they would be logged as evi­dence, accord­ing to two peo­ple with knowl­edge of the probe.

It’s unclear if the offi­cer doc­u­mented the traf­fic stop or his seizure of the fireworks.

James Miller, a depart­ment spokesman, con­firmed that an offi­cer was sus­pended Mon­day and an inter­nal inves­ti­ga­tion is under way. He declined addi­tional comment.

Fazio is assigned to a patrol at the department’s Cen­ter Sta­tion on West­ern Avenue.

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