FARGO (KFGO) - A Fargo police officer is on paid administrative leave while the department conducts an investigation into a personnel complaint. Chief Dave Todd tells KFGO News, it's an on-going internal affairs investigation so he can't comment on the case involving Officer David Boelke.
However, there's a petition on Facebook supporting Boelke. The post says Boelke was recently accused of dishonesty during an internal investigation and is facing termination. The page says he has provided "substantial evidence", including passing a lie detector test, that showed no deception. As of mid-day Wednesday, the petition had nearly 200 "likes" and numerous comments supporting him.
The investigation is expected to be concluded this week.