Just remember -

People like Ken Qualls also work in other law enforcement organizations.

People like Ken Qualls write your laws, formulate operational policies,
work as TSA airport screeners.

The next time you hear of some new law giving the gov't more access to
your private life, taking more of your civil liberties away from you,
reading your e-mail, etc, and YOU say "hey, I'm not a criminal - I've
got nothing to hide" - the next time that happens, think of former
Piedmont police officer Ken Qualls.

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Piedmont officer is fired over public urination ticket

Piedmont city officials have fired a police officer who wrote a public
urination citation to the mother of a 3-year-old who dropped his pants
in the family's front yard.

November 20, 2012 Oklahoman

PIEDMONT — A police officer who wrote a $2,500 ticket to a mother on a
public urination complaint against her 3-year-old son has been fired,
City Manager Jim Crosby said Tuesday.

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Photo - Ashley Warden was ticketed Sunday by police after her 3-year-old
son, Dillan, tried to urinate in their front yard in Piedmont. Piedmont
Police Chief Alex Oblein says writing the ticket was a mistake.
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Crosby said he fired officer Ken Qualls on Friday, following a hearing
Nov. 14.

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Artist's rendering of former Piedmont police officer Ken Qualls:

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Prosecutors at the Piedmont County district attorney's office declined
to pursue the case against the mother, Crosby said.

Police Chief Alex Oblein said the ticket was written to the mother for
public urination, and the complaint was amended to contributing to the
delinquency of a minor.

Crosby said Piedmont City Council members received emails about the
ticket from as far away as Canada, England and Australia. “Of course we
did receive a lot of notoriety over that,” he said.

Qualls plans to appeal the decision, Crosby said. A hearing will be
scheduled before a Piedmont personnel board.

Calls to Qualls' attorney were not returned Tuesday. Qualls issued the
ticket Nov. 4 to Ashley Warden after he saw her son, Dillan, drop his
pants in the front yard of the family home at 4505 Ryan Drive.

Crosby said Qualls didn't see the boy urinate in the yard, but reported
seeing a teenager in the Warden family lead the boy to a spot in the
yard.

Oblein said the ticket given to the mother did not fit the situation.
It could have resulted in a fine of up to $2,500, he said.