The American Repossessor

DAYTON — A former Dayton police officer, who pleaded guilty to four felonies last month, was sentenced to serve 30 days in the Montgomery County Jail.

Alan Parker, 53, appeared before Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Connie S. Price on Monday, Feb. 2. Price ordered Parker to return to court on Feb. 9 so that he can be taken in to custody.

As part of his plea agreement, Parker resigned from the police department effective Dec. 31. He pleaded guilty Jan. 4 to two counts of unauthorized use of the “LEADS” system, plus single counts of complicity to commit receiving stolen property and theft in office.

All of the charges are fourth- and fifth-degree felonies, punishable by up to 18 months or 12 months in prison. The LEADS system is a statewide criminal database.

On Aug. 17, 2007, Parker was videotaped talking with an undercover officer from the Ohio Organized Crimes Investigations Commission and a confidential informant. The OOCIC was investigating various crimes involving stolen property and vehicles, according to a sentencing memorandum filed by assistant county prosecutor Erin Claypoole.

When the two other people asked about a vehicle, Parker, who was in uniform, on-duty and in a marked cruiser, checked LEADS to confirm that it was stolen, then said “I don’t see s*.”

“He then told them to get out of the area instead of recovering the stolen vehicle and/or making an arrest for being in possession of a stolen vehicle,” according to Claypoole’s memorandum.

On Feb. 13, 2009, an OOCIC agent gave Parker’s son a license plate number to see if it was stolen. The plate number was fictional, and LEADS Control set a trap that would alert if anyone checked the plate. While on duty five days later, Parker ran the plate at his son’s request, the memorandum said.

During a Nov. 3 interview by Dayton detectives, Parker admitted that he used LEADS while on duty to help his off-duty employment repossessing cars for Shaner Auto Sales, the memorandum said.

Parker was suspended on Nov. 3 and forced to turn in his gun and badge.

Parker originally lied to detectives about the case, according to a letter Dayton Police Chief Richard S. Biehl sent to Price, which also said that “had he not resigned, he faced certain termination for his actions.”

Parker graduated from the police academy in April 1990, according to a memorandum filed by his defense attorney, Dennis Gump.

As part of his plea agreement, Parker also waived all rights to future employment with the city of Dayton, unemployment benefits and conversion of sick leave benefits. His guilty plea to theft in office will permanently disqualify him from holding any public office or employment