Morris Brown suspends security officers

By George Mathis

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Two Morris Brown College security officers have been suspended and other officers at the financially strapped Atlanta school have been told not to work off-duty jobs, wsbtv.com is reporting.

The move came after Channel 2 Action News questioned several officers’ credentials and learned the college's Police Department is under state investigation, accused of employing officers just to work off-duty jobs.

Morris Brown President Stanley Pritchett Sr. said effective immediately there would only be three officers wearing Morris Brown uniforms on staff and they would only patrol the school campus, according to the wsbtv.com article.

Pritchett said he also planned to investigate if his college Police Department served as a front for a private security firm, and if some of the employees were impersonating officers.

“We’re appalled at what we are seeing and we’re doing something about it in a very expeditious manner,” Pritchett said. “We are disappointed with the evidence and the facts that we are uncovering as we move forward,” Pritchett told Channel 2.

**More at wsbtv.com