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WEBVTT D.IT'S AN INTERVIEW YOU'LL SEEONLY ON 40/29.REPORTER: LINDSEY GREEN WORKEDHERE IN VIAN SINCE DECEMBER.SHE WAS JUST HONORED AS OFFICEROF THE MONTH.@BUT SHE SAYS THINGS CHANGED WHENSHE ARRESTED A CITY COUNCILMAN'SSON FOR DRIVING WITHOUT ALICENSTHAT'S OFFICER GREEN WHEN WETALKED TO HER IN JANUARY BUT SHERESIGNED ON MONDAY.>> MY THING IS I DON'T WORK FORA TOWN THAT CONTROLS THE POLICEDEPARTMENT, I WANT TO BE THEPOLICE, I DON'T WANT SOMEONETELLING ME WHO I CAN AND CAN'TARREST. REPORTER: LAST WEEK WHILE ONPATROL, GREEN SAYS AN OFF DUTYOFFICER CALLED, SAYING THAT HISNEIGHBOR WAS DRIVING WHOUT ALICENSE AND WAS PREVIOUSLYTICKETED IN NOVEMBER.>> WHEN HE STOPPED AT THE STOPSIGN HE DIDN'T SIGNAL WITHIN SOMANY FEET OF A TURN HE CROSSEDTHE CENTER LINE, STOPPED HIMASKED FOR HIS DRIVERS LICENSE,HE SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE IT WITHHIM.REPORTER: ACCORDING TO THEPOLICE REPORT, THIS MAN, JOSHUASMITH, WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVINGWITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE.>> AT THAT TIME HE INFORMED METHAT HIS DAD WAS A COUNCILMEMBER.THE LAW'S FOR EVERYBODY ITDOESN'T MATTER WHO YOUR DAD IS.REPORTER: GREEN SAYS IT WASN'TTHE COUNCILMAN WHO CALLED, BUTCI ATTORNEY LARRY VICKERS.>> SAYING YOU HAD NO REASON TOARREST HIM, YOU NEED TO DROPYOUR TICKET AND HE NEEDS TO BERELEASED FROM JAIL IMMEDIATELY.THE MAYOR TOLD ME YOU'RE LUCKYWE DON'T HAVE A LAWSUIT ON OURHANDS BECAUSE YOU HAD NO REASONTO ARREST HIM.REPORTER: THE MAYOR WOULD NOTTALK ON CAMERA, BUT REFERRED USTO THE CITY ATTORNEY.LARRY VICKERS SAID BY PHONE THATGREEN STOPPED THE DRIVER ONLYBECAUSE ANOTHER OFFICER TOLD HERTO.THE CITY ATTORNEY DROPPED ALLCHARGES.>> I DIDN'T THINK VI WAS LIKETHAT.REPORTER: GREEN SAYS OTHER CITYLEADERS TOLD HER THE CITYCOUNCIL WAS GOING TO VOTE TOFIRE HER, SO SHE RESIGNED.THE MAYOR SAYS FIRING THE ONLYFEMALE OFFICER WAS NEVER ON THEAGENDA.GREEN SAYS SHE WOULD NOT HAVEDONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY.REPORTER: I'M AT PEACE BECAUSE IKNOW I DONE MY JOB, I TOOK ANOATH TO DO MY JOB.REPORTER: THE POLICE CHIEF TOLDME GREEN DID NOTHING WRONG ANDHE SUPPORTS HER 100%.THE CHIEF SAID THAT'S WHY HESIGNED OFF ON THE POLI REPORT.

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UPDATE #2 - May 10, 2017: Former Vian Police Chief Ted Johnson and former officer Lindsey Green could be under investigation, Mayor Dennis Fletcher told 40/29 News. Mayor Fletcher said he and the city attorney could ask an independent agency to investigate possible police misconduct when Officer Green pulled over and arrested Joshua Thomas Smith for driving with a suspended license. UPDATE #1 - May 10, 2017: The Vian Police Chief, Ted Johnson, has announced his resignation. This, just one day after one of his officers, Lindsey Green, resigned for fear of being fired after arrested a city councilman's son for driving without a license. Johnson told 40/29 News he fully supports his officers and for the betterment of the town he is resigning. Johnson's last day as police chief of Vian will be Monday. ---------------------------------------------- Original article from May 9, 2017: Lindsey Green started working for the Vian Police Department in December, 2016. She was the first full-time paid female officer to patrol the town. But on Monday, Officer Green resigned from the police department. In an exclusive interview, she told 40/29 News she was afraid of being fired after she arrested a councilman's son. "I don't work for a town that controls the police department. I want to be the police, " Green said. "I don't want someone telling me who I can and can't arrest." While on patrol last week, Green said an off duty police officer called her and reported that his neighbor was driving on a suspended license. The off duty officer told Green the driver was previously cited in November for the same thing, according to Green. "When he (the driver) stopped at the stop sign he didn't signal within so many feet of a turn," Green said. "He crossed the center line and I stopped him. I asked for his drivers license and he said he didn't have it with him." According to the police report, Joshua Thomas Smith was arrested for driving while his license was suspended. "At that time he informed me that his dad was a council member," Green said. "I replied, the law's for everybody and it doesn't matter who your dad is." The councilman never called, instead, City Attorney Larry Vickers called, according to Green. "He was saying I had no reason to arrest him, and that you need to drop your ticket and he needs to be released from jail immediately, " Green said. "The mayor told me you're lucky we don't have a lawsuit on our hands because you had no reason to arrest him." The mayor would not talk on camera and referred 40/29 News to the city attorney. Vickers told 40/29 News by phone that Green stopped the driver solely because she was told to by another officer. Vickers said he dropped all charges against Smith. "I didn't think Vian was like that," Green said. "The city attorney has no business telling you who you can and can't arrest." Green resigned after other city leaders told her the city council was going to vote to fire her, according to Green. The mayor told 40/29 News that firing the department's only female officer was never discussed and it was never placed on the agenda for the council meeting. Green told 40/29 News, looking back, she would not have handled the arrest any differently. "I'm at peace because I know I did my job," Green said. "I took an oath to do my job." Vian Police Chief Ted Johnson told 40/29 News that Officer Green did nothing wrong and that he fully supports her. Johnson said he personally approved the police report that she filed after the arrest. Currently, Green, is looking for a new job as a police officer. She also serves as a volunteer fire fighter and is currently taking classes to become a paramedic.