Lieutenant Wayne Skinner Decommissioned and Under Investigation for Kicking Subordinate

3/6/2015



March 6, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



North Precinct Lieutenant Wayne Skinner has been decommissioned (police authority suspended) for kicking a sergeant under his command during a heated discussion over rifles and second amendment issues this morning in one of the precinct’s administrative offices.



Skinner and Sergeant David Humes were in the day shift sergeants’ office area at 8:30 this morning when the altercation occurred. Skinner kicked Humes in the chest and groin area. Humes was taken by another sergeant to General Hospital where he was checked out and then released.



Skinner is now the subject of both a criminal assault investigation and an administrative investigation by the Office of Professional Accountability for violation of MNPD rules and regulations. He is being placed on administrative assignment away from the North Precinct.



Skinner, 55, is a 13-year veteran of the police department. Humes, 50, is an 18-year MNPD veteran.



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Lieutenant Wayne Skinner

Sergeant David Humes