Major discipline · 2025[1]
Terminated- Rank as reported
- Officer
- Sustained charge(s)
- Body Worn Camera; ; Performance of Duty; Emergency Calls Red Lights/Sirens; Truthfulness; Mobile in Car Mobile/Video System; Falsifying Police Records; Gross ignorance of rules/regulations
- Separated while IA pending
- No
Plain-language summary (this site, from the cited record only)
Officer Dana Black was terminated by the Hamburg Police Department in 2025. Black failed to properly investigate a welfare check of an unresponsive motorist in the roadway on State Highway 23 and did not activate her body worn camera in a timely manner. She modified the official police CAD report 14 days after the incident and after being served with an internal affairs notice, and was found to be untruthful in statements to investigators. Charges including falsifying police records and neglect of duty were sustained.
Synopsis as reported by the agency
Officer Black was terminated as a result of several sustained charges as it relates to a failure to properly investigate a “welfare check” of an unresponsive motorist in the roadway (State Hwy 23). The officer further failed to activate her BWC in a timely manner as she arrived on scene, failed to properly notify a supervisor of any BWC malfunction, and failed to activate her BWC throughout the duration of a courtesy transport in her patrol vehicle. The officer later “modified” the official police CAD report (14) days following the incident and after having been served with an IA notice. The IA investigation further determined that the officer failed to activate her overhead lights/sirens while responding to and arriving on scene despite being positioned in the northbound lane of highway traffic. The officer was also found to be untruthful in statements provided to investigators during the administrative interview.