The White Hall Police Department has suspended an officer without pay after finding that he dressed as a clown and posted pictures of himself on social media.
Officer Dustin Summers, 28, was hired by the department in December 2015 as a school resource officer for elementary schools at the White Hall School District.
According to a news release from the police department, an investigation was “immediately opened into the incident. It was determined the officer did pose in a clown suit and allowed himself to be photographed. As a result of the investigation, no evidence was found linking the officer to the recent reported clown sightings in the White Hall, Pine Bluff area. The officer used poor judgment in the matter and has subsequently been disciplined.”
The release continued: “In light of recent [clown] sightings in Pine Bluff [and] White Hall, the White Hall Police Department takes this matter seriously and holds its officers to a high standard of conduct. The White Hall Police Department apologizes for any concern this incident may have caused.”