Baby Sitting Big Brother
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Mansfield Police Officer John Meyer was put on leave after reporting for work under the influence of alcohol. Hours later the same night, Ontario police stopped him and charged him with OVI refusal, open container, and marked lanes violations after detecting the odor of alcohol and finding an open bottle of vodka in his vehicle (reported Sep. 2, 2026).
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Mansfield Police Officer John Meyer was arrested on August 29 and charged with driving under the influence on West Fourth Street in Ontario. He was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation and has a court date on September 3.
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Mansfield police officer Joshua Adamescu was charged with OVI and improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle on July 9, 2021, after being stopped by a trooper on Park Avenue in Mansfield, Ohio.
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Two Mansfield police officers, Jodie Williams and Matt Davis, were disciplined for conduct unbecoming of an officer while off duty on November 13, 2015. Williams was suspended for 10 working days without pay and had her probation extended until June 9, 2016. Davis received a written reprimand and counseling.
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Mansfield police officer Matthew Davis was suspended for 15 days in 2017 for not reporting an apparent escape and failing to fill out a report. Records show that most suspensions since 2015 have been for low-level offenses, and that arbitrators often overturn or reduce the length of a suspension after an officer protests their punishment.
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Mansfield police officer Brittany Pennywitt was fired after being charged with assault following an off-duty altercation with her boyfriend, a Richland County Sheriff's deputy. She had been on paid administrative leave since February; the Mansfield News Journal reported the termination on Nov. 1, 2021.
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Mansfield police officer Jordan Moore, 24, has been placed on paid administrative leave pending a disciplinary hearing. Moore was seen on video dragging a handcuffed 17-year-old Black teenager by his shirt. A pre-disciplinary hearing is scheduled for Monday or Tuesday.
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Mansfield police Chief Keith Porch accepted the resignation of Officer Jordan Moore, 25, on Monday. Moore was placed on paid administrative leave June 16 after a shooting incident. Internal investigations found Moore violated multiple department policies in two separate traffic accidents in May. Porch said he felt sadness, frustration, and anger over Moore's resignation, which was not related to the June shooting. Moore was previously disciplined for failing to photograph or collect evidence after a hit-skip crash in 2020.
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Mansfield Police Department patrolman Freeman Nixon was terminated after a months-long investigation into violations of departmental regulations, city policies, and the department's code of ethics. He was placed on paid administrative leave in January. His personnel file included prior discipline, including a June 13, 2018 insubordination write-up later changed to unauthorized use of city equipment.
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Mike Garn, a former Mansfield police officer, was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison on April 19, 2016, for 25 counts of misconduct, including misuse of a LEADS law enforcement computer, dereliction of duty, and sexual battery.