Donna Lemmon
Lemmon called 911 after being pushed into a porch rail and choked by her daughter-in-law. While officers were on scene she also reported that her 10-year-old autistic grandson was being sexually abusive toward her 3-year-old grandson. Officer Kilroy repeatedly told her LSPD "didn't deal with that" and instructed her to "call CPS" — at least three times.
- Officer Joshua Kilroy
- Officer Richard Rutherford (witness)
What the file shows
Lemmon told Sgt. Miner — on a recorded line — that when she described the prior-day assault to Kilroy, he told her she should have reported it the day before and that nothing was going to happen. When she said she couldn't leave because she had to take care of the grandkids, Kilroy still made no arrest and took no statement.
On the child sexual-abuse disclosure, Kilroy's repeated response was "we don't do that, call CPS." The IAPro file documents that the CPS intake was mis-routed to another agency and only reached LSPD after Cpl. Wells flagged it days later. The actual investigation of the sex offense was opened as 20-16042 only after this complaint surfaced.
Disposition: both allegations — Laws: Conformance / Obeying AND Unsatisfactory Job Performance — entered as Unfounded by Beazizo on Nov 3, 2020. The CAD log and CPS intake are attached to the file but do not appear to have changed the disposition.
Why this file matters
Telling a DV victim to file her own CPS report on a child sexual-abuse disclosure made in front of the responding officer is the operational definition of "failing to investigate." Closed Unfounded.