...[Trosky] was accused of striking his wife with his police radio... In July 1997, police charged then-Sgt. Trosky with simple assault for breaking the nose of his wife... She told officers her husband had head-butted her in the face during an argument at 8:15 p.m. and then forced her to take off her bloodied clothes, which he had taken with him when he left the residence... TROSKY TO BECOME PITTSBURGH ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Sadie Gurman
Pam Panchak
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
[Excerpts] Pittsburgh police Cmdr. George Trosky will be promoted this week to assistant chief, an impressive trajectory for the 34-year veteran whose career - marked by a demotion and several high-profile controversies - once seemed that it might be beyond salvation... The controversy that followed Cmdr. Trosky earlier in his career was again at issue Monday. In 2007, he made the unusually steep leap from detective to commander over concerns from women's organizations about his past; he was one of three police officers promoted that year who had faced accusations of domestic violence... 1997, when he was charged with drunken driving and breaking the nose of his wife, Cheryl, an incident that could have ended his career if he had been convicted. But charges were dropped when she failed to appear in court. "He has done nothing to show he has gone the extra mile for women," said Jeanne Clark of Squirrel Hill, who, in 2007, was among the women's advocates who fought the commander's promotion and urged the city to pursue new policies against family violence. She said this week's promotion is just as troubling and criticized his role in a 2009 domestic violence incident in Zone 2 in which a woman's abusive former boyfriend was able to hurt her again... But Mr. Ravenstahl said the commander has already paid for the mistakes he knows he made... [LINK]
PITTSBURGH POLICE COMMANDER IS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT CHIEF
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Sadie Gurman
August 20, 2012 4:40 pm
City police Cmdr. George Trosky will be promoted this week to assistant chief... Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said that "the commander's work speaks for itself... The mayor said the commander had paid for his past mistakes and is the right person for the job... Police Chief Nate Harper declined to comment... Cmdr. Trosky was promoted from detective to commander in 2007 over concerns from women's organizations about his controversial past. Cmdr. Trosky was one of three police officers promoted that year who had faced accusations of domestic violence. In all cases, charges were dropped or never filed. Public backlash from the promotions, driven in part by fears of nonchalant police response to domestic violence cases, spurred updated policies enforceable when police are accused of abuse. Cmdr. Trosky told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at the time that he had buried his past and was looking forward to further serving the police bureau... When Mayor Luke Ravenstahl approved his promotion to commander in 2007, he said it was based not on "one or two incidents" but on a 30-year-portfolio that included many commendations and his high clearance rate as a homicide detective... [LINK]
FROM ONE OF THE EARLIER BLOG POSTS:
2007 - [PA] COP GEORGE TROSKY PROMOTED TO COMMANDER DESPITE HIS HISTORY OF VIOLENCE - Pittsburgh police Detective George T. Trosky, who is a veteran homicide detective, will be promoted to the rank of police commander... George Trosky used excessive force when he slammed a White Oak man onto the hood of his patrol car before arresting him at a June 1988 baseball game... In December of 1992, when the Troskys were separated, he was accused of striking his wife with his police radio... In July 1997, police charged then-Sgt. Trosky with simple assault for breaking the nose of his wife... She told officers her husband had head-butted her in the face during an argument at 8:15 p.m. and then forced her to take off her bloodied clothes, which he had taken with him when he left the residence... He was also charged with driving drunk after the alleged assault... he punched a Grateful Dead fan he had taken into custody... What does [Pittsburgh Police Chief Nate Harper] have to say to victims of domestic violence who will be apprehensive about how future incidents will be handled under a Trosky command? Why has he selected this man, rather than one of the 77 sergeants and 25 lieutenants already in a supervisory role?...
ALSO FROM 2007:
HEAD OF POLICE REVIEW BOARD MIFFED
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Jonathan D. Silver and Rich Lord
June 20, 2007 11:29 pm
[Excerpts] The head of the Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board believes two officers who had run-ins with the law this year over domestic problems should not have been promoted Monday. Charles Rodriguez, who was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant, has a pending criminal case in Ingram, where police charged him with simple assault... Eugene F. Hlavac, who was elevated to sergeant from patrolman, was the subject of two police responses to his home this year after he argued with his girlfriend... A third officer who was promoted, George T. Trosky, went from homicide detective to commander. In January, Chief Nathan Harper, a longtime friend of Cmdr. Trosky, lobbied the Civil Service Commission to change its rules that previously permitted only sergeants or lieutenants to be bumped up to commander... Fraternal Order of Police President James J. Malloy defended the officers... Cmdr. Catherine McNeilly took the opposite stance, echoing comments by [Review Board's Executive Director Elizabeth] Pittinger, that promotions should be postponed for officers with pending criminal cases or domestic problems that rise to the level of police being called. She also said she privately expressed concerns to Chief Harper about Cmdr. Trosky because she felt it was unfair to promote him instead of longtime sergeants and lieutenants who had the experience for the position. "I think that every supervisor on the job has been slapped in the face because of this promotion... Everyone who has never received discipline, who has never been arrested for domestic violence, for DUI, for excessive force, everyone who has gone to school, who has been promoted through the ranks, who has done a good job, who has done everything right in the hopes of achieving promotions the right way, has gotten the wrong message here, and that's what distresses me"... [LINK]
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