Byline: Reed Williams and Mike Allen
Oct. 10--Roanoke police officers challenged the city's top prosecutor Tuesday, rejecting remarks in which he compared a city officer to Barney Fife in open court.
The Roanoke City Police Association, which represents 200 of the department's roughly 250 officers, objected to comments that called into question the credibility and competence of Sgt. Kenneth Garrett.
"The RCPA feels that the remarks had an immediate, negative impact on the integrity of Sgt. Garrett and the Roanoke Police Department and were made with no evidentiary substance," the association said in a statement.
The disparaging comments were made during the ...