Four HPD officers pulled off the streets because of investigation

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Thursday, August 21, 2014
Offiers reassigned after investigation
The four officers were part of an internal HPD investigation

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston police confirm four traffic officers have been pulled off the streets because of an internal investigation.

Officers John Garcia, Robert Manzanales and Gregory Rosa have been reassigned to administrative duty while internal affairs investigates the criminal allegations.

The fourth officer included in the internal investigation is Rudolph Farias III. He is the officer police say committed suicide Tuesday inside his patrol car, which was parked in a garage behind the jail downtown.

Police won't say what the allegations are, but we'll be following this investigation very closely.