LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Shively police officer pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of speeding, with his 1-year-old child in the car on several of those occasions.
According to a press release, Shively Police Department received a complaint from a citizen in regards to a marked cruiser that was speeding on May 24.
A criminal and an internal investigation were both launched to identify the person accused of this.
A week later, officers said the officer was placed on administrative leave and all police equipment, including his police cruiser, was removed from his possession.
Police later revealed that the officer was 33-year-old William Bors.
According to court documents, he was going over 100 mph on at least 20 occasions when he was off-duty.
According to Bors' in-car camera, his 1-year-old child was in the car with him on at least eight occasions when he was driving over 100 mph.
The judge has ordered that Bors have no contact with his child.
On at least seven instances, while he was driving over 100 mph, documents show he would activate his blue lights so vehicles would move out of his way. Once he was past the vehicles, he would shut his lights off.
He has been issued a criminal summons and will be required to appear in court, the release said.
Police said an internal investigation into departmental policy violations will continue to be conducted.
Bors was charged with 20 counts of speeding 26 mph or more over the speed limit, eight counts of second-degree wanton endangerment, and one count of official misconduct.
A pretrial conference has been scheduled for Aug. 29 at 9:00 a.m.
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