In connection with an incident that occurred earlier this month while the officer was off duty, the Mobile Police Department has charged the officer with domestic violence.
According to a news release from the police, MPD officer Gavin Cotter, 25, was detained on Monday and booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail early on Tuesday.
The agency reports that Cotter has been charged with third-degree domestic violence harassment as well as third-degree strangling or suffocation domestic violence. The incident’s precise facts are still unknown at this moment.
The City of Mobile’s Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting an administrative inquiry, while Mobile police are conducting a criminal investigation.
According to the MPD, Cotter has been placed on administrative leave until the administrative inquiry is being completed.