Officer Joseph Griffin
A Philadelphia cop who lives in the Northeast was arrested on Sept. 11 for allegedly beating his wife.
Officer Joseph Griffin was suspended by Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey on the same day. Griffin will be fired after a mandatory 30-day waiting period, according to a police department news release. The criminal charges against him are misdemeanors and include simple assault, terroristic threats, harassment, intimidation of a victim, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child. Typically, the child endangerment charge indicates that a child witnessed the alleged assault.
According to a news release issued by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, the assault occurred on June 4 in the couple’s home. The DA’s office and the police department’s Internal Affairs Bureau investigated the case. Griffin surrendered to Internal Affairs on Sept. 11.
Griffin, 30, is an eight-year veteran of the police force who was assigned to the 3rd district in South Philadelphia. ••
