Alabama police chief suspended 3 days for inappropriate TikTok joke

Alabama police chief suspended 3 days for inappropriate TikTok joke

An interim police chief in Mobile County was suspended for three days Thursday after violating his city’s social media policy, which included posting an inappropriate joke about women on TikTok.

Chickasaw Interim Police Chief Tommy McDuffie’s TikTok video was reposted to the private Facebook group Voices of Chickasaw.

The joke, which began “Three women are at a bar, discussing,” was too inappropriate to be retold, according to WPMI, which first posted about McDuffie’s suspension.

McDuffie had other videos that included the interim police chief in his uniform, including being recorded laughing at a video of a child spelling bee contestant who asks for more information on a word that resembles a racial epithet, according to WKRG.

Videos featuring McDuffie also included the interim police chief laughing at videos of animals attacking each other and people scaring dogs and cats.

Chickasaw Mayor Larry Broadhead doled out McDuffie’s punishment on Thursday, according to City Attorney Nash Campbell.

“Today, Mayor Barry Broadhead and I met with Interim Chief of Police Tommie McDuffie regarding his recent social media posts and their content,” Campbell said in a statement sent to WPMI. “Mayor Broadhead suspended Interim Chief McDuffie for 3 days for violating the City’s Social Media Activity Policy. Chief McDuffie has accepted his punishment and provided the Mayor and the City Council with a written public apology.”

Campbell also sent a statement of McDuffie apologizing for his conduct.

“I deeply apologize for my recent behavior on social media. I regret any embarrassment that I have caused the City of Chickasaw or you the Mayor and Council,” McDuffie said. “I hope that anyone that was offended by my actions can forgive me. It was truly not my intent; however, I understand that my behavior is not becoming of a Chickasaw Police Officer or a leader in your city. It will never happen again.”