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  1. Signatures
    1,702 out of 2,500
    Petitioning
    1. Canton Police Chief (+ 1 other)
      Petitioning
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      • Canton Police Chief (Dean McKimm)
      • Mayor of Canton, Ohio (William Healy)
  2. Created By
    Jeremy Orbach
    DeKalb, IL
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How We Won

Jan 11, 2012

You helped take a bad cop off the streets! In Canton, Ohio, Officer Daniel Harless was filmed threatening to murder civilians during traffic stops. Yes - this happened more than once! 

That's when Jeremy Orbach, a student at Northern Illinois University, decided to start a petition demanding that Harless be removed from the force before he actually did kill someone. Over 1,700 people joined his campaign and participated in two days of action - flooding the Police Department's office with phone calls asking that the officer be removed. 

On January 11, Harless' pattern of verbal abuse and death or physical threats was too much for the city to overlook when deciding to fire Patrolman Daniel Harless, according to Canton's safety director.

Canton, Ohio Police Officer Daniel Harless was caught on camera threatening to kill a citizen during a traffic stop.

In the video, Harless can be heard saying, “If you scratch your balls wrong, I’m going to pull my gun and I am going to shoot you.”

Harless has had 18 internal affairs investigations since 2001. A hearing taking to decide his fate with the police force has been postponed until December.

Police are not above the law and clearly Officer Harless is a danger to society.

Tell Canton Police Chief Dean McKimm to fire Harless.

Why People Are Signing
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Remove Officer Daniel Harless for Threatening to Kill a Civilian

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Canton Police Chief Dean McKimm.

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Remove Officer Daniel Harless for Threatening to Kill a Civilian.

Police Officer Daniel Harless was caught on camera threatening to kill a citizen during a traffic stop. This type of behavior from our nation's law enforcement should not be tolerated.

In the video, Harless can be heard saying, “If you scratch your balls wrong, I’m going to pull my gun and I am going to shoot you.”

Harless has had 18 internal affairs investigations since 2001.

Police are not above the law and clearly Officer Harless is a danger to society.

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Sincerely,

[Your name]

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