Leaked Recording Alleges Battle Creek Officer Used Uniform, Patrol Car, and Badge to Intimidate Citizen Over Hunting Dispute
By Autumn Smith & Officer Whistleblower
For years, allegations of retaliation, favoritism, abuse of authority, and misconduct inside the Battle Creek Police Department have been denied, minimized, or buried behind the familiar shield of internal silence. Now, another leaked recording is pulling that shield back.
In this newly released whistleblower audio and accompanying internal documentation dated October 27, 2011, Battle Creek police officer Andrew Winer, allegedly admits to using his badge, uniform, and patrol vehicle to personally intimidate a citizen over a dispute involving a deer hunting tree stand.
According to the report, the officer referred to the citizen as “some jackass old man” and allegedly confronted him while on duty and in uniform, making sure the man knew he was dealing with a police officer. The conversation, reportedly recorded at the time, details claims that the officer forced the citizen to pick up pieces of the damaged tree stand during the confrontation.
The significance of this leak is not just the alleged misconduct itself — but what it says about the culture behind closed doors. Officers knew. Conversations were documented. Recordings existed. Yet the public was never told.
This is the kind of behavior whistleblowers inside the department have warned about for years: the misuse of authority for personal matters, intimidation under color of law, and a system more concerned with protecting its own than protecting the public.
Now the recordings are speaking for themselves. Listen at the link HERE
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