Two LMPD Officers Indicted for Theft Over Alleged On‑Duty Private Security Work

Overview

• Prosecutors indicted Salat Aweys and Marcel Williams on July 15 for theft by unlawful taking over $10,000, and each faces up to 10 years in prison.
• The indictment alleges the officers worked private security at the Park Hill public housing complex while on the clock for the Louisville Metro Police Department and were paid by the housing authority.
• LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey said the department’s Public Integrity Unit opened the probe in December 2025, Aweys resigned in January 2026, and the department began termination proceedings for Williams after the indictment.
• The new charges follow a May indictment of officer Roberto Grider over timecard and overtime irregularities and come as city payroll records show roughly $66 million paid in LMPD overtime over three years.
• The cases keep an internal PIU investigation active, have prompted some Metro Council members to call for deeper reviews of overtime and secondary‑employment rules, and could lead to audits or policy changes affecting officers and department pay practices.