Chubbuck Officer Charged With Pointing Gun

Officer Phillip Hill of the Chubbuck Police Department was charged with one misdemeanor count of aiming a firearm at others Thursday.

The charge was determined after careful review, the Pocatello Police Department said in a news release.

The citation was issued through his attorney, and the initial court appearance will be at a later date.

An independent administrative investigation of this incident was conducted by investigators from the Blackfoot Police Department to assess Hill’s conduct and determine whether any internal policy violations were committed during the incident, which police say occurred in November.

“The administrative review of this matter and the imposition of discipline, if any, are deemed to be a confidential personnel issue under Idaho Law and will be handled internally by the Chubbuck Police Department,” Chubbuck Chief Randy Severe in a separate news release. “The Chubbuck Police Department demands the highest professional conduct from its officers, whether they are on or off duty. This expectation certainly includes compliance with the laws of the State of Idaho. When this incident was reported, we took it very seriously. I am not pleased by having to make this announcement today. One of the most difficult aspects of this job is ‘policing the police’; however, I am glad that the reporting party in this case had the confidence in our agency and the Pocatello Police Department to know that he could report the incident and that it would be thoroughly investigated.”

Both agencies said they would have no further comment on the incident.