Kevon Darden, a former police officer in Collingdale, Pennsylvania, left the force after five days after his road rage past reared its ugly head. A police report from April of 2023 revealed Darden was involved in a road rage incident that ended with him threatening the other driver with a gun.

When the incident happened, he was a campus police officer at Cheyney University.

Court documents from the case read the other driver claimed Darden fired a shot from the gun, but Darden denied it in court. Police Chief Shanee Mitchell told ABC that the department had issued an “in-depth” background check, but the report came back clean.

“It was shocking and a little skeptical because these charges were not there prior to today,” Mitchell said.

The Fraternal Order of Police, the world’s largest organization of sworn law officers, said the lapse in judgment made Mitchell look bad.

“The FOP has lost all confidence in the chief to lead this department,” said Christopher Eiserman, President of the FOP.

The lead officer said she could care less what they think

When reporters made Mitchell aware of the FOP President’s opinion, she seemed to shrug it off.

“Yeah, I really have nothing to say about [the FOP]. I don’t know them. That’s their opinion, so be it,” she said.

The opinion of the outlet’s viewers echoed the negative sentiments of Eiserman.

“There are no hiring standards,” wrote a viewer. “We have officers that couldn’t pass even the most basic psych test.”

Someone else said they were surprised he quit.

“I’m surprised they didn’t promote him,” they wrote.

Others said it was concerning how easy it was for someone with a violent past to become a police officer.

“I guess that department will just hire anyone now,” they said.