A Lower Makefield Township police officer who lives in Bristol Township has been charged following a months-long investigation that alleges he secretly recorded his coworkers, authorities said.
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Kenneth D. Stinson, 52, was charged Friday afternoon with 16 counts of intercept communications and single counts of disclose intercept communications and criminal use of a communication facility.
The investigation began in the late spring with the Lower Makefield Township police and later involved the Bucks County Detectives.
Investigators allege that Stinson recorded at least 13 officers without their permission while at work in recent years, with one recording lasting more than 90 minutes, according to DelawareValleyNews.com, which first reported the story.
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A forensic review of Stinson’s phone found numerous recordings, the outlet reported.
Stinson reportedly told a commanding officer that he regularly recorded himself walking in the police station and did not hide his phone.
Stinson has been a Lower Makefield Township police officer since 2007 and previously worked for the Philadelphia Police Department, according to the archives from the defunct Yardley News.
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The officer is currently on administrative leave, the Bucks County Courier Times reported.
Steven Jones, Stinson’s attorney, told the Bucks County Courier Times that the charges filed “do not accurately reflect who he is as a person or the important and valuable role he played as a law enforcement officers. He is a good man and nothing contained in the charges changes that.”
Stinson was preliminarily arraigned before District Judge Corryn Kronnagel and released on $10,000 unsecured bail.
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Stinson was part of a group of officers who helped restrain a man who caused a disturbance and yelled slurs during a flight from Tampa to Philadelphia in 2024, according to the Delaware Valley Journal.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
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