Suspended Summerville Police Officer Josiah Hemm

A court hearing is set for today into a request by a Summerville Police Officer’s girlfriend for a protective order against the officer.  The officer’s girlfriend says that Josiah Hemm attacked her during a domestic dispute last month.  The woman filed a report with the Summerville Police Department, who turned the case over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.  Summerville Police Chief Harold Tucker said that the GBI was investigating to avoid any conflict of interest.  The officer’s girlfriend claims that he was controlling and she was attempting to leave him when he assaulted her.  The woman says that Hemm bit her on the shoulder during the attack.   Chief Tucker said that Hemm was suspended from the Summerville Police Department on September 11th.