Another Pittsburgh police officer is off the street. For the second time in just one week, a city officer has been arrested, charged, and placed on administrative leave after an alleged domestic assault in Dormont.

This arrest marks yet another blow for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police.

Officer Adam Germeyer is facing assault charges and has been pulled off duty. It comes just days after another officer was arrested for DUI .

"This is ridiculous. It brings a shade on the police in general," said Beth Pittinger of the Citizens Police Review Board of Pittsburgh.

Dormont police were called to a home early Sunday morning for a domestic dispute involving Officer Germeyer and his wife.

"The community right now is wondering, 'Wait a minute, this is two incidents in a week, can we trust our

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