BATON ROUGE —- A police officer who has been the subject of numerous UWK investigations has been placed on leave yet again.
Baton Rouge Police confirmed that Officer Stefan Jones has been on administrative leave for the last nearly three weeks while an internal affairs investigation is underway.
UWK has learned a complainant called into BRPD’s Internal Affairs division roughly three weeks ago alleging Officer Jones had inappropriately touched her.
When Internal Affairs detectives started investigating the claims, they believed it did rise to the level of a criminal complaint. Another division started criminally investigating and on Dec. 30, 2025, Jones was charged with one count of misdemeanor sexual battery. He was issued a summons and released, which is why there was no mugshot.
Jones will remain on paid leave while internal affairs now investigates. The next step in the process will be a disciplinary hearing.
Officer Stefan Jones’ past with BRPD
In Sept. 2021, Stefan Jones admitted to falsifying military orders and turning them into BRPD to take off of work. He was suspended for four days.
In Dec. 2019, Jones was caught on his own body camera using his taser to threaten college students and repeatedly using foul language including the “n” word. He was suspended for 12 days.
In 2022, he was under investigation for an early morning hit & run at the Gordon & Sandifer Auto Service on Perkins Rd. in Baton Rouge, where he was accused of hitting an air conditioning unit with his police car and driving off.
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