4 S.F. cops fired this year, documents show

[alp227]

Source: SF Chron

(10-31) 13:28 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Four San Francisco police officers have been fired this year for departmental violations ranging from using force without justification to obtaining confidential information about people from a law-enforcement database, records show.

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The four cases cited in the documents:

-- An officer was fired for using a police database without authorization to obtain and disclose confidential information.

-- Another officer was fired for illegally arresting and violating the rights of an onlooker to an unspecified police action in 2009. The officer also made "callous and alarming comments" to a civilian, the commission said.

-- Also in 2009, an officer was accused of detaining and arresting someone without lawful reason, using profanity and writing an inaccurate report. That led to the officer's firing.

-- A fourth officer was fired for treating a supervisor with disrespect, lying to a supervisor and failing to "respond to an inquiry from a supervisor in a truthful and non-evasive manner" in 2010.

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[SkyDaddy7]

1. I think this report is 50% BULLSHIT...

I can understand the two internal matters but these two are not the real reason these cops were fired...

-- Another officer was fired for illegally arresting and violating the rights of an onlooker to an unspecified police action in 2009. The officer also made "callous and alarming comments" to a civilian, the commission said.

-- Also in 2009, an officer was accused of detaining and arresting someone without lawful reason, using profanity and writing an inaccurate report. That led to the officer's firing.


There are countless incidents where cops arrest onlookers, violate their rights, detain people without lawful reason, LIE LIE LIE on police reports & change them after the fact to match what other officers claim, smash their cameras if they are filming them, use profanity & very aggressive language "verbal judo" to get people to lose their temper giving the cop a reason to use his/her tazer, night stick, etc., and NOTHING happens!

Well, that is not true...Many times law enforcement agencies use number of tickets written & arrest to give officers priority to vacation, better cars, equipment/technology,etc., and this is where the "verbal judo" comes into play...The next time you run into cops & you can tell they are looking for a fight then you know why! I worked for a criminal defense attorney in Georgia & we were always getting leaked documents showing this type of incentive system or arrest/ticket "quotas" was going on in multiple law enforcement agencies in 5 county area. We even went to the press & they did not want to report about it because they did not want to lose access to that particular police agency. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE PRESS & LAW ENFORCEMENT!

So, I call BULLSHIT!