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Posted on 04/03/2007 6:41:17 PM PDT by SubGeniusX
The city and its police department must take back an officer fired last fall amid accusations that he had used a stun gun on a handcuffed prisoner, an arbitrator ruled Monday.
The reinstatement of Patrolman Daniel Bozsoki was to be immediate and with full seniority, though he would not receive any back pay and could be fired again for breaking any department rule, according to the decision from arbitrator James Mancini.
Bozsoki, a second-year officer, was dismissed October 10 after internal investigators concluded that he violated department rules, including using unnecessary violence and inhumane treatment toward a prisoner.
At that time, Police Chief Cel Rivera said Bozsoki acknowledged that he used his Taser to stun Kalian Santiago on May 1 to show that “he meant business.”
Investigators concluded that Santiago, 24, of Lorain had done nothing to deserve being shocked. Santiago was handcuffed in the back seat of a cruiser when he was stunned, the report said.
The Fraternal Order of Police appealed Bozsoki's dismissal to the arbitrator.
“The evidence demonstrates that Bozsoki engaged in serious misconduct. But he wanted only to intimidate Santiago and did not intend to shock or harm him,” Mancini wrote. The arbitrator noted that the officer had had a clean work record and concluded that Bozsoki's firing was too severe a punishment.
Mike Kobylka, the city's safety service director, disagreed and said Monday he was disappointed with the ruling. He also said Bozsoki was expected to return to work within days.
The officer can be rehabilitated with the second chance he's being given, said Robert Phillips, an attorney for the police union.
Rivera, the police chief, said he wasn't surprised by the reinstatement ruling and said he hoped Bozsoki had learned from the experience.
“It's something we have to live with,” Rivera said.
He should have been charged with assault...
Investigators concluded that Santiago, 24, of Lorain had done nothing to deserve being shocked. Santiago was handcuffed in the back seat of a cruiser when he was stunned, the report said.
and he gets reinstated ...
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At that time, Police Chief Cel Rivera said Bozsoki acknowledged that he used his Taser to stun Kalian Santiago on May 1 to show that “he meant business.”
“The evidence demonstrates that Bozsoki engaged in serious misconduct. But he wanted only to intimidate Santiago and did not intend to shock or harm him,”
It appears that police unions have had the same effect on the quality of the police force as teachers’ unions have had on the quality of public school teachers. When you can’t get rid of the bad apples, the whole bushel is ultimately ruined.
Yes and many of them want the rest of us dis-armed. Most of the unions support gun control.
If I were to even try to intimidate someone with a weapon I’d be in jail or prison.
Compare this to the border guards who are in prison for shooting a fleeing alien drug dealer.
Alien drug smuggler with political connections vs. dumb young US citizen punk. Our govt. would rather trample our rights than expel foreign threats, nice.
America meet tyranny he’s your new teacher, listen to what he says.
Know this guy?
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