“[T]he disciplinary action of termination far exceeds the discipline given to other officers in comparative or greater misconduct cases,” the commissioners said.
Martinez is outraged by the decision, saying in a statement published by the Denver Post that, “this decision completely misinterprets the disciplinary code, undermines civilian authority to manage the police and uses the concept of consistent discipline to confine the department to the distant past.”
Martinez, who is appealing the reinstatement, added that, “We would never hire someone as a law enforcement officer who had engaged in this behavior.”
1 posted on
05/24/2012 4:00:27 AM PDT by
servo1969
To: servo1969
Let me see, the reason he was reinstated is because ______
(Queue the “That’s racist!” little boy graphic.)
2 posted on
05/24/2012 4:03:32 AM PDT by
samtheman
To: servo1969
Maybe the folks sitting on the Civil Service Commission at the same pigment color of this person Derrick? Ought to make you feel real protected having someone of his level of integrity watching your streets at night.
To: servo1969
143mph? What the hell was he driving?
4 posted on
05/24/2012 4:10:26 AM PDT by
Carriage Hill
(All liberals & most demoncraps think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
To: servo1969
6 posted on
05/24/2012 4:24:13 AM PDT by
Venturer
To: servo1969
Disturbing in the extreme, but in his profession, lapses in judgment are generally fatal. Therefore, self-limiting. Darwin will handle this, as he will soon stop a bullet or be extruded through an automobile radiator.
9 posted on
05/24/2012 4:40:56 AM PDT by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: servo1969
He wasn’t just driving way over the speed limit, he was legally impaired. No sympathy.
16 posted on
05/24/2012 5:45:11 AM PDT by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius, (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: servo1969
He waved a gun at McDonalds employees? I’ll bet they put a booger in his Big Mac.
20 posted on
05/24/2012 6:15:44 AM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: servo1969
Send all the DUI cases to the civil service commission. See how they like it.
21 posted on
05/24/2012 6:17:55 AM PDT by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: servo1969
Lessee, Civil Service Commission = “Holder’s People”? $10 says probably so.
28 posted on
05/24/2012 12:19:26 PM PDT by
Carriage Hill
(All liberals & most demoncraps think that life is just a sponge bath, with a happy ending.)
To: servo1969
Wonderful. Now when this clown kills some innocent person the entire City of Denver will be on the fiscal hook for it.
29 posted on
05/24/2012 12:26:44 PM PDT by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: servo1969
The speeding is ridiculous, but
He had a .089 blood alcohol level at the time of his arrest.
I have a hard time regarding .089% as "drunk". The old limit was .1%, and that seemed about right to me.
That said, his judgment was poor regardless of his BAC, and he should have been drummed out for it.
30 posted on
08/28/2012 9:15:28 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("I love to watch you talk talk talk, but I hate what I hear you say."-Del Shannon)
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