Payne is appealing the decision, saying that the firing was an unfair (hit to his pension).
Why wasn’t he arrested for that felony? It was committed in the presence of other officers who had a duty to arrest him on the spot.
Just a “hit” to the pension? They should have voided the entire retirement package.
So is the Lieutenant who was on the radio directing Payne. He got busted from LT. to a patrol officer for his role in this mess. He too should have been fired. Seems to me that the upper management at the SLCPD need some "restructuring" of their levels too. I am surprised at this small award to Wubbels. The effect of a larger settlement would have been to push the SLC administration to take actions on the Chief and his upper echelon subordinates which is where this kind of crap almost always starts.