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POST revokes certification of former Torrance officer Joshua Satterfield over racist text messages
Summary
The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training voted unanimously on March 6, 2025, to adopt the advisory board's recommendation to revoke the POST certificate of former Torrance Police Department officer Joshua Satterfield after investigators presented text-message evidence they said demonstrated racial bias.
The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training on March 6, 2025, voted unanimously to adopt the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board's recommendation to revoke the POST certification of former Torrance Police Department officer Joshua Satterfield.
Investigators told commissioners that Satterfield sent and responded to multiple homophobic, transphobic and racist messages while a Torrance officer. Robert (Robbie) Bringolf, a law enforcement consultant assigned to the Los Angeles Professional Conduct Bureau, told the commission the division found reasonable grounds to believe Satterfield‘s messages met the statutory definition of serious misconduct under California Penal Code section 13510.8 and POST regulation…
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