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Advisory board recommends revocation of Orange County deputy's POST certificate after sustained finding for excessive force
Summary
The advisory board voted to recommend revocation of Deputy Armando Montalvo's POST certificate after the Orange County Sheriff's Department sustained a finding that Montalvo used excessive force during a March 16, 2024 booking incident; the agency imposed a 40-hour suspension, and POST staff presented video and investigative evidence to the board.
The Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board voted on Oct. 9, 2025, to recommend revocation of the POST certificate of Orange County Deputy Sheriff Armando Montalvo after POST's Professional Conduct Division presented evidence that Montalvo used excessive force during a booking-room incident on March 16, 2024.
Marcus Gregory, law enforcement consultant assigned to the Southern Bureau, told the board that during the intake-release booking process Montalvo and other deputies responded to a detainee who resisted while being escorted to the photo booth. Gregory said the agency investigation and video showed that multiple deputies took the detainee to the ground and that Montalvo punched the detainee…
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