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Police Commission revokes assistant patrol special appointment after finding false identification and related violations
Summary
The San Francisco Police Commission sustained multiple misconduct specifications against Assistant Patrol Special Officer Ernest Tachihara and voted to revoke his appointment, citing representations that misled gun dealers and public-safety concerns; commissioners directed the department to prepare written findings.
The San Francisco Police Commission voted to revoke the appointment of Assistant Patrol Special Officer Ernest Tachihara on July 11, 2012, after sustaining three of four disciplinary specifications that the commission said showed he misrepresented himself when attempting to obtain an off-list firearm.
During closing arguments, Ashley Worsham, counsel for the San Francisco Police Department, told the commission that "the department's position...is that assistant patrol special officer Ernest Tachahara is in fact guilty of violating specifications 1 through 4," and detailed evidence including a business card, a signed Department of Justice form and a DROS signed "under…
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