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Police commission sustains five misconduct specifications against patrol special and orders 30-day suspension
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The San Francisco Police Commission sustained five of six disciplinary specifications against Assistant Patrol Special Officer Ernest Tachahara, rejected a proposed stipulated disposition, and ordered a 30-calendar-day suspension beginning Feb. 15, 2012, plus department-arranged training and examination.
The San Francisco Police Commission on Wednesday sustained five of six misconduct specifications against Assistant Patrol Special Officer Ernest Tachahara and imposed a 30-calendar-day suspension and mandatory training.
Commissioners voted down a negotiated stipulated disposition presented by the chief and counsel by a 0–5 vote before conducting specification-by-specification votes. The commission sustained specifications 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 and did not sustain specification 5. Following that outcome, the commission voted unanimously to impose a 30-calendar-day suspension beginning Feb. 15, 2012, and ordered department-arranged training on interim rules and procedures for patrol specials, to be completed by March 15, 2012.
The disputed stipulated agreement would have required Tachahara to admit one specification in exchange for dismissal of the remaining charges…
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