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Tennessee POST panel refers Knoxville officer to full decertification hearing after alleged falsified juvenile field interview
Summary
A Tennessee POST informal hearing subcommittee voted to send Knoxville officer Sean Sajak’s case to a full formal decertification hearing after KPD investigators said he falsified a juvenile field interview; the officer and his attorney asked for leniency, citing remorse and prior positive evaluations.
A Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) informal hearing subcommittee voted to refer a Knoxville Police Department officer, Sean Sajak, to the full commission for a formal decertification hearing after prosecutors’ representatives told the panel Sajak falsified a field interview involving a juvenile.
Sergeant Michael Dabble of KPD’s Office of Professional Standards told the subcommittee the officer submitted a field-interview entry stating a juvenile was at a location when, according to departmental records, that juvenile was…
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