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posted by martyb on Friday June 02 2017, @11:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the two-and-a-half-years-later dept.

NPR, formerly National Public Radio, reports

Timothy Loehmann, the police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was fired by the Cleveland Police Department [May 30]. At a news conference, city authorities announced that the reason for his termination wasn't the deadly incident that brought him to national attention, but rather violations he committed in the course of his hiring process.

"Patrol officer Loehmann had been charged with rule violations concerning his application process to be considered a cadet with the Division of Police--specifically, answers he had provided on his personal history statement", Michael McGrath, the city's director of public safety, told reporters in prepared remarks.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer explains that Loehmann failed to disclose the full circumstances of how his time at a previous police department ended:

"Loehmann was allowed to resign from the Independence department after six months following a series of incidents where supervisors determined he was unfit to be a police officer.

"The disciplinary letter cites a letter in Loehmann's personnel file from Independence that says he was emotionally immature and had 'an inability to emotionally function'. The letter also cites an emotional breakdown Loehmann had on the gun range in Independence."

Cleveland authorities also announced that Frank Garmback, the officer driving the patrol car at the time Loehmann shot Tamir, would be suspended for 10 days for administrative rule violations of his own. He would also be required to take a tactical training course.

The penalties cap a review process conducted by Cleveland's Critical Incident Review Committee, or CIRC, in the wake of Tamir's death and the widespread protests it elicited. As the Plain Dealer reported last month, CIRC already "found no fault in the officers' actions leading up to, during and after the Nov. 22, 2014 shooting at Cudell Recreation Center on Cleveland's West Side".


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @04:40AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @04:40AM (#519732)

    Your mistakes don't leave bodies of innocent people on the ground, so you don't have much to fear. Performing your job doesn't expose you to much risk.

    Yes yes, if you somehow did kill a few people, you'd be on trial, but this is not likely to happen. You have no need to worry. You are not deterred from taking the job due to liability.

    We're asking people to perform a job that has a crazy-high risk of a fuck-up killing an innocent person. Nobody with half a brain will do that if they don't get special protection.

  • (Score: 2) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Saturday June 03 2017, @11:22AM (1 child)

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Saturday June 03 2017, @11:22AM (#519805)

    We're asking people to perform a job that has a crazy-high risk of a fuck-up killing an innocent person. Nobody with half a brain will do that if they don't get special protection.

    If they NEED that protection they've no right to be in the job.

    --
    It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @05:00AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @05:00AM (#520103)

      OK, no cops then, because none were available to be hired. You won't mind paying the local organized crime syndicate for protection, right?