A New York City police officer once charged with spying for China says he is fighting the commissioner's decision to fire him.
Don’t miss out on these fabulous Insider DealsFILE - Baimadajie Angwang is interviewed at the Law Office of John F. Carman, Esq., Feb. 1, 2023, in Garden City, N.Y. Baimadajie Angwang thought he would be reinstated to his dream job as a New York City police officer after federal prosecutors dropped criminal chargesIn a decision made public recently, Commissioner Edward Caban ordered the immediate firing of Angwang on Jan.
“The Department is a paramilitary organization, and failure to obey and comply with questioning under an official investigation undermines its ability to carry out its mission,” Caban wrote. In firing Angwang, Caban chose a harsher penalty than what was recommended in November by an NYPD disciplinary judge who held a hearing on the firing and listened to testimony and arguments from both sides. The administrative judge, Vanessa Facio-Lince, found that Angwang violated department rules by disobeying the order to submit to internal affairs questioning.
For Angwang, losing the job has been painful. He said his desire to be a police officer sprouted years ago when an NYPD officer was nice enough to give him directions when he got lost riding the subway. Before his 2020 arrest, he served at a precinct in Queens as a community liaison officer.
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