“It’s this lack of integrity — this culture that plays favorites and protects wrongdoers — that undercuts the foundations of constitutional policing,” the judge said.
didn’t have much interest Tuesday in discussing Chief LeRonne Armstrong, whose firing amid a misconduct scandal has ensured he will not lift its oversight anytime soon.cover-up of a police sergeant’s hit-and-run of a parked vehicle
“It’s this lack of integrity — this culture that plays favorites and protects wrongdoers — that undercuts the foundations of constitutional policing,” Orrick said. “And 20 years of court supervision hasn’t solved that problem, which was a major concern with the Riders.” FILE PHOTO — Court-appointed monitor Robert Warshaw speaks at a town hall meeting at the ASU Preparatory School in Phoenix, Ariz. in 2014.
But the scandal in January extinguished those hopes, and Armstrong’s ensuing public campaign against Warshaw contributed to Thao’s decision to fire him. It also cited data showing that Black officers “very clearly experience more severe discipline” than white officers when they fail to accept — or refer to internal affairs — a citizen complaint about their conduct.
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