According to Mayor Ned Burns, Silvester violated “several” city and state policies on policing during the week of May 20. Because of previous policy violations, Silvester had been placed on a “last chance agreement” with his commanding officers.
Officer Garrett Rolfe won’t actually be allowed to return to work, as his bond prevents him from possessing a firearm or being around other officers.
Hopewell Township, NJ, has fired a police officer who described Black Lives Matter protesters as “terrorists” and will suspend and demote another for replying to a comment on the Facebook post.
Acting police chief Robert J. Contee III, speaking at a news conference, called the incident “embarrassing,” adding, “It’s certainly something that I do not tolerate.”
Cariol Horne, a former Buffalo police officer, was fired, faced departmental charges and left without a pension after the 2006 incident
Officer Delvin White, who served in a local middle school, was fired for “violations of policy that prohibit discriminatory conduct,” said a news release. He was an eight-year veteran of the department.
The officer was fired after an internal affairs investigation found that she was the source of the social media post, which was discovered by another officer Feb. 5
In decisions upholding the terminations of Aurora Officers Erica Marrero, Kyle Dittrich and Jason Rosenblatt, the Aurora Civil Service Commission noted that the photo caused pain for McClain's family and hurt already-strained relations between police and the community.
A three-year veteran of the Fort Worth Police Department was fired Tuesday after another officer discovered "racially insensitive and inappropriate" social media posts, the department says.
In apparent response to the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, the officer wrote: “The silent majority will rise!! Day one of the Revolutionary War!! Hang on, it’s only just begun."
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