September 2016
Four Oakland police officers fired, seven suspended, in sexual misconduct case
The disciplinary actions stem from a major scandal involving a teenager who was sexually exploited by more than a dozen officers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/07/oakland-police-officers-fired-sexual-misconduct-scandal
September 2016
RECOMMENDED DISCIPLINE AND FINDINGS
Today, the City of Oakland issued notices of intent to terminate four members of
the Oakland Police Department as a result of sustained findings of misconduct
related to this sexual misconduct investigation. To the extent some of these
individuals may have already left the department, these findings will nonetheless be
placed in their permanent personnel files. Each individual was found to have
committed one or more of the following offenses:
• Attempted sexual assault
• Engaging in lewd conduct in public
• Assisting in the crime of prostitution
• Assisting in the evading arrest for the crime of prostitution
• Accessing law enforcement databases for personal gain
• Being untruthful to investigators
• Failing to report a violation of law, or rules by not reporting allegations of a
minor having/had sexual contact with Oakland Police Officers
• Bringing disrepute to the Oakland Police Department
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/ceda/documents/pressrelease/oak060627.pdf
