Portland police discipline is progressive
When a Portland policeman gets arrested for driving drunk and attempting to elude officers, he gets reassigned to a desk job and still gets paid.
When the officer is then indicted for the same offenses, he gets paid to do nothing.
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Comments (9)
Do they get a bonus if they're convicted? What do the mayor & city council call jail time for those crumb-bums, a sabbatical?
To Protect and Swerve.
Jack, do you have a complete copy of that racket's city contract?
Posted by Mojo | September 24, 2011 10:12 AM
Should the standard be (for public employees) you're fired when indicted/cited or otherwise charged with a crime?
Posted by Eric L | September 24, 2011 11:02 AM
Wish my union had been as supportive. Of course in my business, you would generally get fired for doing too much work.
Posted by Ron Swaren | September 24, 2011 11:51 AM
Yes innocent until proven guilty..
But what about the automatic drivers license suspension? How long does that take? I suppose the union hasn't bargained on this yet. So it will be a year as this is appealed to death. I suppose they can argue an officer without a drivers license can work the phones... Only in Portlandia!
Posted by dman | September 24, 2011 12:28 PM
If I were the officer in question, just reading this post and the associated comments would give me a permanent and total disability.
Posted by Allan L. | September 24, 2011 1:56 PM
Refusal = one year license suspension, going into effect beginning 30 days after the citation for DUII. Unless there's a request for a DMV hearing and it continuously gets reset.
Posted by Eric L | September 24, 2011 7:14 PM
Yay! Administrative leave. It's one of the perks of working for the government. You get pinched for something you keep getting paid. It's great. Like a vacation. Admin leave was always my dream but I never got it. :-(
Posted by Jo | September 24, 2011 10:25 PM
dman - if your test over the limit for alcohol, the presumption of innocence is gone, try reading the ORS (I am not feeling like looking up the statute numbers) and you will understand. And I doubt there is proof that the test equipment is faulty.
Posted by LucsAdvo | September 25, 2011 11:07 AM
If I were the officer in question, just reading this post and the associated comments would give me a permanent and total disability.
Isn't one enough?
=-^&()_!
Posted by cc | September 25, 2011 5:09 PM