40 ex-LAPD officers seek reviews of dismissals

April 29, 2013 @ 6:47 am

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dozens of fired Los Angeles police officers are taking up the chief's offer to re-examine their dismissals since a deadly rampage by Christopher Dorner, who claimed that he was wrongly expelled from the force.

The Los Angeles Times ( http://lat.ms/Y7E2uY) reports 40 former officers have requested case reviews in the two months since Dorner killed four people before apparently committing suicide in a mountain cabin.

Dorner claimed his 2009 firing was prompted by racism. Chief Charlie Beck vowed he would re-examine the cases of other officers who believed they were wrongly expelled.

However, the Times reports the officers have been told the city charter prevents the LAPD from reinstating officers who were fired more than three years ago.

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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com


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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    He will not be
    February 12, 2013 12:55 pm
    taken alive!
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  • CH wrote...
    who told you It's me! Ha ha?
    February 12, 2013 1:24 pm
    GOD? By the way what's your job at the fire station? Internet Troll.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Aggravating YOU!
    February 12, 2013 1:49 pm
    From where ever I post!
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  • Rick W7PSK wrote...
    This from the
    February 12, 2013 2:21 pm
    Leading Internet Troll
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    Why do they report this stuff when they have no idea what's going on?
    February 12, 2013 1:50 pm
    This report says he was barricaded in a cabin, stole a car, had a shootout... They don't provide a logical order to it all and do not say whether he's still in the cabin or if he's left or what's going on... reporters do know they can slow down enough to get the real story right? Or is it just that they have to win the race to put it on the internet first?
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Cop has a kmini 14 ruger
    February 12, 2013 1:56 pm
    Or as they are known by the NRA "Black scary looking rifle".
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  • Cash wrote...
    First reporting...
    February 12, 2013 1:58 pm
    I hate the news format of having to be the first to report... How about the first to report accurate details?
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  • Moondoggie wrote...
    Shouldn't the headline read...
    February 12, 2013 2:06 pm
    Piers Morgan follower and killer of innocent people holed up in cabin! If He was a listener of Rush Limbaugh, you can bet that limbaugh's name would be in the tag line.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Might also read Chris Christie, George Bush follower and killer of innocent people.
    February 12, 2013 2:16 pm
    But then you'd howl media bias.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    This story really makes you wonder......
    February 12, 2013 2:11 pm
    If he really did get shafted by the LAPD... they aren't exactly an organization with a lot of credibility with the community... regardless, It's no excuse to go out and kill people... anybody... over it. He needs to be captured, whether he was unjustly fired or not, he's a murderer now...
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Yeah, killing innocents does tend to trump a hostile work environment
    February 12, 2013 2:18 pm
    when filing a EEOC complaint.
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  • Cbrew wrote...
    yup... it does...
    February 12, 2013 2:29 pm
    There's a thousand other ways he could have gone with this... including working with groups to have his name cleared etc. could have embarrassed the LAPD by starting a campaign to root out these kinds of problems he claims exist within the department, instead, he went on a killing spree... kinda ended his chances of clearing his name right there...
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Cbrew
    February 13, 2013 11:23 am
    I'm with ya on all your comments. Well put.
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  • murr wrote...
    Anybody wanna take bets
    February 12, 2013 3:16 pm
    Only thinking. Are/Did the L A PD open his records back up of his firing, to be the first to protect themselves of what they did or to fabricate ??? or to really (honestly) really search for answers. Look at the media, look at all the attention this is getting. This does promote more of this in my mind.
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  • Rich White and Orange wrote...
    Foreshadowing Kersey's End
    February 12, 2013 3:42 pm
    This is.
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  • Bucket Dad wrote...
    I really want the LAPD chief to step up to the mike and ...
    February 12, 2013 4:01 pm
    answer the question of why did they shoot this cold-blooded killer so many times with the answer that Sheriff Judd used: "Because that is all the bullets we had."
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