Two lieutenants were put on paid administrative leave this week – the same day the police chief was fired – stemming from the mishandling of hit-and-run and gun discharge investigations, KTVU has learned.
Damages to a Mercedes-Benz S600 cost roughly $14,000, insurance claim receipts show, in a hit-and-run at the center of the latest Oakland Police Department saga.Two lieutenants were put on paid administrative leave this week – the same day the police chief was fired – stemming from theLt. Omar Daza-Quiroz and Lt. Joseph Turner were told to stay home and stripped of their normal duties, Oakland police confirmed.
Normally, these findings are private. The only time these types of reports have to be made public is if an officer is found to have been dishonest, been part of an on-the-job sexual assault, used deadly force, engaged in racism or conducted an unlawful arrest or search. Turner sent Chung home, which ended up thwarting any efforts to further investigate the truthfulness of Chung's story –The law firm pointed out that the way the gun was fired wasn't consistent with how someone would aim it if they were trying to take their own life, as one example.
The law firm also found that Turner wasn't credible, giving "inconsistent" statements to Internal Affairs Division on why he recommended an administrative closure on the case and gave investigators the "impression that he wanted to protect Sgt. Chung and sought to minimize the repercussions [he] would face for his actions," according to one of the confidential reports.
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