Post by Logan on Mar 23, 2016 0:30:38 GMT -6
Police board reinstates St. Louis County lieutenant fired over alleged racial profiling
CLAYTON • The St. Louis County police board has voted to reinstate — but demote to patrolman — a lieutenant at the center of racial profiling allegations three years ago.
Then-Chief Tim Fitch fired Lt. Patrick “Rick” Hayes in 2013 after an internal affairs investigation concluded that Hayes ordered officers to target blacks in and around shopping centers in south St. Louis County.
In a closed session Monday, the board voted 4-0 to reinstate Hayes. Member Laurie Westfall then voted against demoting him to patrolman. The “yes” votes to do both came from the chairman, Roland Corvington, and members Lawrence Wooten and T.R. Carr. Corvington and Wooten are black, Carr and Westfall are white.
The decision runs contrary to the recommendation of a hearing officer, Michael Flynn, who presided over an 11-day police board trial on Hayes’ appeal last year. Flynn said he should be reinstated as a lieutenant.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-board-reinstates-st-louis-county-lieutenant-fired-over-alleged/article_fd55cb3d-df8e-5a21-877b-e88b503fcb1b.html
CLAYTON • The St. Louis County police board has voted to reinstate — but demote to patrolman — a lieutenant at the center of racial profiling allegations three years ago.
Then-Chief Tim Fitch fired Lt. Patrick “Rick” Hayes in 2013 after an internal affairs investigation concluded that Hayes ordered officers to target blacks in and around shopping centers in south St. Louis County.
In a closed session Monday, the board voted 4-0 to reinstate Hayes. Member Laurie Westfall then voted against demoting him to patrolman. The “yes” votes to do both came from the chairman, Roland Corvington, and members Lawrence Wooten and T.R. Carr. Corvington and Wooten are black, Carr and Westfall are white.
The decision runs contrary to the recommendation of a hearing officer, Michael Flynn, who presided over an 11-day police board trial on Hayes’ appeal last year. Flynn said he should be reinstated as a lieutenant.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-board-reinstates-st-louis-county-lieutenant-fired-over-alleged/article_fd55cb3d-df8e-5a21-877b-e88b503fcb1b.html