The Cop That Wont Stop: Acquitted Officer Appeals Fullerton To Get His Job Back

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[quote]LOS ANGELES — Fullerton's chief of police said he would fight an appeal from one of the officers acquitted in the death of Kelly Thomas to get his job back.
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"Former Police Officer Jay Cicinelli has alleged that he was wrongfully terminated and has demanded his job back," Hughes said. " I stand behind the employment decisions I have made."
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He sued the Los Angeles Police Department when the department tried to assign him a desk job after he was shot by a suspect in 1996 and lost an eye.
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A subsequent two-year legal battle resulted in him receiving 70% of his salary, or nearly $40,000, in annual disability pension for the rest of his life from the city of Los Angeles. In 1998, he told The Times he would rather have returned to work as a patrol officer.

His pension almost came under review after the Los Angeles board overseeing fire and police pensions saw he was one of six officers involved in the struggle with Thomas. While pensioners are not forbidden to work, officials said the fact that he was working as a patrol officer raised questions about his disability status.
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"Although a terminated employee has the opportunity to appeal his or her termination through an administrative appeal process," Hughes said, "I intend to vigorously defend my decisions."[/quote]
[url]http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/6750858-Chief-to-fight-acquitted-cops-effort-to-win-job-back/[/url]

The dude should call it quits. No one wants that kind of record behind one of their officers. Left LAPD after courts, then goes to Fullerton to work as an officer... with one eye.

[SgtCr4zyGunz]

well yeah i wouldn't want to a hire a dude who helped taze and beat an unarmed man to death either.