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Police commissioners weigh Beck’s decision not to fire officer who lied


By Adam Poulisse, Los Angeles Daily News

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck’s decision to suspend an LAPD officer with strong family ties, overruling a disciplinary board’s recommendation to fire him, has sparked criticism.
Shaun Hillman, 33, was suspended for 65 days by Beck for denying a heated altercation at a Norco bar that was caught on tape in January, according to several media reports. Hillman allegedly used a racial slur and pulled a handgun during the fight but later lied about it in an LAPD internal investigation.
The board unanimously recommended that Hillman be fired.
The issue was brought up by L.A. Police Commission president Steve Soboroff at Tuesday’s Los Angeles Police Commission meeting, but he didn’t mention anybody specifically other than Beck. State law prohibits going into specific details of a disciplinary case.
“The question is, do we, in evaluating the direct reports ... take into account all aspects of what’s going on, including the areas that we may disagree? The answer is, of course we do,” Soboroff said.
The situation has elicited questions of favoritism, as Hillman’s father is a former LAPD officer and his uncle is former Deputy Police Chief Michael Hillman. The discussions align with the commission’s evaluation of extending Beck’s contract another five years.
“In the evaluation, of course this information comes up, (as well as) all the other information we collect,” Soboroff said. “Our evaluation is happening right on the cusp (of the situation), so are we asking for more and more information to do the evaluation right? Of course we are.”
Beck was on a scheduled vacation at the time of Tuesday’s meeting. Soboroff declined to comment further.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents LAPD’s rank-and-file officers, also wouldn’t comment on the personnel issue.
The disciplinary board weighs evidence and recommends ways to deal with disciplined officers, then their decision goes to the chief.
“The chief of police can lessen the penalty but cannot give a penalty that is greater than what is recommended,” LAPD spokesman Commander Andy Smith said.
According to several reports, Beck has agreed with 98 of the past 100 disciplinary board decisions to fire an officer.

“Chief Beck occasionally disagrees with the board,” Smith said.