BAD COP COSTS TAXPAYERS $795K

Settlement stems from actions of ex-SDPD Officer Anthony Arevalos
— The actions of former San Diego police Officer Anthony Arevalos have now cost taxpayers at least $2.3 million as the City Council on Tuesday finalized a $795,000 settlement to a woman who said he sexually assaulted her.
That sum is the largest payment the city has made in the flurry of a dozen lawsuits filed by women who said they were harassed or assaulted by Arevalos, a former traffic officer with the department. He was convicted of sexual battery and other charges and in February 2012 was sentenced to almost nine years in state prison.
The latest settlement stems from a lawsuit filed by a woman identified in court papers as Jane Roe who alleged that she was sexually assaulted by Arevalos in the back seat of a police car after her arrest for drunken driving in February 2010.
The settlement agreement was first announced in September at a brief hearing in federal court. At the time, Roe said she was relieved and settled the case to avoid it dragging out for years.
The council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the settlement in a perfunctory decision as a council majority had previously approved it in closed session months ago.
One more case is pending in federal court. That case involves a woman whose complaint that Arevalos sexually battered her in the bathroom of a convenience store after her arrest for drunken driving triggered the criminal charges against him.