San Diego Police Department misconduct files are missing disciplinary records in almost a third of cases. Sometimes, the files lack discipline when officers quickly resign from the force.
“The police chiefs really wanted that,” Skinner said. “Because the police chiefs didn't like the fact that there were bad apples who were just moving around between forces and they weren't knowing what this person's history was.”and KPBS investigation found at least two San Diego police officers who had misconduct files went on to get jobs at the San Diego Sheriff’s Department and El Cajon Police Department.
“To be clear, I cannot compel officers to remain employed with the San Diego Police Department throughout the disciplinary process,” he said.An undated file photo of a crime scene police tape and a San Diego Police Department cruiser in the background.During Needham’s investigation of the shooting, he became convinced the victim faked the crime to avoid deportation, the Internal Affairs report says. His belief led him to lie multiple times and fail to take basic steps to find the shooter.
Needham told Internal Affairs that the agents were looking into the man for drug trafficking, but records don’t back up his statement. An ICE supervisor said later they wanted the man for illegal re-entry into the U.S. She also found it difficult to believe the shooting was faked, because the victim was on a public bike path when he was attacked. But Needham refused to continue investigating the incident. Records show he did not interview witnesses and declined to have bullet casings analyzed.
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