And they sometimes take into account that officers will face departmental charges that could strip them of their badges, which could be considered punishment enough.
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Officer Joseph Gray, who faces nine departmental charges, including manslaughter and vehicular manslaughter, said, " I'm not the mindless drunk being portrayed on television ."
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Two aides resigned from a state-run residential facility for mental patients rather than face departmental charges they had drinking parties and sex with two patients.
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Police officials have spent the past six months debating whether to move forward with departmental charges, according to department prosecutors with knowledge of the case.
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Police said he was suspended as a result of an ongoing investigation into the licensing division that resulted in seven departmental charges being filed against him.
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The truth ultimately came out and her superiors brought departmental charges of misrepresentation and conduct unbecoming an officer in September and scheduled a hearing for December.
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Reportedly, Commissioner Bratton has been allowing senior NYPD officers implicated in the reported investigation to retire with their pension benefits without facing departmental charges for alleged misconduct.
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Andaya faces departmental charges of kicking Williams in the head while the suspect was on the ground and being restrained by other officers after a long struggle.
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Andaya, Zimmerman, and officers Kirk Bozin, Gregory Neal and Gerard Louie all face departmental charges for allegedly failing to adequately monitor Williams'condition while he was under arrest.
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The lieutenant said that Celester and his associates retaliated by filing departmental charges and by transferring him to the department's notoriously unsanitary cellblocks, normally considered a punishment assignment.