(Scott McIntyre/For The Washington Post)FIRED/REHIRED : In this series, The Washington Post explores how police chiefs are often forced to put hundreds of officers fired for misconduct back on the streets. When the city threatened to reduce pension benefits for officers, Gibbons ran for president of the Coral Gables officers’ union and won. (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post)Eventually, Gibbons realized he could do more to advocate for the rank-and-file officers as an attorney working for the police unions. Gibbons said it’s important that officers be held accountable, but police chiefs are too quick to fire officers over misconduct. Asked if he was involved, he said, “This conversation is over.”In April 2016, Llanes, the Miami police chief, fired Rodriguez.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2017 19:41 UTC