The Internal Affairs Investigation is complete and now comes the discipline. The investigation ordered by Hartford Police Chief James Rovella. It began after complaints by HPD officers related to complaints against Deputy Chief Robert Ford that the officers felt were racist in origin. The investigation also developed information related to sexually inflammatory comments that Ford admitted to making.
Once the investigation was completed, it confirmed the behavior that the officers alleged. The entire report can be read below. The report upheld that Fords behavior was a violation of the Departments Code of Conduct. Under the code, the punishment could be nothing , up to a maximum five day suspension. Apparently due to the severity of the actions, Ford was given the maximum punishment of a five day suspension.
It is somewhat uncommon for a member of the command staff to receive a suspension . Ford's disciplinary paperwork and his admission to the behavior are below.
These documents were obtained pursuant to an FOI request made to HPD
UPDATE: Chief Rovella's Letter of Discipline was left out of the original scan, here it is below
THE FORD INTERNAL AFFAIRS REPORT
DEPUTY CHIEF FORD DISCIPLINE REPORTS
how did Ford possibly keep his position after behavior like that? isn't he still on probation? sounds like he acts more like a first year rookie out drinking with his buddies rather than a Deputy Chief. He is lucky he has a Councilman throwing his weight around for him for protection.
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ReplyDeleteKessler gets 10 days.
Robert Ford should be demoted and fired.
Rovella has no guts.
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I am told that the Kessler suspension was actually a combination of 3 IAD files, not the one incident. It is still pretty bad for a Deputy Chief to get any suspension. We should demand better, I commend chief Rovella for taking action. Think of all the nonsense that went on with previous deputies and assistNts that was swept under the report. If you don't remembered, search for the Rudewicz report in the blog archives
ReplyDeleteI must admit I'm surprised that action was taken. Here is a question for you Mr Brookman have you heard anything further on the Paul West issue? In regards to him releasing a suspect from a police car?
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