Rodarte, 25, stands accused of firing his gun several times outside the Dogwood Tavern in Blue Jay, a San Bernardino Mountains community near Lake Arrowhead, on Nov. A two-thirds vote of the commission is required to decertify an officer, essentially banning them for life from future employment with any law enforcement agency in California.

Under the procedure for decertification, officers can request a review before the Peace Officer Accountability Advisory Board, which conducts a hearing and reviews the POST investigation findings, then makes a written recommendation to the commission. Nine offenses qualify them for decertification, including dishonesty relating to the reporting, investigation or prosecution of a crime, abuse of power, physical abuse including, but not limited to, excessive or unreasonable use of force, and sexual assault.

POST is reviewing data on officers accused of serious misconduct, submitted by law enforcement agencies statewide, to determine if they now qualify for decertification under the new law. “What some of these officers have done such as stealing evidence, forging and falsifying police reports, sexual assault - these officers aren’t worthy of wearing a badge.” When you violate the rules or laws as a doctor, a teacher or an attorney, you lose your right to practice,” Bradford said. “Law enforcement should be treated as any other profession. He said he was not surprised there are already 20 names on the list, and he expects to see more names added as it continues to be updated. In a telephone interview Tuesday, Bradford said SB 2 was designed “to expose these officers who break public trust and break the law, so I am excited about it.” Robbins was cleared by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which determined the officer feared for his life and the lives of others. SB 2 was named after a 25-year-old Gardena man fatally shot by now retired Gardena police officer Michael Robbins on April 11, 2018. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, which was signed into law in September 2021 by Gov.

Police Decertification Act - authored by Sen. 17 and last updated on March 28, was made possible under Senate Bill 2 - the Kenneth Ross Jr. “Neither of them work for us anymore,” San Bernardino Police Chief Darren Goodman said in a telephone interview Tuesday.Ī third former officer from the Inland Empire - Claudiu Murzea of Cathedral City - also made the POST decertification list on the basis of alleged “egregious or repeated acts that violate the law.” Law took effect Jan. The Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) temporarily suspended its certification for former San Bernardino police Officers Fidel Ocampo-Rodarte and Sonny Aguilera on March 1 and March 8, respectively - Rodarte for alleged abuse of power and Aguilera for alleged dishonesty, according to the list on the POST website. Two former San Bernardino police officers accused of serious misconduct are among 20 officers statewide who face possible decertification by California’s accreditation panel for sworn law enforcement, which would prevent them from getting hired by any other police agency.

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