Inquiry into firings of 3 Surprise police officers kept secret

From Sunshine Review

March 13, 2009

Inquiry into firings of 3 Surprise police officers kept secret

"Surprise officials refuse to release results of the Police Department's investigation of two detectives and an officer who were fired earlier this year.

City Manager Randy Oliver, in a statement Thursday, wrote that releasing details of the investigation of the former police employees "would compromise the ability of the department to effectively conduct internal investigations, which could, in turn, conceivably in rare cases, diminish the capability of the department to quickly identify and discipline officers whose conduct may be a disservice or to the public they are hired to serve."" Read the full article here.