Months before District of Columbia police Chief Cathy Lanier demoted a commander from a Southeast Washington district, the police union filed a grievance against him for approving inadequate staffing levels and endangering officers, according to internal documents The Examiner has obtained.
The revelation comes days after former Sixth District Cmdr. Robin Hoey filed a federal lawsuit against Lanier and Mayor Adrian Fenty, in which he alleges they acted with “evil motive” by demoting him to captain and reassigning him to the central cell block.
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