Judge reinstates D.C. police lieutenant

A D.C. police lieutenant is back on the job after an administrative law judge reinstated him and slammed law enforcement authorities for firing the officer — because he had been fired.

Tim Haselden was forced to turn in his badge and gun and was facing termination after Attorney General Peter Nickles decided that previous wife-beating accusations against Haselden — true or not — had damaged the 18-year veteran’s credibility.