Lanier to again fire reinstated officers

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D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced Friday that she has begun to fire for a second time 20 city police officers who were terminated, then ordered to be reinstated because the department missed critical disciplinary deadlines.

The officers had been dismissed for various reasons: Accessing personal information about a reporter and disseminating it online, taking disability leave while working at a second job, and falsifying police reports.

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