2 Oakland officers disciplined over Occupy protest actions (VIDEO)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/two-officers-involved-in-occupy-protests-have-been-punished-by-the-oakland-police-department-for-violating-official-policy-a.html



Two officers involved in Occupy protests have been punished by the Oakland Police Department for violating official policy after an onlooker’s video showed one of them with dark tape obscuring the name on his badge, according to court documents.

After an internal affairs investigation into the actions of Officer John Hargraves and Lt. Clifford Wong, interim Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said in a written declaration that he "immediately moved to implement what, in my judgment as Chief of Police, was appropriate personnel action."

In the declaration, Jordan said he did not disclose the punishment “on advice of my legal counsel.”