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Portland police officer who leaked traffic complaint targeting ex-Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty reinstated

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Officer Brian Hunzeker had 20 years of experience on the force and was four months into his job as Portland Police Association president. He tipped off a reporter about a motorist who reported to police that the commissioner had hit her car and driven off. But the motorist was wrong and Hardesty had nothing to do with the crash.
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Portland police officer who leaked traffic complaint targeting ex-Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty reinstated

Officer Brian Hunzeker’s motivation as union shopkeeper was to influence politics, not smear Hardesty, an arbitrator determined.

2 months ago·Portland, United States
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Portland officer who leaked false info accusing Hardesty of hit-and-run reinstated

A former Portland Police officer will be reinstated after he was fired forleaking information that falsely implicated former City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty

2 months ago·Portland, United States
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Portland Police Bureau Reinstates Officer Who Leaked False Information About Former Commissioner Hardesty

Brian Hunzeker, the Portland police officer responsible for leaking false information linking former city commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty to a 2021 hit-and-run, has been reinstated to his position with the Portland Police Bureau (PPB). While Hunzeker was originally fired in March 2022 for his involvement in the leak, a labor arbitrator from the Oregon Employee Relations Board found that Hunzeker’s actions did not warrant termination. “The Arbitrator

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