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

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

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.

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