Date of Offense
Offense(s)
Official Statement
Terminated: Yes
Demoted: No
Suspended: Yes
Other Sanction: Loss of time
Resigned, retired, transferred, or separated while case was pending: No
# of Days Suspended: 60
Sustained Charge: Conduct Unbecoming of Public Employee: Members and employees shall conduct their private and professional lives in such a manner as to avoid bringing the department into disrepute.
Description: Failed to properly invesitgate cases, specificially by misrepresnting a dometic matter as resolved to his supervisor when a restraining order should have been filed. After opening an IA
investigation this department found several reports that were not completed in time and were deleted by Officer Podeszwa from the police data base in an attempted to concealed his wrongdoings. Investigation revealed untruthfulness in his actions.
