Walter L. Garth

Case #: 11PB2745
Employee #: 12765
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Recommendation Termination
Decision Return to duty
Length of process May 10, 2011 Closed

Investigative Agency Not Specified

Charged with violating 3 rules on 6 counts

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Rule 1	1 count	Violation of any law or ordinance. Count 1 Not Guilty The Superintendent did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that on or about May 1, 2008, at various intersections and locations in the City of Chicago, Officer Garth failed to pull over for Department personnel attempting to curb his motorcycle, and/or failed to signal when changing lanes, and/or failed to obey traffic control signals and drove into oncoming traffic causing other vehicles to swerve.
Rule 6	2 counts	Disobedience of an order or directive, whether written or oral. Count 1 Not Guilty The Superintendent did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that on or about October 10, 2008, Officer Garth failed to cooperate with the investigation by providing false statements about alleged conversations he had with Sergeant Shaun Fleischhacker and/or Police Officer Sean Piazza and/or Sergeant James Haggard on May 1, 2008. Count 2 Not Guilty The Superintendent did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Officer Garth failed to cooperate with the investigation and violated General Order 93-03-02B, Section II-A-2 by not responding to a Department request, delivered to his residence on January 8, 2010 by certified mail, for his formal statement regarding an additional allegation of providing a false report.
Rule 14	3 counts	Making a false report, written or oral. Count 1 Not Guilty The Superintendent did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that on or about October 10, 2008, in the offices of the Internal Affairs Division, Officer Garth provided a false statement about an alleged conversation he had with Sergeant Shaun Fleischhacker on May 1, 2008, relative to receiving permission to go home for medication. Count 2 Not Guilty The Superintendent did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that on or about October 10, 2008, in the offices of the Internal Affairs Division, Officer Garth provided a false statement about an alleged conversation he had with Police Officer Sean Piazza on May 1, 2008, upon his (Garth’s) arrival to the 023rd District station. Count 3 Not Guilty The Superintendent did not prove by a preponderance of the evidence that on or about October 10, 2008, in the offices of the Internal Affairs Division, Officer Garth provided a false statement about an alleged conversation he had with Sergeant James Haggard on May 1, 2008, upon his (Garth’s) arrival to the 023rd District station.

Rule 1

1 count

Violation of any law or ordinance.

Rule 6

2 counts

Disobedience of an order or directive, whether written or oral.

Rule 14

3 counts

Making a false report, written or oral.

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