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A 911 dispatcher who took a call that led to a police officer’s fatal shooting of 12-year-old boy who’d been playing with a pellet gun outside a Cleveland recreation center has been suspended for eight days.
Police Chief Calvin Williams stated in a disciplinary letter Constance Hollinger violated protocol.
The caller told Hollinger it was probably a juvenile with a fake weapon outside the rec center in 2014. Hollinger is accused of not relaying that to another dispatcher communicating with responders.
Cleveland safety director Michael McGrath handed down a two-day suspension for police officer William Cunningham. Cunningham was working off duty without permission at the rec center where Tamir Rice was shot by another officer.
A message seeking comment on behalf of Hollinger and Cunningham has been left for the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association.
via NBC4i
