Johnson, a field training officer, was accused by COPA of several rule violations, among them failing to treat Kersh with “dignity and respect” by “dragging and/or carrying” Kersh without justification while he was unconscious; failing to activate his body camera on time; and making “false, misleading, incomplete, and/or inaccurate statements” by omitting that Kersh lost consciousness and claiming he was alert, according to Police Board paperwork.
Police Superintendent Brown fails to convince disciplinary panel to give lighter punishments to several officers
