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Watchdogs have characterized binding arbitration as a barrier to police accountability. So in 2021, when Palo Alto police's top brass had to fire one of their own, they faced a steep hurdle: convincing an arbitrator to allow the move.
It took the Palo Alto Police Department more than a year for its internal investigation into a violent 2018 arrest by one of its officers to really take off. By that time, news of the highly questionable conduct was spreading fast.
On Sept. 1, 2021, former Palo Alto Police Agent Thomas DeStefano received a strongly worded letter from then-Police Chief Robert Jonsen informing him that he was being fired. This is the story of how that decision came about.