An assistant police chief in the city of Kent, Washington, will receive over $1.5 million for his resignation after disciplinary actions were taken against him for displaying a Nazi symbol in the workplace.
The City of Kent reached a $1.5 million settlement with an assistant police chief who was put on leave for posting a Nazi insignia on his office door and joking about the Holocaust.
Former Kent Assistant Police Chief Derek Kammerzell was initially given two weeks of unpaid leave after the 2020 incident. He was placed on paid leave again in January, when outraged residents demanded his resignation. On Friday, the city announced that would pay him $1,52M to resign.
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KENT An assistant police chief in Kent has been disciplined for posting Nazi insignia on his office door, embracing the rank of an official in Adolf Hitler’s dreaded paramilitary Schutzstaffel or SS responsible for the murders of millions of Jews and joking about the Holocaust.