'Officer of year' faces firing for lying / Internal affairs probed Oakland narcotics cop A veteran Oakland police narcotics investigator named "officer of the year" has been told that the city intends to fire him on the grounds that he lied and falsified reports, sources said today.
John L. Gutierrez, 44, who has earned a reputation for seizing record amounts of cocaine and making high-profile drug arrests, faces termination as a result of an internal affairs investigation, officials with knowledge of the case said.
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The continuing saga of Prohibition in Amerika. This is what happens to the 'best'. You don't even have to imagine the 'worst'.