ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orlando police officer who got his job back after he was acquitted on excessive force charges five years ago is now on a last-chance agreement with the department.
It comes after questions were raised over an arrest officer William Escobar made last year.
An investigator with the department’s internal affairs division initially said Escobar falsified the arrest report, but he’s still on the job.
Police chief Orlando Rolon recommended Escobar be terminated for that falsified report, but the union argued and he was given one last chance.
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At the end of the fight to keep his job, his charge was dropped from falsifying a report to standards of conduct, both of which can have an officer terminated.
Escobar had to sign an agreement that if he violates another policy in the next two years, he will be fired.
He is under another investigation right now, but that started before he signed the agreement, so the incident won’t count against that agreement.
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The city said Escobar has a discipline record dating back years.
