James Padar

Case #: 16PB2904
Police badge #: 1210
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- 16PB2904_Charges.pdf
- 16PB2904_Order.pdf

Recommendation Termination
Decision Other
Length of process about 1 year March 24, 2016 to April 20, 2017 Closed

Investigative Agency Not Specified

Charged with violating 4 rules on 4 counts


Rule 5	1 count	Failure to perform any duty. Count 1 Not Guilty From on or about May 28, 2011, through on or about July 8, 2011, or on one or more dates therein, Sergeant Padar recorded Police Officer Anthony Hernandez as present for duty on Daily Assignment/Status Reports on dates during which Officer Hernandez was performing construction work on a property owned by Sergeant Padar and located in Sturgis, Michigan, and/or Sergeant Padar failed to revise Daily Assignment/Status Reports for said dates to reflect Officer Hernandez's absence from duty. Consequently, Officer Hernandez was recorded as present for duty on one or more dates during which he did not perform work for the Chicago Police Department. Sergeant Padar thereby failed to perform a duty.
Rule 4	1 count	Any conduct or action taken to use the official position for personal gain or influence. Count 1 Not Guilty In or around May, 2011, Sergeant Padar contracted with a subordinate, Police Officer Anthony Hernandez, to perform construction work on a property owned by Sergeant Padar and located in Sturgis, Michigan. From on or about May 28, 2011, through on or about July 8, 2011, or on one or more dates therein, Sergeant Padar recorded Police Officer Anthony Hernandez as present for duty on Daily Assignment/Status Reports on dates during which Officer Hernandez was performing construction work on a property owned by Sergeant Padar and located in Sturgis, Michigan, and/or Sergeant Padar failed to revise Daily Assignment/Status Reports for said dates to reflect Officer Hernandez's absence from duty. Consequently, Officer Hernandez was recorded as present for duty on one or more dates during which he did not perform work for the Chicago Police Department. Sergeant Padar thereby used his official position as a Sergeant in the Chicago Police Department for personal gain or influence.
Rule 3	1 count	Any failure to promote the Department's efforts to implement its policy or accomplish its goals. Count 1 Not Guilty From on or about May 28, 2011, through on or about July 8, 2011, or on one or more dates therein, Sergeant Padar recorded Police Officer Anthony Hernandez as present for duty on Daily Assignment/Status Reports on dates during which Officer Hernandez was performing construction work on a property owned by Sergeant Padar and located in Sturgis, Michigan, and/or Sergeant Padar failed to revise Daily Assignment/Status Reports for said dates to reflect Officer Hernandez's absence from duty. Consequently, Officer Hernandez was recorded as present for duty on one or more dates during which he did not perform work for the Chicago Police Department. Sergeant Padar thereby failed to promote the Department's efforts to implement its policy or accomplish its goals.
Rule 2	1 count	Any action or conduct which impedes the Department's efforts to achieve its policy and goals or brings discredit upon the Department. Count 1 Not Guilty From on or about May 28, 2011, through on or about July 8, 2011, or on one or more dates therein, Sergeant Padar recorded Police Officer Anthony Hernandez as present for duty on Daily Assignment/Status Reports on dates during which Officer Hernandez was performing construction work on a property owned by Sergeant Padar and located in Sturgis, Michigan, and/or Sergeant Padar failed to revise Daily Assignment/Status Reports for said dates to reflect Officer Hernandez's absence from duty. Consequently, Officer Hernandez was recorded as present for duty on one or more dates during which he did not perform work for the Chicago Police Department. Sergeant Padar thereby impeded the Department's efforts to achieve its policy and goals, and/or brought discredit on the Department.

Board Member Votes & Decisions

Majority Decision

9 agreed

Agreed with the final decision of the board

0 disagreed

Disagreed with the final decision of the board

0 did not vote

Did not vote or were not present for voting

On March 24, 2016, the Superintendent of Police filed with the Police Board of the City of Chicago Charges against Sergeant James Padar, Star No. 1210 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "Respondent"), recommending that the Respondent be discharged from the Chicago Police Department for violating several Rules of Conduct (a copy of the Charges is attached as Ex. A).

On March 14, 2017, the Superintendent filed a motion to withdraw the Charges against the Respondent because prior to the filing of the Charges with the Police Board, the Superintendent's designee, Chief of Staff James Roussell, approved a fifteen-day suspension for the same misconduct alleged in the Charges, a penalty which the Respondent accepted on June 29, 2015. The Police Board has considered the Superintendent's motion, to which the Respondent did not object.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, in light of the prior resolution of Sergeant Padar's conduct, the Superintendent's motion is granted, and the proceedings before the Police Board are terminated, provided the Superintendent files with the Board proof that the fifteen-day suspension has been imposed on Sergeant Padar (for example, by reducing his accumulated compensatory time, or by suspending him without pay).