Tabitha L. Tabb

Case #: 19PB2957
Police badge #: 8543
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Recommendation Termination
Decision Suspension
Length of process about 1 year June 18, 2019 to June 18, 2020 Closed

Investigative Agency Not Specified

Charged with violating 4 rules on 9 counts


Rule 23	1 count	Failure to obey Department orders concerning other employment, occupation, or profession. Count 1 Guilty On or about September 16, 2013, while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department, and while wearing her Chicago Police Department uniform, Officer Tabb appeared as and/or represented herself to be an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., at a meeting with employees from the Chicago Housing Authority, Office of the Inspector General at or near the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois.
Rule 6	1 count	Disobedience of an order or directive, whether written or oral. Count 1 Guilty On or about September 16, 2013, while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department, and while wearing her Chicago Police Department uniform, Officer Tabb appeared as and/or represented herself to be an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., at a meeting with employees from the Chicago Housing Authority, Office of the Inspector General at or near the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois.
Rule 14	3 counts	Making a false report, written or oral. Count 1 Not Guilty On or about April 20, 2013, and/or April 21, 2013, Officer Tabb reported and/or caused to be reported on a Maverick Security, Inc., employee timesheet that she was present for duty at the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois as an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., from 1300 hours on April 20, 2013, to 0500 hours on April 21, 2013; however, Officer Tabb also effectuated and/or was present for and/or participated in an arrest occurring at approximately 2010 hours on April 20, 2013, at or near 1329 West 97th Place, Chicago, Illinois, and while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department, and/or testified under oath on or about May 8, 2013, during a preliminary hearing in People v. Walton, 13 MCI 114075 (Cir. Ct. Cook County 2013) that at approximately 7:15 p.m. on April 20, 2013, she was working as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department and assigned to the area of 1329 West 97th Place, Chicago, Illinois, when she effectuated an arrest of an individual. Count 2 Not Guilty On or about April 6, 2013, and/or April 7, 2013, Officer Tabb reported and/or caused to be reported on a Maverick Security, Inc., employee timesheet that she was present for duty at the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois as an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., from 2100 hours on April 6, 2013, to 0500 hours on April 7, 2013, when she also effectuated and/or was present for and/or participated in one or more arrests occurring at approximately 2255 hours on April 6, 2013, at or near 13134 South Langley Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department. Count 3 Not Guilty On or about January 25, 2012, and/or January 26, 2012, Officer Tabb reported and/or caused to be reported on a Maverick Security, Inc., employee timesheet that she was present for duty at the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois as an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., from 2100 hours on January 25, 2012, to 0500 hours on January 26, 2012, when she also effectuated and/or was present for and/or participated in an arrest occurring at approximately 2230 hours on January 25, 2012, at or near 11421 South Stewart Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department.
Rule 2	4 counts	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 On or about January 25, 2012, and/or January 26, 2012, Officer Tabb reported and/or caused to be reported on a Maverick Security, Inc., employee timesheet that she was present for duty at the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois as an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., from 2100 hours on January 25, 2012, to 0500 hours on January 26, 2012, when she also effectuated and/or was present for and/or participated in an arrest occurring at approximately 2230 hours on January 25, 2012, at or near 11421 South Stewart Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department. Count 2 Not Guilty On or about April 6, 2013, and/or April 7, 2013, Officer Tabb reported and/or caused to be reported on a Maverick Security, Inc., employee timesheet that she was present for duty at the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois as an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., from 2100 hours on April 6, 2013, to 0500 hours on April 7, 2013, when she also effectuated and/or was present for and/or participated in one or more arrests occurring at approximately 2255 hours on April 6, 2013, at or near 13134 South Langley Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department. Count 3 Not Guilty On or about April 20, 2013, and/or April 21, 2013, Officer Tabb reported and/or caused to be reported on a Maverick Security, Inc., employee timesheet that she was present for duty at the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois as an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., from 1300 hours on April 20, 2013, to 0500 hours on April 21, 2013; however, Officer Tabb also effectuated and/or was present for and/or participated in an arrest occurring at approximately 2010 hours on April 20, 2013, at or near 1329 West 97th Place, Chicago, Illinois, and while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department, and/or testified under oath on or about May 8, 2013, during a preliminary hearing in People v. Walton, 13 MCI 114075 (Cir. Ct. Cook County 2013) that at approximately 7:15 p.m. on April 20, 2013, she was working as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department and assigned to the area of 1329 West 97th Place, Chicago, Illinois, when she effectuated an arrest of an individual. Count 4 Guilty On or about September 16, 2013, while on duty as a police officer for the Chicago Police Department, and while wearing her Chicago Police Department uniform, Officer Tabb appeared as and/or represented herself to be an employee of Maverick Security, Inc., at a meeting with employees from the Chicago Housing Authority, Office of the Inspector General at or near the Altgeld Gardens Homes in Chicago, Illinois.

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

The Board finds the Respondent not guilty of violating Rule 2 and Rule 14, as set forth in section nos. 5–7 above, and finds the Respondent guilty of violating Rule 2, Rule 6, and Rule 23, as set forth in section no. 7 above. As a result of the foregoing, the Board, by a vote of 9 in favor (Foreman, Wolff, Crowl,
Eaddy, Flores, Montes, O’Malley, Sweeney, and Zopp) to 0 opposed, hereby determines that cause exists for suspending the Respondent from her position as a police officer with the Department of Police and from the services of the City of Chicago, for a period of one-hundred-twenty (120) days. The Respondent,
Police Officer Tabitha L. Tabb , Star No. 8543, as a result of having been found guilty of certain charges in Police Board Case No. 19 PB 2957, be and hereby is
suspended from her position as a police officer with the Department of Police and from the services of the City of Chicago for a period of one-hundred- twenty (120) days, from June 27, 2019 (the date she was suspended upon the filing of charges in this case) to and including October 14, 2019.