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Manuel Giron

Case #: 21PB2994-2
Police badge #: 11959
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- 21PB2994_Charges.pdf

Recommendation Termination
Decision Suspension
Length of process about 1 year July 23, 2021 to August 18, 2022 Closed

Investigative Agency

Charged with violating 4 rules on 8 counts

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Rule 2	2 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 May 31, 2019, Police Officer Manuel Giron, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while at or near the location of 9700 South Commercial Avenue in Chicago, during an investigatory stop, searched Alfonso Cazares without justification and retrieved his identification. Count 2 Guilty On or about May 31, 2019, Police Officer Manuel Giron, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while at or near the location of 9700 South Commercial Avenue in Chicago, during the arrest of Alfonso Cazares, failed to record the entire incident on his body worn camera, and/or failed to secure the arrestee with a seatbelt, and/or failed to transport the arrestee to the station in a properly equipped Department vehicle.
Rule 6	3 counts	Disobedience of an order or directive, whether written or oral. Count 1 Not Guilty On or about May 31, 2019, Police Officer Manuel Giron, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while at or near the location of 9700 South Commercial Avenue in Chicago, during an investigatory stop, searched Alfonso Cazares without justification and retrieved his identification. Count 2 Guilty On or about May 31, 2019, Police Officer Manuel Giron, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while at or near the location of 9700 South Commercial Avenue in Chicago, during the arrest of Alfonso Cazares, failed to record the entire incident on his body worn camera, and/or failed to secure the arrestee with a seatbelt, and/or failed to transport the arrestee to the station in a properly equipped Department vehicle. Count 3 Not Guilty On or about May 31, 2019, Police Officer Manuel Giron, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while at or near the location of 2255 East 103rd Street in Chicago, failed to report that Officer Louis Garcia used excessive force when he applied direct pressure and/or choked and/or blocked the airway of Alfonso Cazares without any legal justification and/or used force as punishment or retaliation during an arrest.
Rule 3	2 counts	Any failure to promote the Department's efforts to implement its policy or accomplish its goals. Count 1 Guilty On or about May 31, 2019, Police Officer Manuel Giron, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while at or near the location of 9700 South Commercial Avenue in Chicago, during the arrest of Alfonso Cazares, failed to record the entire incident on his body worn camera, and/or failed to secure the arrestee with a seatbelt, and/or failed to transport the arrestee to the station in a properly equipped Department vehicle. Count 2 Not Guilty On or about May 31, 2019, Police Officer Manuel Giron, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while at or near the location of 2255 East 103rd Street in Chicago, failed to report that Officer Louis Garcia used excessive force when he applied direct pressure and/or choked and/or blocked the airway of Alfonso Cazares without any legal justification and/or used force as punishment or retaliation during an arrest.
Rule 22	1 count	Failure to report to the Department any violation of Rules and Regulations or any other improper conduct which is contrary to the policy, orders or directives of the Department. Count 1 Not Guilty On or about May 31, 2019, Police Officer Manuel Giron, at approximately 9:00 p.m., while at or near the location of 2255 East 103rd Street in Chicago, failed to report that Officer Louis Garcia used excessive force when he applied direct pressure and/or choked and/or blocked the airway of Alfonso Cazares without any legal justification and/or used force as punishment or retaliation during an arrest.

Board Member Votes & Decisions

Majority Decision

3 agreed

Agreed with the final decision of the board

1 disagreed

Disagreed with the final decision of the board

Michael Eaddy, Member

0 did not vote

Did not vote or were not present for voting

Minority Opinions

It is important to understand the cases detailed here are a significant minority of the total complaints filed against officers. A typical year sees about 3–5% of complaints against officers result in a sustained finding of misconduct. A very small percentage of those sustained findings result in discipline that would require the police board to get involved. The data used for this website is taken directly from Police Board documents. The documents were obtained through the Illinois Freedom of Information act. All the documents used as the basis of this website are available for download from the individual case pages. The Chicago Justice Project is an independent transparency organization and is not affiliated in any way with the Chicago Police Board or any other justice agency in Chicago or Cook County.

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