Two fired Tucson-area cops have lost their state licenses for police work, and a third is facing discipline, officials said.
Beau Tribolet, formerly of the Tucson Police Department, and Alexander J. Roy, formerly of the Sierra Vista police department, appeared before the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board Wednesday.
The board accepted a consent agreement with Tribolet for voluntary relinquishment of his certification and Roy's certification was revoked, said spokeswoman Sandy Sierra.
The board also disciplined Marana police recruit Kyle D. Lovett, denying his request for certification, Sierra said.
Another former TPD officer, Jaime F. Gutierrez, is also facing sanctions, after the board voted to initiate proceedings against him.
Beau Tribolet
Tribolet, an 18-year veteran of TPD, resigned Nov. 4 after internal affairs determined that he gave false testimony during a civil hearing, an AZPOST document obtained by the Star shows.
In November 2014, Triboletβs wife ran a red light and received a ticket from a red-light camera. A process server went to their home in February and gave Tribolet paperwork for the violation, the document said.
In April, his wife was notified her license had been suspended for failure to appear in court, and when she asked Tribolet, he said he didnβt remember receiving any paperwork, the document states.
Tribolet was placed under oath at a June court hearing to contest her suspension, and denied being served with the paperwork.
The process server produced a nearly four-minute recording of his conversation with Tribolet, after which his wife confirmed that it was Triboletβs voice. The suspension was upheld, and the judge contacted TPDβs internal affairs division to alert them to Triboletβs false testimony, the document said.
During his internal affairs interview, Tribolet stated several times that he didnβt remember being served with the paperwork, even after hearing the recording, the document said.
He resigned in lieu of termination.
Alexander J. Roy
Sierra Vista police notified the AZPOST after Roy was fired in October on suspicion of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl, AZPOST documents show.
Roy appealed his termination with the city of Sierra Vista, and a hearing officer decided the punishment was too severe. Roy was reinstated after an 80-hour suspension without pay, according to the document.
AZPOST rules dictate that once a termination report is received, the case is investigated regardless of if the officer's termination is overturned.
The investigation determined that in early 2015, a woman filed several serious complaints with the Cochise County Sheriffβs Department, regarding her daughterβs alleged relationship with Roy, the document said.
The sheriff's office determined that while Roy hadn't broken the law, his relationship with the girl was still inappropriate.
βIt was clear to the department that Roy, an adult male, had an inappropriate relationship with a minor female,β the document says. βThis includes inappropriately slapping her buttocks, spending time with her alone and picking her up in his patrol vehicle while on-duty and without supervisory approval.β
Between July 2012 and June 2014, Roy committed five violations of department policy, and in conjunction with the findings of the investigation, he was fired for demonstrating a pattern of poor judgment, the document says.
Kyle D. Lovett
While conducting a routine new-hire audit in July, AZPOST investigators learned that Lovett, a Marana Police applicant, lied multiple times on past applications, regarding a theft case and drug use, documents show.
Lovett was immediately removed from the academy, pending the outcome of his AZPOST case, the document said.
The decision to deny his certification is permanent, and he will not be able to seek employment in law enforcement in the future, Sierra said. Similar to a revocation, the applicant is permanently barred from working in law enforcement in Arizona.
Jaime F. Gutierrez
Gutierrez was fired from TPD in January, after internal affairs learned that he lied to superiors and violated five department policies, AZPOST documents show.
In May 2015, Gutierrez was guarding a suspect in an officer-involved shooting at a local hospital, when another officer witnessed the suspect make an incriminating statement to Gutierrez, according to the records.
The officer informed their supervisor that she didn't believe Gutierrez documented the conversation, and it was discovered that he did not.
Gutierrez denied doing anything wrong, but admitted to his supervisor that he'd known the suspect had been involved in an officer-involved shooting, and planned on writing up the report later, according to the documents.
During a July interview, he changed his story, telling investigators, "Yeah, I didn't know it was an officer involved shooting . . . If I would've known, then yeah, I woulda done it right there and then."
It was determined that Gutierrez lied during the interview, and he was terminated, but later reinstated by the city's Civil Service Commission.
At the time, Gutierrez was being investigated for a second incident, that also occurred in May 2015.
When responding to a domestic violence call, Gutierrez applied force to a male suspect, but failed to report it to his supervisor within 30 minutes, which violates department policy. Although the force was found to be justified, records show that Gutierrez released the suspect without charging him, despite the fact that other officers at the scene discussed charging the man with multiple offenses, records show.
He told his supervisor that he released the man because there were no criminal charges associated with the incident, but it was confirmed that there were. In June Gutierrez also is accused of lyingΒ when he told investigators that another officer ordered him to let the domestic violenceΒ suspect go, documents show.
GutierrezΒ was terminated on Nov. 17, but appealed his second termination with the Civil Service Commission, which decided to uphold the department's decision.
