- Former Philadelphia police officer Carl Holmes, who was fired in 2019 after being accused of sexual assault, will be reinstated.
- Holmes had been on the force for nearly 30 years and had faced accusations of sexual assault against three women in the workplace.
- The criminal case involving sexual assault allegations was dismissed, and the last case was dropped in January 2023.
The Philadelphia Police Department announced that a former senior commander who was fired after being accused of sexual assault will be reinstated following an arbitrator's ruling that dismissed his lawsuit.
Carl Holmes “returns to his former position as Chief Inspector” after arbitrator Sergeant Carl Holmes rules in his favor. Eric Gripp, a spokesperson for the department, said in an email, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Mr Holmes, who worked for the force for nearly 30 years and was also a lawyer, was fired in 2019 after he was accused of sexually assaulting three women at work. The criminal case involving the two women was dropped in early 2021, and prosecutors dropped the final case in January 2023 after the accusers failed to appear in court.
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Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5 President Roosevelt Poplar said in a statement Friday that the union and city presented their respective cases to an arbitrator “as part of this officer's due process rights,” and that the arbitrator ” We have given a favorable verdict.” Regarding reinstatement of police officers. ”
A Philadelphia police officer puts a black ribbon on his badge on November 7, 2007 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Police Department announced that a former senior commander who was fired after being accused of sexual assault will be reinstated following an arbitrator's ruling that dismissed his lawsuit. (William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
Gripp said the reinstatement process is “still ongoing” and he could not say when Holmes would return to the department.
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Holmes was indicted after a grand jury investigation concluded that he abused his authority after mentoring female police officers at the police academy. The charges come two years after the city settled a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a female detective for $1.25 million. Holmes denied the charges.
