Booze, a state police truck and silence: How decade-old misconduct shaped OSP’s top cop

Oregon State Police SWAT

A state police SWAT member, who learned he was being kicked off the team for "general lack of professionalism," reported misconduct by his supervisors, including then-Sgt. Casey Codding: “I’m hearing about the word professionalism, and I’m thinking, ‘these guys had the nerve to sit across from me and say that … and this kind of stuff is occurring,’” Trooper Nick Rhoades told investigators.Multi-agency police team

Oregon State Police Superintendent Casey Codding says a major mistake he made more than a decade ago left an indelible impression and changed how he does his job.

But you won’t find any mention in the agency’s records of the discipline Codding faced that apparently contributed to his seminal experience.

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