(LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck/Brianna Sacks, Neon Tommy)

At a media conference held Wednesday, Deputy Chief Mark Perez said he believed Dorner’s disciplinary process “was a fair trial”

“I believe that the hearing officers went above and beyond what they had to go through the questioning process of getting to the really tough granular points of truth,” said Perez.

A three-member panel composed of two command officers and one civilian member, usually an attorney, voted unanimously to fire Dorner in 2009 after reviewing persuasive evidence that the new cop wrongfully accused his training officer of kicking a mentally ill man during an arrest.

Police Chief Charlie Beck has said he would like to make Board of Rights hearings open to the public, as they were before the Copley Press V. Supreme Court case in 2006. The decision said records of an administrative appeal of sustained misconduct charges are confidential and may not be disclosed to the public.

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Unfortunately, Beck does not have much say in the matter, explained Eric Rose of the Los Angeles Police Protective League. Beck has no way of altering the state law to keep these hearings private and can only be changed by a popular vote. 

Beck spoke on Tuesday about plans to conduct a broad review of the department’s procedures for disciplinary officers.

Though the chief did promise to examine whether officer disciplinary punishments and terminations vary based on race, gender, or an officer’s rank in his review of the Board of Rights system.

About a dozen protestors showed up outside the conference, demanding an independent, thorough examination of Dorner’s claims. The protestors called for more accountability from the department as to whether police officers often protect their own in police misconduct cases.

Dorner’s case brings up the department’s painful past of public mistrust, allegations of racism and other negative experiences with Los Angeles police officers. But it has also led to discontent and uncertainty from other cops who were punished by the Board of Rights system, Beck said Tuesday.

Beck decided to reopen Dorner’s case during the manhunt to show departmental transparency and help rebuild public trust and “broken bridges” damaged by Dorner’s manifesto.

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Dorner’s outrage and vendetta against the L.A. Police Department stemmed from his self-described “wrongful termination.” His allegations of racism and bias in the department caused Police Chief Charlie Beck to reopen its review of Dorner’s Board of Rights disciplinary process during the manhunt that ended weeks ago.

As a result of the reopening, six former LAPD officers told the police department and the Los Angeles Police Protective League they also wanted their termination cases reexamined. 

Last year there were 49 Board of Rights hearings, 33 of which resulted in termination, CBS news reported.

Beck said he and the department will review other requests for reexamination, but said many are old cases.

The union’s legal team is currently reviewing the requests to reopen cases, and Dorner’s decision is expected in the next few months. However,  no time frame was given for the he broader review of the Board of Rights system.

It is also uncertain if new legislation will be introduced to make Board of Rights hearings public.

Perez said he and the Chief would like to see this change, but that the public and press did not seem to care when the hearings were open.

“I remember when they were open,” Perez told reporters. “The strange thing was almost nobody ever showed up.”

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