Seattle Post-Intelligencer
SEATTLE — Discipline meted out to a Seattle police officer who forcibly kissed an 18-year-old woman in the police Explorers program was upheld Thursday by a King County Superior judge.
Rob Mahoney appealed his 30-day suspension and disciplinary transfer he received after a review by the police chief.
In reviewing the April 7, 2008, incident, then-Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske concluded that Mahoney was dishonest with investigators. Mahoney appealed his punishment to the Public Safety Civil Service Commission, which upheld the city’s suspension and transfer.
The Explorer, Heather Newstrom, testified to the commission that Mahoney grabbed her and said, “Now can I have a real kiss?” Mahoney testified that they’d exchanged kisses on the cheek, but that the allegation that he kissed her on the mouth was false.
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