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New Haven police commission terminates 2 officers charged in the transport incident that left Randy Cox paralyzed


New Haven police commission terminates 2 officers charged in the transport incident that left Randy Cox paralyzed
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Two of the five New Haven, Connecticut, police officers involved in the June 2022 arrest of Randy Cox, who was left paralyzed from the chest down in a police van, have been fired, officials said.

Four members of the New Haven Board of Police Commissioners on Wednesday voted in favor of dismissing officers Jocelyn Lavandier and Luis Rivera over the transportation incident, Mayor Justin Elicker said.

Police Chief Karl Jacobson recommended the terminations of all five officers in March.

The commissioners found that Lavandier and Rivera violated the "General Orders of the New Haven Police Department," according to Elicker.

Lavandier's lawyer called the move "an absolute rush to judgment" in a statement to CNN.

"At a minimum, the City should have waited for the judicial process to play out before terminating Officer Lavandier," attorney Daniel Ford said.

CNN has reached out to Rivera for comment.

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