Dispatcher in Tamir Rice case faces possible suspension
The 911 dispatcher who took the call about 12-year-old Tamir Rice now faces suspension for allegedly failing to report crucial information to the officers who responded to the call.
Constance Hollinger, the dispatcher who took the call, is facing possible disciplinary action because she did not tell responding officers that the caller who had reported a “guy” with a gun also reported that there was a possibility the gun was “fake.”
In December 2015, then-Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty cited this lack of information in his argument to a grand jury that Officer Timothy Loehmann should not be charged criminally in connection to Rice’s death.
On Friday, Hollinger had a disciplinary meeting with Police Chief Calvin Williams, and she could reportedly face a suspension of up to ten days.
However, on Monday, Steve Loomis, the president of the police union that represents patrol officers and dispatchers, said in a statement that Hollinger was a “very good dispatcher” and that she followed all the rules.
“Any assertion to the contrary is disingenuous, media-driven and politically motivated,” Loomis said.
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