School police chief slings racial slurs at "retreat"

[Liberal_in_LA]

Oakland schools top cop's odd bonding strategy


Turns out the Oakland schools police chief accused of launching a boozy barrage of racial slurs at an African American sergeant on their way home from a charity golf tournament had actually brought him to the party as part of a "bonding experience."

What's more, the cash-strapped Oakland school district picked up the tab, giving Chief Pete Sarna and the sergeant, plus another sergeant on the command staff, a full day's pay to hit the greens and party it up with fellow cops from around the Bay Area at the $150-a-head event.

"It was classified as a retreat," said one school district source, who asked not to be named because the district is conducting a confidential personnel investigation of Sarna.

The district is looking into accusations that the chief, who is white, let loose July 18 with a half-hour tirade loaded with racist epithets against his two sergeants and a police driver - who apparently was called to the event at the Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland so no one would be driving drunk.

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Sarna allegedly told the African American sergeant, who lives in Orinda, that "the only good n- is a dead n- and they should hang you in the town square to prevent any other n- from coming in the area."


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/16/BA331KO5JQ.DTL#ixzz1VJahDVob

[KurtNYC]

1. Just a suggestion to those in the car with this guy

or anyone in a similar situation: discreetly dial your own cell phone number, it won't ring since you are the one dialing yourself, let it go to voicemail...and record this crap.

[Broderick]

2. Schools have a police chief?