Cleveland, Ohio: Regional Transit Authority officer Patrick Rivera disciplined for altercation caught on video

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RTA officer disciplined for altercation caught on video

6 April 2021

A Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority officer was disciplined after he was caught on camera in an altercation with a man, who fell onto train tracks. The punishment comes just as another RTA officer was fired for slamming a man to the ground at another rapid station a month earlier. A surveillance camera captures an encounter between RTA police officer Patrick Rivera and a man on the platform of the Brook Park Rapid Station around noon on Feb. 16. The video appears to show Officer Rivera push the man, who tumbles onto the train tracks below. “The camera only catches ...

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Video shows RTA officer shove mentally-ill man off Cleveland rapid platform onto tracks

6 April 2021

Greater Cleveland RTA officials found a transit officer used unnecessary force when he shoved a 68-year-old man with a mental illness off a rapid station platform and onto train tracks, but declined to fire him unless he violates any more of the department’s policies. RTA Police Chief Michael Gettings allowed officer Patrick Rivera to accept what the department calls a Decision Making Leave, meaning Rivera avoided an unpaid suspension or other discipline but will be fired if he makes another mistake in the next year, according to RTA records. As part of the discipline, Rivera agreed to attend 40 hours ...

Video shows RTA officer shove mentally-ill man off Cleveland rapid platform onto tracks

Video released on Tuesday shows RTA police officer Patrick Rivera shoving a man off a rapid platform in Cleveland. He was not suspended, but was given a last-chance agreement that stipulates that he'll be fired if he has any other disciplinary actions in the next year.

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Cleveland transit cop who shoved man off platform charged

17 November 2021

A Cleveland transit officer who was captured on surveillance video shoving a 68-year-old man off a rail platform and onto the tracks in February has been charged. Patrick Rivera, 41, pleaded not guilty to three charges, including first-degree misdemeanor assault, on Saturday, cleveland.com reported. Rivera was placed on unpaid leave after charges were filed, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority spokesperson Linda Scardilli Krecic told the news outlet. In April, cleveland.com won a court order for the release of the surveillance video from RTA, which showed Rivera pushing the man off of the transit platform. Rivera was called to the platform ...

Cleveland transit cop who shoved man off platform charged

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — A Cleveland transit officer who was captured on surveillance...

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WATCH: Cop Arrested for Throwing Elderly Man Off Train Platform onto Live Tracks

17 November 2021

Harrowing footage was released recently showing what led up to the multiple charges against an RTA police officer. According to the surveillance video from Brook Park Rapid train stop in Cleveland, RTA officer Patrick Rivera, 41, threw a mentally ill man off the train platform and onto the tracks as the trains were running. Rivera has since been arrested and charged with first-degree misdemeanor assault, second-degree misdemeanor dereliction of duty and third-degree misdemeanor unlawful restraint for his actions that day. It took 9 months for the department to charge him. RTA spokeswoman Linda Scardilli Krecic told Cleveland.com that Rivera was ...

WATCH: Cop Arrested for Throwing Elderly Man Off Train Platform onto Live Tracks

RTA officer Patrick Rivera, 41, threw a mentally ill man off the train platform and onto the tracks as the trains were running.

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