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Tempe disciplines officer, settles hotel gunpoint claim
Officer Ronald Kerzaya disciplined for holding Black hotel worker at gunpoint
Tempe police disciplines officer that detained a Black hotel employee at gunpoint while searching for a white suspect.
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TEMPE, AZ â The City of Tempe has disciplined Officer Ronald Kerzaya and settled a legal claim from a hotel employee after the officer held the Black employee at gunpoint while he was supposed to search for a white suspect in August.
The City Council approved a $300,000 settlement for the hotel employee, Trevonyae Cumpian, during a meeting Wednesday night.
Tempe City Council approves settlement deal with Black man who was held at gunpoint by police officer
By Justin Lum , Kenneth Wong and Brent Corrado
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Body camera video showing police officer Robert Kerzaya holding Trevonyae Cumpian at gunpoint while searching for a suspect whose description did not match those of Cumpian.
PHOENIX - On Dec. 9, members of the Tempe City Council approved a deal to settle a lawsuit brought by a man
who was held at gunpoint while police officers were looking for a white suspect at a hotel.
The settlement deal was approved in a unanimous vote as part of the city council meeting s consent agenda items, which are considered as a group. Other items in the consent agenda include various awards of bids and contracts, as well as appointments to city boards, commissions, and committees.
UpdatedThu, Dec 10, 2020 at 2:47 pm MT
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Protesters rally, Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz., demanding reallocation of Tempe Police Department funding to community programs. (AP Photo/Matt York)
TEMPE, AZ A Black hotel employee who was mistakenly held at gunpoint in August by a Tempe police officer has reached a settlement with the city.
The Tempe City Council unanimously voted to award Trevonyae Cumpian a $300,000 settlement during its Wednesday meeting. Cumpian, who was employed by the Hawthorn Suites hotel when the incident took place, filed a lawsuit against the city and the officer involved in September.
Tempe Mayor Corey Woods applauded the decision in a statement posted to Twitter following the meeting.