Gugino, 75, spent a month in hospital following the incident to recover from the fracture skull and an associated a brain injury, but the arbitrator ruled the officers had not violated use-of-force guidelines.
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has nominated current Deputy Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia to replace Commissioner Byron Lockwood, who retired on Thursday.
The police force was established back in 1871 and took over for the Niagara Frontier Police District, which oversaw Buffalo, Tonawanda, and Wheatfield.
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