HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Despite pleas from former fellow officers, friends and family, the Hutchinson City Council stuck with City
Manager John Deardoff’’s recommendation that the Council uphold the termination of former Hutchinson police officer Lorenzo Bohringer.
Bohringer was dismissed from the force in December for lying during an internal investigation into a complaint against a fellow 
officer.
Several fellow officers stood up for Bohringer, including Officer Tyson Myers, who was a part of the negotiating team for the FOP. Myers says that the city wanted to have matters settled through an arbitrator and now the Council was going against his recommendations. Myers said that the Council should follow the recommendations of the arbitrator since that ‘s the way they wanted the system to work.
Most of the Council could not argue with Bohringer’s credentials, but in the end could not look past his actions that stem from a complaint by a woman against another officer. That officer, Jamin Raigoza was at the center of the complaint in which she accused Raigoza of making advances toward her, following the woman’s arrest for a DUI.
In the end the council voted 5-0 to uphold Deardoff’s recommendation. Deardoff said that the action taken wasn’t easy, but was necessary. Mayor Cindy Proett said it all came down to a level of trust that is expected from officers when making her decision to back Deardoff.
The action taken by the city council leaves one more officer to go before the council. That’s officer Charles Malvo, who was also dismissed for allegedly covering up wrongdoing of another officer.