Austin Police Commander Fired For Choking Sex Partner, Concealing Evidence

[TexasTowelie]

A commander with the Austin Police Department was indefinitely suspended Thursday – essentially fired – after an investigation into allegations that he assaulted a woman he met on Tinder.

The woman contacted police in August to report that Jason Dusterhoft had become increasingly violent during sex.

An investigation determined Dusterhoft committed aggravated assault, was dishonest during an internal affairs investigation, concealed evidence and engaged in acts "bringing discredit upon the department."

A 17-page memo from Police Chief Brian Manley describes Dusterhoft choking the woman and associating with people, including an alleged prostitute, who were buying and doing illegal drugs.

Dusterhoft said the "rough sex" was consensual. His attorney said he will appeal.

http://www.kut.org/post/austin-police-commander-fired-choking-sex-partner-concealing-evidence
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Apparently, Dusterhoft has a few other blemishes on his record:

Jason Dusterhoft: Bad Apple

Should Dusterhoft receive a suspension, it won't be his first. He actually lost his job for a short while in 1996 after failing to report that officers working under his off-duty contract at the Austin Music Hall had taken money skimmed off the door. Dus­ter­hoft appealed the indefinite suspension and got it reduced to 45 days after an arbitrator ruled that even though he had in fact failed to report the illegal activity, thereby fostering "a tolerance for corruption," the city had overstepped in claiming that Dusterhoft, as the contract's operator, had some greater responsibility to report the incident than the other officers who knew what was going on and who didn't report it and yet still didn't face such a discipline. He was suspended again in 2001, for five days, after being found to have attempted to influence fellow officers to give a "break" to a friend of his who'd been pulled over for a busted headlight and didn't have auto insurance.

https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2018-10-12/jason-dusterhoft-bad-apple/