This just in. Joe Santoro is out.
Here’s the story:
WHITTIER – Rio Hondo College officials have announced that Dean of Public Safety Joe Santoro, who was overseeing the college’s police academy when it was suspended by the state in October for a breach in testing security, has gone on personal leave and plans to retire next summer.
Santoro, the former police chief in Monrovia, has worked at Rio Hondo for more than seven years.
During his tenure at Rio Hondo, officials said the police academy received a 2008 award from the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) for training excellence and organizational achievement.
Currently, the academy remains on suspension following an incident where a police academy instructor discovered actual test questions on a cadet study guide, which college officials said they self-reported to POST.
The photo of Joe Santoro comes from the Monterey Park Police Department archives, on Flickr