An assistant police chief in Washington state was disciplined in 2021 for placing an image of a Nazi insignia on his door and controversial jokes regarding Nazis and the Holocaust.

Padilla took the action after Kammerzell posted the insignia attributed to a Nazi military rank, according to a July 14, 2021, Notice of Discipline document issued by Padilla to Kammerzell.

KENT, Wash. — A suburban Seattle city will pay more than $1.5 million to settle a dispute with a former assistant police chief who was disciplined for posting a Nazi rank insignia on his office ...

ORIGINAL STORY: In September 2020, a Kent police officer noticed what turned out to be Nazi rank insignia (an oak leaf with two diamonds) posted on Derek Kammerzell’s office door.

An assistant police chief in Kent has been disciplined for posting Nazi insignia on his office door, embracing the rank of an official in Adolf Hitler’s dreaded paramilitary Schutzstaffel or SS ...

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Padilla took the action after Kammerzell posted the insignia attributed to a Nazi military rank, according to a July 14, 2021, Notice of Discipline document issued by Padilla to Kammerzell.

U.S. Assistant police chief is disciplined for posting Nazi insignia and joking about Holocaust By Mike Carter The Seattle Times • January 5, 2022 ...