Derek Kammerzell claimed he meant it as a joke because his co-workers called him “The German General.”
Summary
- Derek Kammerzell, an assistant chief with the Kent Police Department, received a two-week suspension in July 2021 after displaying a Nazi symbol on the office door above his name.
- That anonymous group emailed the documents Dec. 27 to the Kent Reporter and the Kent City Council.
- “The city took the allegations against Assistant Chief Kammerzell very seriously and stands by its independent investigation and discipline.”A screenshot from an investigator’s report about the Nazi symbol Kent Police Assistant Chief Derek Kammerzell placed above his nameplate on his office door.
- Padilla was out of the office at the time, but asked another assistant chief to remove the emblem from the door.
- He was promoted to assistant chief in 2014 by then-Police Chief Ken Thomas.