Guilty Verdict Handed Down on Former SFPD Officer
Today, a guilty verdict was handed down in Superior Court against former officer Paul Makaveckas. This verdict comes as a result of a joint FBI/SFPD criminal investigation initiated in March 2009. Makaveckas has been separated from the department since the onset of this investigation. The investigation, which resulted in the former officer’s arrest in 2010, involved several allegations that Makaveckas accepted money from taxi applicants in lieu of the mandated application and testing process.
The SFPD fully cooperated with our partner agencies in securing this verdict. Chief Suhr is grateful to the FBI, the SFPD Special Investigations Division, and the D.A.’s Office for their thorough and comprehensive investigation into this matter.
Ed Note: It took more than six years from the time they nailed him. That’s some good lawyering! He’d been busted down from Narcotics to the Taxi Bureau when I was at SFDA (2000-02). It was in ’78 that he shot Dennis.
