HPD Sergeant Benjamin LeBlanc was one of four officers fired for the April 2020 shooting death of Nicolas Chavez, a 27-year-old who was on his knees when officers fired 21 shots:contentReference[oaicite:26]{index=26}:contentReference[oaicite:27]{index=27}. An internal investigation found LeBlanc and others violated department policy in the use of force, and then-Chief Art Acevedo terminated them for shooting Chavez when there was no imminent threat:contentReference[oaicite:28]{index=28}. (A grand jury declined to indict the officers, and an arbitrator later reinstated LeBlanc in 2022:contentReference[oaicite:29]{index=29}.)
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