HPD Officer Luis Alvarado was among the officers disciplined for the controversial 2020 shooting of Nicolas Chavez. Alvarado was fired by HPD leadership after an investigation concluded that Chavez, who was having a mental health crisis, posed no imminent threat when officers shot him 21 times:contentReference[oaicite:35]{index=35}. In 2022, an arbitrator reversed the firings and reinstated Alvarado and the others, even though the police chief noted there was evidence of policy violations:contentReference[oaicite:36]{index=36}:contentReference[oaicite:37]{index=37}.
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