Last January, new laws enabling decertification of bad cops went into effect in California. Ukiah Officer Kevin Murray was placed on the POST list and was formally decertified in 2023 and will not be able to work as a police officer in California again.
At the beginning of his trial, he faced seven felonies ranging from forcible rape to burglary.
The original six charges in the complaint were listed as: two counts of felony burglary in the first degree and one count of felony sexual battery alleged to have occurred on Nov. 25, 2020; one count of felony forcible rape alleged to have occurred on June 1, 2014, one count of felony forcible oral copulation with a child under 14 years of age alleged to have occurred on April , alleged to have occurred on Dec. 1, 2020.This second victim was to speak in court but suddenly, Zoom experienced technical difficulties and she was unable to complete her testimony. She was not called back to replace the missed opportunity in court.
He was again accused of rape when he reportedly broke into a woman’s hotel room and raped her inNovember of 2020, carrying a gun and bringing methamphetamine. It was recommended after this rape that he be required to register as sex offender.
Then a third victim appeared. She was a former Ukiah police officer accusing him of rape. Strangely, the DA never prosecuted Murray for it. Strangely, this third victim, another officer, was never called to testify against him and instead resorted to filing a lawsuit against the city.
By 2022, the most serious charges had all been dropped. He was not required to register as sex offender and he was placed on probation only. When in January of 2023, POST
He ended up pleading No Contest to felony dissuading a victim from reporting a crime and was sentenced to merely 2 years of formal probation with a 2-year suspended sentence. He has been decertified and will not be able to work as a law enforcement officer in California again but nothing prevents him from becoming a cop in another state.
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