Local News in Brief : Police Chief Is Demoted
El Segundo Police Chief Raymond W. Lewis was removed from office Thursday after an investigation into his management of the 65-officer department, City Manager Fred Sorsabal announced.
Lewis, 41, was demoted to his previous position as captain, a job he is allowed to keep under the city’s Civil Service regulations, Sorsabal said.
Both Lewis, who was appointed chief in 1986, and Capt. Tim Grimmond, a 21-year veteran of the force, have been placed on leave with pay pending an investigation by the city, Sorsabal said.
The city manager declined to comment further, except to say that Lewis’ dismissal as chief “has nothing to do with any criminal action.”
A police official in a neighboring city said, “The beef was that (Lewis) did not relate well within the department. He was rigid and demanding.”
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