Officer Fired for Kicking, Punching Suspect : Law enforcement: Misleading report was filed after incident, LAPD inquiry finds. He also had been cited for misconduct during 39th and Dalton case.

A Los Angeles police officer repeatedly cited for misconduct--from the 39th-and-Dalton case to the Christopher Commission hearings--was fired Monday for kicking, punching and butting a suspect and submitting a misleading report on the incident, department officials said.

The action was taken against Todd B. Parrick, 29, a defendant in the 39th and Dalton trial.

Police officials acknowledged that Parrick was the unnamed officer cited as a misconduct problem in testimony last summer before the Christopher Commission, which looked into administration of the Police Department after the videotaped beating of Rodney G. King.

During an administrative hearing last month, a panel of three police commanders found Parrick guilty of five of six charges stemming from an incident in Pacoima on Aug. 15, 1990, Cmdr. Robert Gil, a department spokesman, said.

In that case, Parrick beat a man detained on suspicion of drinking in public in the San Fernando Gardens housing project and then wrote a misleading report on the incident, Gil said. The Board of Rights recommended termination, a punishment that was approved Monday by Police Chief Daryl F. Gates.

Parrick, who had been an officer for 4 1/2 years, could not be reached for comment.

His union defense representative, Sgt. Gregory P. Dust, said the administrative hearing had been skewed by the 39th and Dalton case, in which Parrick was among a group of officers accused of vandalizing an apartment during a search.

Parrick, who was a newly-hired probationary officer at the time, was accused of swinging an ax at walls and furniture during the August, 1988, raid at 39th Street and Dalton Avenue in South Los Angeles.

He and two other officers were acquitted in Los Angeles Municipal Court in June of criminal conspiracy and vandalism charges. But an internal investigation by the department found Parrick guilty of misconduct in the case and he was suspended 22 days without pay, Gil said.

Parrick was also accused of vandalism and unlawful arrest during a police raid in January, 1991, in Lake View Terrace. The family whose home was searched filed a $10-million federal lawsuit against Parrick and several other officers, claiming they damaged property while overturning beds, mattresses and dresser drawers.

A police investigation into the Lake View Terrace search has found no merit to the family’s claims, but a review of Parrick’s actions remains unresolved, according to two police sources who asked not to be named.

During the Christopher Commission hearings last summer, a top police official referred to Parrick--without using his name--as an example of a chronic misconduct problem that typified mismanagement at the Foothill Division, the patrol area where King was beaten by officers on March 3.

Assistant Police Chief David D. Dotson told the commission during testimony on June 19 that after the 39th and Dalton incident, an officer involved had been transferred to Foothill “to get him the heck away from South Los Angeles.”

The officer then became involved in a fight in which he butted a man, so he was assigned to desk duty, Dotson added. The officer asked to work with detectives because he was bored, and was then accused of making an unlawful arrest, Dotson said.

Capt. Tim McBride, commander of the Foothill Division, acknowledged Monday that Dotson was referring to Parrick in his testimony, but declined to comment further.