Former Philly Police Commander To Be Reinstated

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say a former high-ranking commander fired after he was charged with sexual assault will be reinstated following dismissal of the cases against him. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that a department spokesperson says Carl Holmes “will return to his previous rank of chief inspector” following an arbitrator’s ruling in favor. Holmes, who spent nearly three decades on the force, was fired in 2019 after he was accused of having sexually assaulted three women at work. The criminal cases involving two of the women were withdrawn in early 2021 and prosecutors dropped the last case in January 2023 after the accuser failed to appear in court.