Mayor Tom Potter has today called for the termination of Portland Police Bureau Lieutenant Jeff Kaer for “poor judgment and decision-making” related to his fatal shooting of 28-year-old Dennis Young in January 2006. “You made a number of poor decisions leading up to the use of deadly force that, in their totality, violate Bureau policy,” wrote the mayor in a letter to Kaer, today. “These decisions demonstrate poor judgment; a number of your decisions were inconsistent with training or training principles, as well. In their totality your decisions constitute unsatisfactory performance.”

You can download Potter’s letter to Kaer here, which contains a list of 10 examples of Kaer’s alleged poor judgment and decision-making related to the incident, including shooting at a moving vehicle, which was against a new Bureau policy at the time.

The vehicle was parked in front of the home of Kaer’s sister, whose son had been shot in a road-rage incident six weeks earlier, when Kaer first made contact with Young. Kaer now has seven days to appeal his termination and reportedly plans to do so through a union representative.