HUTCHINSON, Kan. — As before, the Hutchinson City Council stuck with City Manager John Deardoff’’s recommendation that the Council uphold the termination of former Hutchinson police officer Charles Malvo.

Malvo was dismissed from the force in December for lying during an internal investigation into a complaint against fellow officer Jamin Raigoza.

Raigoza was at the center of the complaint in which the woman accused him of making advances toward her, following the woman’s arrest for a DUI.

In the end, the council voted 4-0 to uphold Deardoff’s recommendation. Deardoff said that the action taken wasn’t easy, but was necessary.

The Council also denied the appeal of former officer Lorenzo Bohringer in December.