1.   But Livoti maintained his silence because he did not want to prejudice the departmental hearings he still faced.

2.   It sends its findings to Bratton, who has the authority to discipline officers who are found guilty in subsequent departmental hearings.

3.   Parker said he expects to be reinstated with full pay and with back pay after the documentation arrives from Kentucky and after a departmental hearing.

4.   The dismissals, which followed departmental hearings in the fall, appear to be the final chapter of one of the most unusual police scandals in recent years.

5.   The tape, which police officials refuse to release, is the focus of a departmental hearing under way at Police Headquarters.

6.   They will continue to receive their salaries until they face a departmental hearing which will determine whether they will dismissed or docked vacation days or pay.

7.   Winburn said members of the math faculty were more inquisitive when they questioned him as part of a departmental hearing.

8.   The officer cannot comment on the acquittal because of a pending departmental disciplinary hearing arising from the case, police spokesman Lt. Edward Thiery said.

9.   The policeman is also to appear before a departmental hearing next month which could give him a formal reprimand, or sack him outright.

10.   Orange Free State Correctional Services spokesman Major Johan Massyn said a departmental disciplinary hearing into the incident will take place soon.