A San Francisco sheriff’s deputy who admitted to lying to federal agents in the long-running Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow probe is now staring down the possibility of losing his law-enforcement certification. Yesterday, the state Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training voted unanimously to authorize a full decertification hearing for Sgt. Michael Kim, following his controversial rehire last year, after Sheriff Paul Miyamoto personally vouched for him.
The commission’s 15–0 vote to authorize a decertification hearing came at a West Sacramento meeting, according to NBC Bay Area. Kim addressed the board and told members that “My attorney and I – we thought at the time, that I would not be able to come back with this charge,” the outlet reported.
Kim first drew scrutiny after FBI agents questioned him in 2014 about his ties to an associate of Chow; he later admitted to lying to investigators and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor contempt of court, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. He resigned from the Sheriff’s Office in 2016, was fined and placed on probation, and then sought to rejoin the department once his probation ended. The San Francisco Chronicle’s reporting and documents released to POST show Kim was rehired in December 2024 despite two psychologists initially finding him “not suitable.”…