- The Police Merit Board in Louisville voted 4-0 to uphold the January firing of Joshua Jaynes, a former detective.Myles Cosgrove and Brett Hankison, the other officers fired in connection with Taylor’s death, also have appealed to the city’s merit board.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Metro Police detective who was fired for his inaccurate search warrant for Breonna Taylor’s apartment will not be reinstated, the city’s Police Merit Board decided Wednesday.
The board voted 4-0 after hours of private deliberation following three days of hearings to uphold the termination of Joshua Jaynes, who was fired in early January for inserting what former interim Police Chief Yvette Gentry found to be an