Controversial officer leaves Palo Alto police

September 30, 2021 12:45 pm
Tom DeStefano, right, puts his hand out to former Palo Alto police officer Marcus Barbour in this 2014 photo posted on social media by the Palo Alto Police Department.
Tom DeStefano, right, puts his hand out to former Palo Alto police officer Marcus Barbour in this 2014 photo posted on social media by the Palo Alto Police Department.
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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
Daily Post Staff Writer

A Palo Alto police officer who slammed a man face first into the ground and broke a bone around his eye has left the department, the city said.

The city hasn’t announced why Officer Thomas DeStefano …
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