Ex chief Whitman was moved to SWAT January of 2012.  source:  http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/01/04/former-chief-whitman-sent-to-swat-unit/

He didn't retire in 2010 as originally printed - where's your source that he retired after getting moved to SWAT in 2012?    

  What power does the PPA have?   Don't be naive.   I could source you a ton of stories here and nationwide on officers fired for excessive violence against the public, who eventually got their jobs back with retroactive pay, all with legal help from their unions/ PPA.

You DO remember why White was hired, right?   All the lawsuits for police brutality that when paid came out of YOUR and my pocket.

And lastly, this thing stinks on BOTH sides.  I don't have "the dirt" inside the department, and neither do you.   But I'm willing to bet there's plenty to go around, and it needs to be looked into.   Let the chips 

(White/or PPA / or any of Whitman's remaining cronies who want the current chief to fail) 

fall where they may.