The infamous “Pepper Spray Cop” who attracted widespread criticism
toward a California college last year is off the beat permanently, The Sacramento Bee reports.
A spokesperson for the University of California-Davis, where John Pike was captured pepper-spraying a group of seated protesters last November, said Pike was no longer employed with the school as of
Tuesday, but did not specify whether Pike was fired or if he resigned,
citing campus privacy rules.
Pike and his supervisor, campus police chief Annette Spicuzza, had been on paid administrative leave since the Nov. 18 incident. Spicuzza resigned in April, saying she did not want it to become a “defining moment” in her career.
According to The Bee, Pike’s 2010 salary was reportedly just over
$110,000.