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How does a man with a “DISHONORABLE” military discharge become or remain a police officer?

Is it a fact that he had a Dishonorable or is that a press report?

What I mean is that I often see the press report that somebody was dishonorably discharged from the military. From my days as a Personnelman (PN2) in the Navy who did discharges, I know that Dishonorables are extremely rare.

However, we had "Other than Honorable" and "Bad Conduct" discharges that were FAR more frequent, especially for what you would call a discipline case. To get a dishonorable, you would have to commit some very serious crimes. If you were a fighter, druggie, failed to follow orders, etc, you'd get an "OTH" or "BC" discharge.

I'm not saying he didn't get a Dishonorable. But I feel like when the media sees that somebody didn't get an Honorable discharge, they automatically assume it means he got a Dishonorable discharge.

It's just something that's bugged me over the years.

From his manifesto:

I have exhausted all available means at obtaining my name back. I have attempted all legal court efforts within appeals at the Superior Courts and California Appellate courts. This is my last resort. The LAPD has suppressed the truth and it has now lead to deadly consequences. The LAPD’s actions have cost me my law enforcement career that began on 2/7/05 and ended on 1/2/09. They cost me my Naval career which started on 4/02 and ends on 2/13. I had a TS/SCI clearance(Top Secret Sensitive Compartmentalized Information clearance) up until shortly after my termination with LAPD.

He was honorably discharged from the Navy, He blames the LAPD for the Navy deciding to discharge him, probably connected with his appeals, or his continued disgruntled behavior after his appeal was rejected in 2011.

Donner's court papers

Do they give out discharge certificates from the reserves or just the 214? I’m not sure how the reserve side works. I have a buddy who just stopped going to drill. I don’t think he got anything.