"Consider this an oral reprimand to get back in line.

This means if the superior doesn't feel punishment beyond an oral reprimand is in order, that goes in the record as well.

His jacket was positively trouble-free; Alvarez might even let it all go with an oral reprimand.

The supervisors received letters of censure, oral reprimands or were ordered to undergo cultural awareness training.

When they reported the incident to Mr. Sammett, he gave them an oral reprimand and made a note in their personnel files.

Military penalties range from oral reprimand to court martial; criminal violations are punishable by fines and imprisonment under Federal statutes.

Mawn said that, as O'Neill's supervisor, he would have recommended an oral reprimand or, at worst, a letter of censure.

Officer Ernest Klotsche received an oral reprimand and Officer Eric Stolzman was suspended for three days without pay.

A department spokeswoman told the Boston Globe that the officers, John Cunniffee and Peter Savalis, now "face discipline ranging from an oral reprimand to suspension."

His campaign has filed detailed complaints about a dozen similar incidents, but the most severe punishment a party disciplinary committee has meted out so far has been an oral reprimand.

It could recommend to the Commissioner either that "charges and specifications" be filed against an officer at a departmental trial or that a precinct commander be authorized to mete out "command discipline," from an oral reprimand to loss of up to five days' pay.