Garza, 44, was found guilty of false reports and official misconduct in January.

He was the leader of an aggressive unit designed to combat the city's homicide rate. Prosecutors say he took the role too far by breaking into an abandoned house on West 26th Street with no warrant in August 2009, then approving a bogus burglary report to cover his tracks.

Garza almost immediately took off his belt and his sky blue necktie, handing both to the bailiffs, when the verdict was read. He didn't wait to be asked.