Hi Dawgie Dear ;}
What a neat deal to have you here with your background and knowledge that is such an asset in our discussions.
Discrimination. I'm trying to think of an example of how an officer could descriminate. Against race immediately comes to mind. I'm just wondering what he did put him under investigation.
Happy Easter Everyone I hope they find her before Easter Sunday for her family's sake.
Scandi
Hi Miss Scandi! :blowkiss:
Discrimination - there are several protected classes: race, sex, marital status, medical condition, ethnic background, religion, etc. Keep in mind, he is a Sergeant, a supervisor. Was he discriminating against one of his subordinates? (Hmmm, Chappin is a subordinate....:waitasec: ). Or, he could have discriminated against a public citizen in part of his LE duties (and yet, oftentimes those are covered under the civil rights violations, a crime)....or an agency co-worker....there's many possibilities.
Discrimination complaints and their investigations should take at least a month, realistically, and IMO. Certainly, depends on the specific allegation and the players involved. And again, for my agency and those I'm very familiar with...a suspension without pay comes AFTER a suspension WITH pay in 98% of the cases. This is a good part of why I'm very suprised about this suspension without pay. It goes against the norm of which I'm familiar. Not that other agencies might not do that, but I can't emphasize enough how abnormal that is! IMO.
I'm actually trying to think back in the last 5 years, I cannot think of a time where we've suspended an employee without pay immediately, even when they've committed a criminal act. In those cases, they're immediately placed on suspension with pay...until we get a court ruling or a GJ indictment. (Much of this is what I wrote in that long post I did days ago and then deleted. Maybe I shouldn't have, as now it has more relevance. Who would've guessed SP would be suspended w/o pay for a discrimination charge?!?!?!) Or, our Legal Dept has gone over it with a fine-toothed comb and given us their blessing. For example, we had a Building Mtce Supervisor who was investigated for discrimination and sexual harassment against his 2 female subordinates. Suspended with pay in September, formal investigation completed, put on suspension without pay in late November and terminated 10 days later (he was one one that elected not to answer the "5 day written response" because he was guilty as hell!). Have had a few officers on paid suspension for almost a year before their suspensions became unpaid. If you go back and read what I wrote in that initial post about that, I said it's hard for some of us to know they're guilty and sitting at home with full pay!
And this all happens when his wife is missing, he's a POI, and a subordinate has been arrested for a false statement? (Interesting...the superiors claim that SP's discrimination charge has nothing to do with Theresa's disappearance...and Chappin's false statement was deemed critical in her disappearance. So maybe they're not related, but it just seems a little coincidental to me.) No, I don't know what to think, haha:waitasec:
Any locals with behind the scenes scoop?????