tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post3565601532709243823..comments2024-03-26T16:11:40.327-07:00Comments on Behind The Blue Wall: [GA] Firefighter Durham's domestic violence, domestic violence, and domestic violence. (Infinity)Behind The Blue Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429113203939514642noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11646417.post-29492264377265794112011-11-28T11:19:22.947-08:002011-11-28T11:19:22.947-08:00ABOUT POLICY:
....While some firefighters’ files ...ABOUT POLICY:<br /><br />....While some firefighters’ files showed that they’d been disciplined after being charged with crimes, other files contained no reference at all to alleged offenses. A sampling of those firefighters’ files showed that the majority still are at work... [Fire Chief Marvin] Riggins declined to field questions about disciplinary practices and the records inspected by The Telegraph... The city doesn’t have a system in place to keep tabs on whether firefighters are charged with a crime after they’ve been hired, Ben Hubbard, Macon’s human resources director, said... It’s the responsibility of city employees who are “arrested, bound over to a grand jury, charged by accusation or indicted for any criminal offense” to report the information to their department head within five days, according to a copy of employee conduct and discipline guidelines... Department heads, in turn, are required to report any criminal charges to the mayor and chief administrative officer. If the crime is a felony or a “serious misdemeanor,” the department head and director of personnel must consult with the city attorney to determine the “appropriate status” of the employee while the criminal charges are pending, according to the guidelines. If the city or fire department is aware that a firefighter has been charged with a crime or convicted, discretion is used to determine whether the firefighter is reprimanded... If the conduct doesn’t directly relate to the employee’s work duties but is “of a serious and aggravated nature” that interferes with the employer-employee relationship or embarrass the city, the employee can be suspended while the charges are pending... In The Telegraph’s review of several personnel files for firefighters with arrests on record, some files had no documentation regarding any arrest. In others, some charges were reflected in reprimands, while there was no mention of other arrests...Behind The Blue Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429113203939514642noreply@blogger.com