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Traffic police staff to sacked
The leadership of the Interior Ministry is to elaborate an order, under which traffic police staff will be reduced by 50 per cent, and the rest of the personnel will undergo a re-appointment test.
These instructions were given by Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin at a meeting of the collegial council of the Interior Ministry (MAI), entitled Combating Corruption in Interior Bodies.
Voronin said that the need to conduct the concerned meeting stemmed from the alarming situation in this institution in terms of corruption, namely in the traffic police subdivisions, the president... Read more
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Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakim
04 May 2009
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Yakima city manager silent on
YAKIMA, Wash. - A sexual harassment report of Yakima police Chief Sam Granato has been completed, but city officials are keeping the results to themselves — for now.
City Manager Dick Zais said today he’s had the report for several weeks and has notified Granato of his decision in the matter. The City Council will also get a private briefing at the conclusion of its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night.
Zais refused to make the report public, saying it is still under investigation.
The city manager said he’s also keeping his decision to himself until after he meets with Stacey Andrews, the female police officer who made the complaint against Granato and is now threatening to sue the city.
“I think within the week,” Zais said of a public announcement, adding, “It’s a continuing investigation until it’s done, and it’s not done yet.”
He said the city received the report on April 13 or 14. As recently as April 22, city spokesman Randy Beehler told the Herald-Republic that the report was not completed and that city officials weren’t sure when the investigation would be finished.
The investigation was launched after Andrews accused Granato of sexual harassment in January. Details of the accusation have not been made public.
The city responded by hiring Ellensburg attorney and Central Washington University professor Nancy Graber to conduct an investigation — including the interviews of witnesses — and issue a report.
The investigation itself became a subject of controversy after a Seattle attorney hired by the city to represent Granato threatened to countersue Andrews for slander.
The police union demanded the city start over and place Granato on leave, while Andrews’ attorney questioned the impartiality of the city investigation.
The union’s complaints were the latest skirmish between the chief and the union, which accuses Granato of a pattern of favoritism and retaliation.
Some of the friction stems from Granato's attempt to impose random drug testing on officers. Some of it is continuing fallout from workplace problems at the Yakima Police Athletic League.
All told, nine legal claims and lawsuits against Granato have been filed by police officers and other department personnel over the past year.
Only the Andrews complaint, however, alleged personal misconduct.
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