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: New York Public Personnel LawSuspension for 45 days without pay recommended as the penalty for a correction officer found guilty of leaving an inmate unguarded in a hospital room
Department of Correction v Turpin, OATH Index #2070/09
OATH Administrative Law Judge John Spooner found New York City correction officer Carlene Turpin guilty of charges that she walked off her post guarding an inmate in hospital room and left her weapon in a bathroom. Turpin was also found guilty of preparing a false report about the incident.
Judge Spooner recommended the appointing authority impose a penalty of a 45-day suspension without pay an Turpin.
The decision is posted on the Internet at:
http://archive.citylaw.org/oath/09_Cases/09-2070.pdf
Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on August 13, 2009 (boomark / email).
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