CLEVELAND — On Friday evening, the city of Cleveland announced that it has terminated one of its dispatchers after a long history of violating the city's policies and procedures.
Charles McGeever was fired following an administrative predisciplinary hearing that was held last month to address the results of internal investigations alleging that he had engaged in improper procedures and/or misconduct.
A look at the disciplinary letter provided by the city shows that McGeever was cited with 16 separate violations of the code of conduct of Cleveland's Bureau of Communications and the city's Mission Statement and Ethics Policy. The infractions occurred starting in November of 2018 and continued into 2020.
WARNING: Some of the below information contains explicit language.
Some of the specifications againt McGeever that were cited include:
- Referring to co-workers as "ghetto bitches"
- McGeever repeatedly using his cell phone while on duty, in some cases with inmates of the Cuyahoga County Jail while actively dispatching.
- Abusing sick time
- Insubordinate, discourteous, rude and offensive conduct and language toward his superior officer
- Conduct that is unbecoming a member of the division
- Using inappropriate, unprofessional, disparaging and offensive remarks over the dispatch radio
- Absent from duty without leave (AWOL) by not reporting to work as scheduled and not notifying his supervisor of the reason for the absence
"Your actions create an unprofessional and untenable work situation for your co-workers and supervisors, and negatively impact the operation of the Communications Control Section. Based on the foregoing, you are hereby terminated from employment with the City of Cleveland, Department of Public Safety, Division of Police effective December 4, 2020," wrote Cleveland Department of Safety Director Karrie Howard in the termination letter to McGeever.
You can read the entire letter below.
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