Mar. 16—A city staff tasked with providing turkey pot pies to homebound seniors has seemingly also employed a federal government car or truck to deliver unwell-gotten Xmas decor to their individual residence.

The Senior Affairs Division employee who admitted to taking a resident’s Christmas decorations while on their route in December is struggling with a official disciplinary hearing, according to a newly produced report from the city’s Office environment of Inspector Normal. The employee, who acknowledged nabbing the festive doodads just after the owner identified as the city to report the incident, “took a little something that belonged to someone else and this was witnessed by citizens. (The employee’s) steps have an result on the Town, the Department, the staff and casts each individual in a destructive light-weight with the citizens that Metropolis workforce are right here to serve,” the OIG wrote.

A Senior Affairs spokesperson declined to deliver any status update on the circumstance.

“As with any disciplinary listening to or investigation, it is not ideal to provide particulars of any corrective motion taken,” spokeswoman Denise Parras claimed in an emailed statement.

According to an investigation report by the city’s Workplace of Inspector Typical:

A resident mentioned he was driving up to his condominium with his partner and seen a white truck with a town “Senior Affairs” decal parked in entrance of the gate. He claimed viewing the driver exit the truck and “(choose) some of the citizen’s Xmas decorations from the entrance of their apartment and place the decorations in the truck.” The citizen pulled into the parking place following to the truck and the town staff drove off.

The citizen contacted the city’s 311 get in touch with centre to report the incident, supplying a license plate selection.

The Senior Affairs Section launched its individual investigation and the worker admitted to having the decorations.

The worker instructed the inspector general’s business they “at first thought the decoration was particles on the sidewalk” and stopped to select it up, acknowledging that the purple product was truly Xmas decor.

Tale continues

The staff “noticed the scene to see if it had fallen from somewhere but did not see just about anything. (The worker) admitted to taking the decoration, figuring that it was ‘the season’ and set it in the City auto.” The staff explained they then stopped at property, where by they go for toilet breaks. They acknowledged they experienced the decoration at their house.

The report does not element the sort of decorations stolen only stating that they caught the driver’s interest mainly because they were crimson.

The OIG identified that, in addition to using a person else’s home — “which may perhaps represent theft” and for that reason violate the city’s Code of Conduct — the staff also violated department policy by halting at property throughout a shift.

The OIG a short while ago introduced many other investigation experiences. Among the other conclusions:

—The Animal Welfare Department violated town ordinance by adopting out a pet that was not spayed to an Albuquerque Police Department officer. The officer — who, Animal Welfare records present, “was planning to coach this pet as a individual defense pet for his relatives” — asked for the exception, and section staff members advised investigators they only granted it due to the fact he was an Albuquerque police officer.

—City human methods liaisons have inconsistently assessed occupation applicants’ skills for the Navy Veterans’ Using the services of Initiative, which guarantees interview consideration for those who’ve served in the military services and their spouses.