A Culture of Harassment in the State of Ohio? | Rowsey Blog

A Culture of Harassment in the State of Ohio?

June 5, 2008

From the Dispatch:

At least four Franklin County deputies have made working at the Jackson Pike jail intolerable for their subordinates, an internal-affairs investigation has found.

The four men work together on second shift. They are variously accused of hurling insults and office furnishings, sexually harassing female deputies and coercing new recruits into demeaning behavior, offenses that are grounds for suspension or dismissal, the investigators said.

Is this sounding familiar to anyone else?  It seems like day after day you open the paper and some governmental entity in Ohio is getting caught harassing its employees.

The second-highest-ranking, Sgt. Matthew Worthington, 35, was suspended with pay last month after he was found to be intimidating subordinates who were cooperating with the investigation against him, which includes charges of sexual harassment.

The other two, Cpl. Charles Davis, 34, and Deputy Mickey Casper, 29, were among those who coerced new recruits into playing leapfrog and acting out the songs I’m a Little Teapot and Ring around the Rosie in the Franklin County jail in front of at least 15 people, including supervisors, civilians and an inmate. Gunn and Worthington also participated, the investigation says.

That is quite a punishment, isn’t it?  Suspended with pay = a free vacation.

The Fraternal Order of Police will represent the accused deputies, Jim Gilbert, president of FOP Capital City Lodge No. 9, said.

Very disappointing with regards to the Fraternal Order of Police.  Why must we always protect our own?

It’s time for the citizens of the state of Ohio to get sufficiently angry with these groups of people and demand that they clean house.  Sexual harassment is a very serious offense, no matter what some men might tell you.

Posted by Jason Rowsey | Filed Under Scandal, Social Causes, ohio 

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