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Killing the Messenger: Bexar probation chief wants to fire PO who snitched on faulty urinalysis results

Instead of acting to resolve the use of questionable forensics by a private vendor, Bexar County probation director Bill Fitzgerald decided to kill the messenger. He plans to fire Sherri Simmonelli, the head of an employees' group and lead whistleblower regarding the lab, and her co-workers are protesting. Reported KSAT:Probation officers gathered at the Bexar County Justice Center in support of one of their own, now facing termination because the officer said she spoke to the media.Sheri Simonelli said she was recently placed on administrative leave pending termination for talking about a county-contracted drug testing lab producing a significant number of high positives."They are going to take retaliatory action against this individual for conducting herself in a manner of the highest calling of conscientiousness and conscience and duty to a fair justice system, attroney David Van Os said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on May 29, 2008 (boomark / email).