Date of Offense
Offense(s)
Official Statement
Terminated: No
Demoted: No
Suspended: No
Other Sanction:
Resigned, retired, transferred, or separated while case was pending: Yes
# of Days Suspended:
Sustained Charge: Untruthfulness
Description: On 17 July 2022, Officer Sears requested a vacation day for Christmas Day, 25 December
2022, noting “child care issues”. Officcer Sears was informed her request would be denied and then tried several different ways to get the day off. Officer Sears then made it known amongst her peers that she would call out sick if she wasn’t granted the day off. After she was officially denied time off she called out sick, and upon returning to work she was ordered to write an official report. In her Official report she wrote she was out sick because of a headache and a sore throat. During the Internal Affairs investigation, Officer Sears was ordered to submit a separate official report and explain her actions. Officer Sears claimed she had no choice but to call out sick because she was denied the day off on a short notice. This investigation sustained the finding of untruthfulness, and Officer Sears was facing a 2 month suspension. However, during this investigation, a separate incident occurred involving Officer Sears, which prompted a separate Internal Affairs investigation.
