Oct
City Attorney Tim Oksman requests Margarita Mixer
In an email I obtained via the Virginia Freedom of Information Act from City of Portsmouth, City Attorney Tim Oksman makes a request to the Commander of the Police Training Unit Lt. Scott Burke to obtain information about “any good margarita mixers”. This was in response to Lt Burke’s email he sent soliciting information requests from the Police Department for any items/products the Police Department might be interested in him gathering information about while he is at the IACP (International Association of Chief of Police) Conference.
Now does anyone think that this might be inappropriate?
We have enough problems in the City of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Police Department management then to make requests for items that are at the least not appropriate for the work place. They would be City of Portsmouth policy violations and an automatic termination if used in the work place by an employee.
That brings me to some other interesting information. It appears that the City of Portsmouth Police Department’s Detective Bureau Management likes to encourage team-building. A noble concept if used in an appropriate manner and setting. But somehow I just don’t see how they can justify having supervisors and management go to a Norfolk Tides baseball game, consume alcohol and then put it on their time sheets with the taxpayers of the City of Portsmouth having to pickup the tab. Well from what I have been told that is exactly the case. Whatever happened to morals and ethics?
So perhaps alcohol use is in fact an accepted on the job/on duty endeavor given the City Attorneys email?
I can tell you first hand that the City of Portsmouth Management and the Executive Management of the Portsmouth Police Department follow whatever rules they feel like and disregard those they don’t. Actually this doesn’t just go with City and Police Department Policies but they have routinely broken the very laws that they are sworn to protect. It’s a very said state of affairs for the City of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth Police Department. The actions of a select few individuals in management give a bad name and reputation to a large group of honest City Employee’s and Police Officers that are hard working and dedicated to their jobs.
I have more to follow on these issues including some very interesting photo’s that the Federal EEOC might want to see.
Tags: City Attorney Tim Oksman, City of Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth Alcohol Abuse, City of Portsmouth Illegal Activity, corruption, Ethics, Morals, Police, Portsmouth Police Department
