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Monday, November 30, 2009

Deciding that the employee’s testimony did not make sense, hearing officer concluded the employee statements were untrue

Deciding that the employee’s testimony did not make sense, hearing officer concluded the employee statements were untrue
Department of Corrections v Patterson OATH Index No. 2164/0

OATH Administrative Law Judge Faye Lewis recommended termination of Corrections Captain Reginald Patterson after finding that Patterson used excessive force towards an inmate and made multiple false statements and reports to cover-up the incident.

Weighing the consistent reports made by the inmate, the corresponding medical documentation, and the supporting testimony of the inmate's wife against Patterson’s testimony Judge Lewis said that they were more credible than Patterson’s “disjointed and inconsistent versions of the event.”

Commenting that Patterson’s version of the event “did not make sense,” ALJ Lewis concluded that Patterson “was lying to protect his job.”
Posted by The Public Employment Law Press on Monday, November 30, 2009

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