Aurora Police Chief Vanessa Wilson fired the president of the police union on Thursday, greater than two months after he despatched an e-mail to the company’s nearly 235 members calling range provisions “sexist and racist.”
Officer Doug Wilkinson, who was employed by the police division in 2002, was positioned on administrative depart after he despatched the Nov. 16 e-mail. His termination is efficient as of Thursday, in line with the company.
Wilkinson was fired after an investigation discovered he possible violated the town’s anti-harassment coverage and a police division’s directive about discrimination, harassment and sexual harassment, in line with the discharge.
Wilkinson despatched the e-mail after the state introduced an settlement with the police division to alter the company’s use-of-force, hiring and coaching practices. The settlement got here after a state investigation found a sample of racist policing and extreme use of drive by the police division.
“To match the ‘range’ of ‘the neighborhood’ we might be sure that to rent 10% unlawful aliens, 50% weed people who smoke, 10% crackheads, and some youngster molesters and murderers to spherical it out. You realize, so we will make the division appear like the ‘neighborhood,’” Wilkinson wrote within the e-mail.
5 workers filed a grievance in regards to the message, in line with a information launch from the company.