Posted on 06/08/2006 10:29:16 AM PDT by SmithL
A report that alleges sexual harassment at the San Mateo County Coroner's Office -- including an accusation that Coroner Robert Foucrault "mooned" two employees -- prompted county supervisors Wednesday to announce they will hire a retired judge to investigate.
The board is retaining retired Justice Zerne Haning, who served on the state Court of Appeal in San Francisco, to provide an "independent assessment of the allegations," said Michael Murphy, chief deputy county counsel.
"There have been allegations of misconduct," Murphy said. "But as is often the case, there are allegations that go both ways. This is a serious issue."
A recently released report by the county's Employee and Public Services Department found that coroner staff "engaged in a pattern of sexual behaviors dating back to at least 2000," and "upper management has participated in, initiated and allowed behaviors in violation of county policy."
The report was drawn up in September 2005 but released Friday after a public records request from former deputy coroner Felipe Fernandez, Murphy said. Fernandez was cited in the report as both engaging in sexually explicit talk and as a potential victim of harassment.
An anonymous complaint in August 2005 led to the Employee and Public Services investigation.
The report depicts a workplace where sexual language was common, an employee was teased about sexual orientation, a birthday cake for an employee was adorned with a naked woman figurine, employees accessed adult Internet sites on their work computers and a life-size fake skeleton had breasts drawn on it.
Foucrault was also accused of "mooning" two male staffers, which he denied. The investigation could not substantiate the incident, although the evidence "suggests it probably did occur," . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
This is rather tame news from an area where people crap in the street and run around naked.
Mooning!! Lol, you found a secret site!! That moon looks happy!
I had to make a "still" - It came out fine -
It looks great. I can composite it for animation next week, if you want me to. You do good work!!
5 frames
Some composite nicely in one shot
This one went weird no matter what I did
Transitional frames had lots of TP
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Next week is fine
I can make up 5 frames to animate and save them
I'll write you about it.
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