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INCIDENT #1 INJURED BIRD CALL ON JURE 6, 1993 ALLEGATION: The'Sheriff's Office received .a call from a citizen with an animal control complaint on Sunday, June, 61 1993. The Sheriff's Office referred the call to you at your home since you were assigned on-call duty. The citizen reported an injured bird. You advised the citizen that if you.did not arrive at the location on. Sunday, you would pick up the injured bird the first thing on Monday, June 71 1993. You did not pick up the bird on Sunday as you should have and when you called in sick on Monday, you failed to report the injured bird call to your supervisor. The citizen called the Animal Control Office on Tuesday, very angry and upset because of your failure to perform your job. Another officer had to be dispatched to pick up the injured bird for treatment. The injured bird was in distress for almost three days due to your failure to. perform your job and you were given a verbal warning by your supervisor, Nancy Errett. FINDING: The record is uncontested that you were on-call on June 6, 1993. It is also clear that the 911 Center paged you twice and dialed your phone at.home receiving the answer machine. Finally, you were contacted on a subsequent call to your home. Your pager was tested by the 911 Center while you were on the line and it worked fine. You stated that you did not respond to the injured bird call on the basis that you felt this event was not an emergency and could wait. You also alluded to the fact that you did not report for work on Monday due to illness and failed to report the injured bird call to your supervisor for the entire week you were out, even though you stated you write down all the calls you receive while assigned on-call duty after hours and on weekends. I cannot find, nor did you present any record that you created regarding this incident. Another officer was dispatched on Tuesday and he easily located and captured the injured bird, which he transported to the Humane Society for medical treatment and protection. I find that the policy regarding responding to sick and injured animals was in place prior to and after this incident, even back to the time you were the Animal Control Director. You know full well that one of the main responsibilities placed on the Animal Control Division is the protection and welfare of animals. This bird was in distress for in excess of two days and certainly at risk and subject to further injury or death from other animals of prey due to its wing injury. Furthermore, you failed to report the unanswered call to your supervisor and/or document the call after you returned *to work. The corrective action your supervisor took, in terms of the, verbal warning,. was intended to prompt you to make every effort to -prevent a reoccurrence. I find that your -conduct in this incident constitutes a Group Two Offense as noted in the Indian River County Administrative Policy Manual in Section AM -807.21 Group 2 Offenses, (3) Neglecting to comply with requirements set forth in departmental rules and standards of conduct, and Section AM -801.1 (1.g.) Performing assigned tasks efficiently and in accord with.estahlished quality standards, by failing to respond to an injured bird call on June 6, 1993, while assigned on-call duty and neglecting to__report the call to your supervisor. INCIDENT #2 - FAILURE TO TIMELY RESPOND TO ASSIGNED CALL ON JURE 30, 1993 ALLEGATION: On June 30, 1993, the Animal Control Dispatcher received a call in your response area around 9:OOAM regarding three hamsters a citizen wanted to sign over to the Humane Society. You 5 Bou 92 Pk,uF 05 L_ MAR 31 M4,