"While EOD acknowledged that these interactions may have been unintentional on your part, when reviewed collectively they found your actions violated the policy's anti-discrimination, harassment, and retaliation provisions," wrote the Human Resources Department in a November 17 disciplinary letter.
The City Auditor Department provides independent investigations and analysis of how City of Phoenix departments are functioning and how public money is being spent. As the head of the department, Tate oversees 24 employees and made a 2019 salary of $172,000.
Reached by email, Tate declined to comment beyond what he said in the report, which
New Times obtained under Arizona public records law.
The 37-page report shows that the EOD also investigated 15 additional allegations, but did not substantiate them. Another eight allegations were referred to the Human Resources Department, which found Tate had shown poor judgment but did not find additional bias.