When Elijah Casiano, 5, wasn t pacing inside his Fort Wayne home Thursday morning, he was peeking out the window, searching for the tactical rescue ve .
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Jamie Duffy | Journal Gazette
Dispatchers told the Consolidated Communications Partnership board Tuesday they have no confidence in the leadership of the dispatch center in Rousseau Centre. Previous Next
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Dispatchers criticize leadership
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
Emergency dispatchers asked the board overseeing Fort Wayne and Allen County 911 operations Tuesday to intervene in the department they say suffers from low morale amid fears of retaliation.
Supported by more than 10 dispatchers at Tuesday s meeting of the Consolidated Communications Partnership, dispatcher Alex Leavitt told the board the dispatchers were issuing “a vote of no confidence in the department s leadership capability, the impartiality and the moral fiber of Deputy Director John Chavez.”
Tweets result in suspension
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
A deputy director in the Fort Wayne and Allen County police dispatch center was suspended after his profanity-laced Twitter posts with remarks about Black people were discovered.
According to information obtained from the city legal department, John Chavez, 47, one of two deputy directors at the 911 dispatch center, was suspended for five days starting March 23.
A photocopied packet of Chavez s tweets that included profanity and comments about race last year were obtained by The Journal Gazette. Chavez tweeted under the name of @Mr PBandit.
In one post, he added a photo of himself that linked him visually to the account.