Niskayuna town officials asked Fran Wall to stay at police department | The Daily Gazette
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Three Niskayuna town officials tried to keep former interim police chief Fran Wall in her job even after a human resource consultant for the town said she should be terminated from her job following a town investigation into complaints about her behavior.
Wall was investigated by the town’s Hazard Reduction Team for allegedly threatening town Comptroller Ismat Alam and harassing her over eight separate incidents.
Wall has denied the allegations.
The consultant made its recommendation to fire Wall based on the Hazard Reduction Team’s findings, not on an independent investigation, according to Town Supervisor Yasmine Syed. The town was expected to discuss and possibly vote on how to reprimand Wall in June.
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Niskayuna issues final report on blackface incident | The Daily Gazette
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NISKAYUNA The town has increased diversity training and hired an outside firm to provide human resources support in the wake of last summer’s controversy over the former town comptroller having worn a “blackface” Halloween costume and posting pictures of it on Facebook.
The town on Tuesday released a report based on a five-month investigation by an independent law firm that found Paul Sebesta, town comptroller for 32 years and now retired, wore the costume in 2014, posted a photo on Facebook, and over several years showed it to other town employees, some of whom, though not all, were offended.