An investigation into complaints of bullying and sexual harassment at Spokane Fire Department Station 2 found five officials violated city policies.
Yet the investigation is being criticized as one-sided and thus, incomplete, by those named in the report and the union that represents them.
The city’s Human Resources Department issued a report April 27 following a two-month-long investigation that named Battalion Chiefs Don Waller and Darin Neiwert, and Lts. Patrick Walsh and Daniel Krouse, as well as an unnamed driver with the department. ... Waller said Monday he believed the report did not include key facts.
“I believe in the process, and I’m just anxious to get to the Loudermill where the full story can come out,” Waller said, referring to a disciplinary hearing required under the firefighters’ collective bargaining agreement that has not yet been scheduled. “I think the report was based more on emotion than facts at this point.”