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LAUSD Watchdogs Outrun Misconduct, Live to Offend Again - LA Progressive

LAUSD Watchdogs Outrun Misconduct, Live to Offend Again - LA Progressive

LAUSD Watchdogs Outrun Misconduct, Live to Offend Again



he Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Office of the Inspector General in 2018 was roiled by controversy. This office was responsible for investigation fraud, waste and abuse as well as the District’s internal workings.
Imagine than if you will, on March 9, 2018, Frank Cabibi, Deputy Inspector, Investigations, was forced to resign in lieu of termination amid allegations of having made racially and sexually tinged comments and shortly thereafter, he lands a job at Amtrak as an investigator.
Then, just a few short months later, in June 2018, Inspector General Kenneth Bramlett’s contract isn’t renewed amid allegations of failed leadership and fostering a hostile work environment. Bramlett wiggles his way over to Albuquerque, New Mexico where he became their Inspector General in January 2019.

How is it that these two very powerfully placed, former law enforcement officers could be accused of serious misconduct, forced out of their respective positions and come out unscathed?

How is it that these two very powerfully placed, former law enforcement officers could be accused of serious misconduct, forced out of their respective positions and come out unscathed?
There was certainly plenty of documented evidence, available on the internet, that should give a perspective employer pause.
Here are the reported claims according to Laist/Kyle Stokes
  • “Two OIG employees’ complaints alleged Cabibi — their direct boss, and the organization’s second-in-command — made discriminatory remarks about Latinos and gays.
  • Two complaints alleged that Cabibi told an OIG employee she “needed to get laid” to “knock the cobwebs out of there.”
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