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San Antonio Hearth Chief Charles Hood was reprimanded in 2020 after photographs surfaced of him consuming sushi off a unadorned girl’s physique.
San Antonio Hearth Division Chief Charles Hood abruptly retired on Wednesday after a memo from an inside investigation accused him of utilizing the phrase “Pussy at all times wins” amongst coworkers on a number of events.
The town retained legal professional Rick Garza of native regulation agency Jackson Walker LLP to research Hood after somebody submitted a November 2023 grievance alleging the chief had made in acceptable office feedback, in keeping with a memo from Metropolis Supervisor Erik Walsh. The memo was posted to social media platform X by Texas Public Radio reporter Joey Palacios.
BREAKING: Former San Antonio Hearth Chief Charles Hood used the phrase “pussy at all times wins” with male SAFD personnel in keeping with abstract of info launched by the Metropolis of San Antonio.
Hood retired at present after admitting to utilizing the phrase. pic.twitter.com/BXGl4Twrfh
— Joey Palacios – Texas Public Radio (@Joeycules) January 4, 2024
Jackson Walker attorneys interviewed eight folks concerning the matter, in keeping with Walsh’s memo. Ultimately, Hood admitted utilizing the phrase with male SAFD personnel.
Whereas Hood could not “ensure that [he] ha[s] by no means used” the phrase with command employees, he advised investigators he by no means directed it to “somebody in a command employees assembly,” the memo stated.
The usage of the phrase violated each metropolis and division guidelines associated to discrimination and harassment, in keeping with the doc.
San Antonio’s first Black hearth chief, Hood was accountable for main 1,900 workers. He took the place in 2007.
Deputy Chief Christopher Monestier will oversee the fireplace division whereas town conducts a nationwide search to seek out Hood’s alternative.
It isn’t the primary time Hood’s been on the heart of controversy.
In 2020, town investigated Hood’s conduct after photographs surfaced of him consuming sushi off of a unadorned girl’s physique at a celebration. Within the wake of the incident, Hood stated his employees would develop a coaching course to acknowledge and validate completely different cultures.
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