|
Advisory Opinion Request regarding whether the Code of Governmental
Ethics prohibits the son of the EMS Supervisor at Station 19 with the
Shreveport Fire Department from working at a Station at which his father
serves as the EMS Supervisor. |
|
Captain Terrance Davis
Sr. has been employed by the Shreveport Fire Department ("SFD") since February
14, 2000 and currently serves as an EMS Supervisor at Station 19. Mr. Davis
directly reports to Assistant Chief, Tommy Carpenter, and Chief of EMS, Chief
Alamand. Mr. Davis' son, Terrance T. Davis, Jr., has been employed with SFD
since October 1, 2022 and serves as firefighter-paramedic at Station 14. Paramedics
and firefighters are assigned to specific stations and report to the House Captains
of that station. The House Captain of Station 19 is Captain Vaughn Tonsman. For
disciplinary matters, a House Captain would be the immediate Supervisor and
thereafter the next chain of command would be the Battalion Chief assigned to
that station.
If a complaint is filed
against an employee at SFD, the complaint is submitted online then sent in the
following order: Chief of EMS, Deputy Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and
then to the Battalion Fire Chief or Fire Captain if it is a behavioral issue,
or an EMS Supervisor if it is an EMS issue. While an EMS Supervisor does not
have the ability to discipline an employee, their role may involve
investigating a complaint that occurred.
|
|
|
Decline
to render an opinion. Opinion was rendered in Docket No. 2025-641.
|
|
| Assigned Attorney: |
Kathryn Calmes |
|
|