| Request for approval of a Disqualification plan regarding the employment of the son of the EMS Supervisor at Station 19 with the Shreveport Fire Department working at a Station at which his father serves as the EMS Supervisor. |
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An Advisory Opinion was rendered in Docket No. 2025-641 determining
that the transfer of Terrance Davis, Jr. to a station in which his
father, Terrance Davis, Sr., was assigned to as an EMS Supervisory was permissible.
Mr. Terrance Davis, Sr. is now submitting the following disqualification plan
regarding matters involving his son:
Terrance Davis, Sr. shall not be involved in any disciplinary
action, EMS Investigation, promotion, evaluation, or economic decision involving
Terrance Davis, Jr. All such matters shall be reassigned to alternate command
staff or supervisors within the established chain of command.
- For Non-EMS Disciplinary Issues, if the matter
involves Terrance Davis, Jr., the B-Shift Assistant Chief, Tommy Carpenter,
shall assign the case to alternate supervisor within the chain of command.
- For EMS Complaints or Investigations, if the
matter involves Terrance Davis, Jr., the case should be reassigned to an
alternate EMS supervisor Car82/Car83 (Captain Eric Stacy or a future appointee).
- Terrance Davis, Sr. shall not be involved in any
matters concerning promotional processes, pay, incentives, compensation
decisions, specialty assignments, evaluations, performance reviews, or any
action involving financial benefit or career advancement regarding Terrance
Davis, Jr.
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La. R.S. 42:1112B(1) states
that no public servant, except as provided in R.S. 42:1120, shall participate
in a transaction involving the governmental entity in which, to his actual
knowledge, any member of his immediate family has a substantial economic
interest.
La. R.S. 42:1112C allows
a disqualification plan to be developed in accordance with rules adopted by the
Board to remove a public servant from participating in transactions that would
otherwise present violations of Section 1112 of the Code.
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Approve the proposed disqualification plan.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Kathryn Calmes |
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