Text message exchange on January 7 between Mayor’s former staffer Jeff Cannon and former Police Chief Bobby Dodd related to the city iPads.Former Police Chief Bobby Dodd and two of his retired assistant chiefs returned their iPads to the city this morning.
A recent audit found that Dodd and four of his chiefs kept $2,500-worth of city iPads when they retired in December, but an inventory report later showed the technology was still in the police department’s possession.
Last week, Dodd produced a text message from Mayor Andy Berke’s former top staffer that gave the ex-chief and his assistants in January permission to keep the equipment.
But there are no documents to show that former Chief Operating Officer Jeff Cannon followed up with his text to Dodd and requested permission from the City Council, which is required by state law.
Read more in tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.