Lafayette Director of Public Safety Tommy Freeman.A LaFayette, Ga., police officer who may be fired says he believes the city’s public safety director is retaliating against him for arresting an “influential” person.
Officer Denny Reyes, a nine-year employee of the department, disputes that Public Safety Director Tommy Freeman fired him for a policy violation, according to Reyes’ attorney, Theodore Salter.
Reyes is the second employee this week to accuse Freeman of retaliation and of creating a hostile work environment.
The same day Reyes was fired, Freeman also said that a city firefighter, Johnny Stephens Jr., needed to be fired for insubordination.
Mayor Neal Florence said Thursday that “we’re looking into the situation” involving Freeman’s actions.