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Officer who sues Walthourville fired
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A Walthourville police officer who recently settled a lawsuit against the city was fired Jan. 19. Officer Latarchia Lee claims she was fired in an email from Mayor Daisy Pray and City Clerk Melissa Jones.Lee said she’s been on medical leave since Dec. 26 and was fired for failing to complete two hours of annual training in 2017, which she said resulted in her power to make arrests being suspended by the Georgia Peace Officer’s Standards and Training board.Lee said her leave was due to work-related stress, high blood pressure and a pending surgery, but claims she’s been a target of harassment and retaliation since October, around the time her suit was being settled. She said the city council and mayor violated federal and state labor laws.
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