‘Porn Site’ visits discovered on City Council President?s computer

You can’t make this stuff up. From the office of the press secretary to the mayor: The City’s continuing investigation of inappropriate usage of City equipment now indicates a pattern of “porn site” usage on the City Hall computer located in the office of Council President William Pantele. Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Harry Black has forwarded […]

September 21, 2007; 9:47 AM • by Sam

You can’t make this stuff up. From the office of the press secretary to the mayor:

The City’s continuing investigation of inappropriate usage of City equipment now indicates a pattern of “porn site” usage on the City Hall computer located in the office of Council President William Pantele. Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Harry Black has forwarded these findings to Police Chief Rodney Monroe for further investigation.

“I am sure that the Police Department will be meeting with the involved parties to further investigate this evidence to ascertain whether criminal activity has occurred,” Black said. “We will expect the fullest of cooperation from Mr. Pantele, as he himself has been quoted as saying that such behavior is inexcusable.”

Inappropriate usage of City equipment such as computers and cellphones is prohibited by the City’s Code of Ethics as well as Employee Administrative Regulation 2.5, which indicates that such violations can be grounds for disciplinary action to be taken.

The City’s Police and Information Technology Departments continue to lead an ongoing investigation of alleged abuses involving City equipment among employees. Investigations involving the abuse of City equipment have been ongoing since late 2006. Earlier this month, it was discovered that a number of sex calls were being made by outside contractors on various City telephones, mostly after the close of regular business.

There may be some questions about this at Tuesday’s 2nd District Meeting.

Busy news day.