Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR or Department), at Corcoran State Prison
(CSP), Corcoran, California. My duties in that capacity require me to, among other
things, review and approve Travel Expense Claims (TEC), and review overtime
usage. Prior to my whistleblowing, I had never received a written reprimand or a
notice of adverse action by any supervisor or manager.
2. Sometime between April 15, 2011 and May 2, 2011, I verbally informed my
immediate supervisor, Staff Services Manager I Arnold Supervisor (Supervisor),
that Correctional Lieutenant Jane Doe (Doe) had submitted three separate TECs
that contained fraudulent information. On one TEC, Doe requested
reimbursement for 250 miles travel in her private vehicle, even though she had
traveled in a state vehicle. On the second TEC, Doe claimed reimbursement for
three days of per diem, but her trip had only lasted two days. On the third TEC,
Doe claimed reimbursement for payment for an off-site training course, but the
Department had paid for the course, not Doe. Supervisor informed me that he
would look into the matter, and get back to me.
3. On May 7, 2011, Doe approached me while I was speaking to my co-worker,
Sam Smith, an Associate Budget Analyst, and said, “Why are you trying to get
me in trouble? I thought we were friends. No one, including you, is a saint. If
you don’t drop this whole TEC thing, I’ll see to it that you live to regret trying to get
me in trouble.” Smith witnessed Doe’s threat. (Exhibit 1, Smith Declaration.)
4. On that same date, I reported this conversation to Supervisor, but he only said
that I shouldn’t take the threat seriously, because Doe was just upset. When I
asked what was being done about the false TECs, Supervisor told me not to
worry about it, and that the matter had been “handled.”