Investigation shows that termination of former Phoenix police Sgt. Fred Montaldo justified after his repeated use racist terms to describe blacks and Hispanics.
Fred Montaldo, a Phoenix police sergeant was fired in February for using racist terms to describe blacks and Hispanics. According the Phoenix Police Professional Standards Bureau, which launched an investigation, Montaldo "created a hostile work environment through his widespread use of obviously offensive language," the Arizona Republic said.Montaldo, who oversaw a neighborhood-enforcement team at South Mountain Precinct, reportedly targeted officers with "Nazi boy" and other derogatory terms, that led to physical fights at the precinct, according to the Republic. He even shared anti-Hispanic e-mails on his city computer.
The Arizona Republic reported in April that Montaldo was paid more than $71,000 in leave as detectives probed the discrimination claim, which led to an $86,000 settlement with Officer Jimmy Wing, who claimed he was harassed and threatened with unfair performance reviews after he reported Montaldo.I know there are many decent, hardworking and non-racist members of law enforcement, but officers like Fred Montaldo gives the force a really bad name and plays into the mindset that many blacks and Hispanics don't trust cops because of the history of racial insensitivity and police brutality. I have to wonder if there were physical fights, then someone above Montaldo had to know what was going on. Why did they allow this racist behavior to continue unchecked for so long? Seems to me he should have been terminated a long time ago.
In the report, a Phoenix homeless-shelter worker said Montaldo freely used a racist term directed at Blacks in front of citizens. The worker, who is Black, told detectives Montaldo casually referred to him as "his White Negro" claiming he is "not Black because he lives in Scottsdale, does not use drugs or have a criminal record." Source
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