Wilfredo Perez and Thomas Egan, each employed in September by Sheriff Anthony Miranda, abruptly submitted their resignations Monday night time, the Sheriff’s workplace stated.
Perez, who was employed as chief of investigators, oversaw a number of items inside the Sheriff’s workplace, together with the Bureau of Prison Investigations, Digital Monitoring Unit, and the Marshal’s Unit.
Egan, who had assumed the place of chief of operations, was tasked with overseeing the Sheriff Division’s legislation enforcement bureaus and sheriff’s academy.
Perez’s resignation is efficient March 10, whereas Egan formally stepped down Monday. Their duties shall be dealt with by a number of workers members throughout each the operations and investigations groups, the Sheriff’s workplace stated.
“We are grateful for the work Wilfredo Perez and Thomas Egan have done every day to maintain and improve public safety, and we wish them the best during their retirement,” a spokesperson with the Public Relations Bureau stated in an announcement Tuesday. “We are confident that the Sheriff’s Office operations will continue to run smoothly.”
Simonovic had criticized Perez and Egan’s appointments, claiming the assets would have been higher used to rent at the least eight new deputy sheriffs.
In March, Perez was fired from the Division of Correction after submitting complaints about his superior’s conduct. In his high-profile place with the Sheriff’s workplace, he earned a $180,000 wage. Regardless of his ousting, Perez’s lawyer defended the appointment, calling him the “right man for the job.”
Egan’s wage as chief of operations was $190,000.
