PRESS
RELEASE
310.450.8338, ext. 70229 31 OCT 2011
LASD Finds no probable cause
in allegations against smmusd employees
The Board
of Education, on June 30, 2011, directed staff of the Santa Monica-Malibu
Unified School District to initiate a third-party investigation as soon as the
results were presented from the Sheriff Department’s Internal Investigation
involving allegations that Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
employees had intimidated victims and/or witnesses and destroyed evidence in
the racial incident involving members of the Santa Monica High School wrestling
team.
The Santa
Monica Police Department released today the results of that investigation,
which found no probable cause that any staff member or employee of SMMUSD acted
in such a manner that supports an allegation of criminal misconduct.
As per the
direction of the Board of Education, a third-party investigator will
immediately begin a subsequent investigation of the incident to examine whether
existing policies, practices, and procedures were followed immediately
following the incident and to make recommendations about changes that should be
made. Results of this investigation will
be made public upon the investigation’s completion.
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SANTA
MONICA-MALIBU UNIFIED
ph:
310.450.8338; fax: 310.581.1138
www.smmusd.org