Merced College paid private investigator

After a Merced County sheriff’s deputy declined to collect fingerprints to trace a letter disparaging of Merced College administrators, the college hired a private investigator to do so, according to documents obtained by the Sun-Star through a public records request… The invoice, obtained by the Sun-Star’s public records request, says the investigator was paid $150 for three hours of work. Shepard said fingerprinting is not a routine part of campus investigations, but that this case included special circumstances… Union President Patrick Mitchell said he was also dismayed by the investigation. “It’s very sad that while faculty are out on the front lines helping our students succeed that the Merced College administration is using taxpayers’ money to treat us like criminals,” he said.

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by Thaddeus Miller, The Fresno Bee.

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