Carrasco
Carrasco v. State Personnel Bd.
Opinion
Opinion
I.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
A. Rejection of Carrasco During Probation.
After 20 years of service as a probation officer, in April 2008, Carrasco was hired
by the department as a parole agent. On July 31, 2013, he was promoted to special agent
within the Office of Correctional Safety (OCS) Special Services Unit. Carrasco was
subject to a 12-month probationary period for his new position, and he reported for duty
on August 1, 2013.
On June 23, 2014, the department served Carrasco with a “Notice of Rejection
During Probation Period.” The notice listed six reasons for Carrasco’s rejection: (1) he
failed to exit his vehicle to assist in a foot pursuit of an escapee in
3 September 2013; (2) he failed to follow instructions during a tactical training exercise
conducted in January 2014, and he was discourteous and refused to follow instructions
from his supervisor; (3) he failed to follow instructions from his supervisor in
October 2013 to work on a “cold case” and neglected to “develop any investigative work
on the case” from the time of the instructions to February 2014; (4) he failed to timely
submit a report within six business days of a March 2014 arrest,…