Dispatcher involved in Tamir Rice case resigns
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A 911 dispatcher involved in the Tamir Rice case has resigned, reports CBS affiliate WOIO.
WOIO reports that city officials confirm that dispatcher Beth Mandl missed more than ten days of work in June which prompted her supervisors to request notice be sent to her explaining, "unexcused failure to appear for duty as scheduled is construed as a resignation."
That letter was sent on July 7. Mandl responded more than a week later with an official resignation letter.
Tamir Rice, 12, was shot outside the Cudell Recreation Center in Cleveland on Nov. 22, 2014. He was shot in the abdomen by rookie patrolman Timothy Loehmann. The boy was holding an airsoft gun that fires nonlethal plastic pellets.
He died at a hospital the following day. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.
As for Mandl's involvement in the Tamir Rice case, police say a citizen called 911 on the day in 2014 and spoke to one dispatcher, who relayed the information by computer to Mandl. Mandl never reported to the responding officers that the weapon might be a toy when dispatching them to the Cudell Rec Center.
WOIO reports that Mandl is a 4-year veteran and generally received high marks in reviews. But she did once faced discipline for abuse of sick time. She worked at Case Western Reserve University before being hired with the city.
"While being a dispatcher, she was tired of rotating schedules and mandatory overtime dominating her life," said officials with the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association in a statement. "She is an outstanding, caring dispatcher. This is a loss for Cleveland."