A captain at the Denver Fire Department was demoted last month after he regularly used vulgar, derogatory terms and created a hostile work environment, according to Denver Department of Public Safety documents.
DENVER — A captain at the Denver Fire Department was demoted last month after he regularly used vulgar, derogatory terms and created a hostile work environment, according to Denver Department of Public Safety documents.
The 2023 document reads that DFD Internal Affairs first received notification of a complaint about Norris from an employee, identified as Engineer A, on Jan. 11, 2023. According to the complaint, Engineer A reported that he felt he was being — and had been for a while — singled out and treated differently by Norris because he was Hispanic. He claimed Norris"frequently made inappropriate, questionable, and racist comments," the document reads.
When Norris was interviewed about these claims, he denied speaking about slavery, the Holocaust or Hitler and said he"avoids political discussions in the firehouse," the document reads. He admitted to using the derogatory term for a gay man, but not in the firehouse and only in reference"to the British slang term for a cigarette."
As written in the DPS document, a"preponderance of evidence" was found, indicating that Norris violated rules and regulations when he:
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