A part-time IT employee brought a gun to work. He never brought the gun inside City Hall, but he told a co-worker that he had the gun in his car because he was distraught over a female employee who did not want to talk to him. The co-worker immediately notified Human Resources. At about the same time, the IT employee’s father realized the gun was in his son’s car and came to City Hall to take the gun back.
The City called in the Sheriff’s Department, which later went to the IT employee’s house and secured additional firearms. The City’s investigation showed that the IT employee had been stalking the female employee for months. The IT employee resigned from the City a few days later.
Because some of the stalking had occurred in an unsecured parking lot where the female employee parked to go to work, the City sought a workplace violence restraining order to prevent the former employee from entering City Hall and the parking lot.
Attorney Kamran prepared two employees to testify, but the judge was ready to rule after hearing only the first witness. The judge ordered a three-year workplace violence restraining order against the employee from entering City Hall or contacting the female employee.