Jakob Emerson reports on what is a disputed claim of insider-wrongdoing:
Kaiser Permanente has terminated its national director of corporate security investigations, Craig Chew, amid allegations he received confidential data from a California criminal database accessed by an Oakland police officer, the Mercury News reported April 6.
Mr. Chew, a former police officer, was fired along with several subordinates after allegedly receiving information about threats against at least one Kaiser employee from the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, which includes criminal and driving records, as well as access to national law enforcement databases. It is illegal under state law to use the system for non-law enforcement purposes.
Chew firmly denied the allegations, telling the Mercury News:
“I can state that I never illegally obtained, requested nor directed any of my staff to obtain search results from the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System while working at Kaiser,” Mr. Chew told the news outlet. “If Kaiser is true to its policy of conducting fair and thorough investigations in matters of workplace complaints, Kaiser knows this statement is false. Their reason for terminating me, and many others, is a complete fabrication.”
Read more at Beckers Hospital Review.