Food inspectors: do not grope owners

Posted: December 4th, 2010 - 2:22pm by Doug Powell

The Los Angeles Times reports a surveillance tape shows some curious embracing between an L.A. County health inspector and the owner of a Pomona doughnut shop.

The health inspector was charged with misdemeanor sexual battery, but this week, a judge declared a mistrial. According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune: "Judge David Brougham said the trial could not continue after Deputy District Attorney Lauren Guber failed to give [the inspector's] defense attorney an audio recording she made during interviews with the alleged victim and her husband."

 It takes about a minute for the groping to begin, but what's with the repeats?

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Categories: Restaurant Inspection
Tags: fod safety, grope, inspection, owner

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CPHI(C) from ON says:

As someone who received their CPHI(C) on Thursday (woo!!) I have to say that operators need to trust that their inspectors are acting in good faith and not abusing their power, and sickos like this guy need to be not only punished for the assault, but also stripped of their title - it's a power-imbalanced relationship between operator and inspector, and a violation this egregious means you're not able to handle that.

Posted on December 7th, 2010 - 12:18am

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