Two N.C. probation officials who were demoted following a 2008 review of the probation system were reinstated to their former positions with back pay.
Cheryl Morris, a Durham County chief probation and parole officer, and Cindy Faison, who held the same position in Wake County, settled with the N.C. Department of Correction in May and June 2009, court documents show.
The settlements returned them to their former positions, Morris in Durham County and Faison in Johnston County.
The demotions stemmed from a spring 2008 review of the probation system and subsequent disciplinary hearings. The shooting deaths of former UNC Student Body President Eve Carson and Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato in 2008 prompted the review.
Lawrence Alvin Lovette, charged with both deaths, and Demario James Atwater, charged with Carson’s, were both already on probation.
The internal review revealed inadequate supervision of the two men and their probation officers.
The two woman are now allowed to return to supervisory roles in the department, but none are currently available. Positions are expected to open up in the next few months.
The settlement included a reinstatement of their former salaries as well as back pay from the time of their demotions in summer 2008 to the time of the settlement last spring. Their disciplinary records also will be expunged.
Read the settlement reached with the N.C. Department of Corrections.
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