By DAMIEN FISHER, InDepthNH.org
Even though Tiffany Foss had reason to believe Department of Safety Commissioner Robert Quinn broke the law when he requested a background search for an acquaintance, her whistleblower complaint can’t go forward since she no longer works for Quinn, according to a ruling issued this week.
“I was afraid this would happen because of the technical nature of the whistleblower rules,” said Andrea Amodeo-Vickery, Foss’s lawyer.
Department of Labor Hearing Officer George Stewart ruled that since Foss left the Department of Safety for another job in state government three weeks after she called out Quinn, she cannot argue she suffered retaliation at his hands as required by the state law.
“(Foss) has failed sufficiently to allege that she suffered adverse employment consequences in retaliation for making the October 4, 2021 report of a violation of rule or law,” Stewart wrote.
Foss was recovering from a stroke, likely brought on by work stress, when Quinn allegedly pressured another civilian employee in the Department of Safety’s Gun Line Unit to conduct an illegal background check on the son of a friend, according to her complaints on file.
The friend’s son had been denied a pistol permit in Massachusetts and Quinn wanted the background check and the man’s criminal record. This information was then used to help the man get a permit, according to the complaints.
Foss emailed her supervisors that Quinn acted illegally in requesting that background...
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