Texas Southern University placed its police chief on paid administrative leave the same day she was granted a temporary restraining order against the school to prevent such an action from being taken against her.
Now the historically Black university in Houston's Third Ward is locked in a legal battle with Mary Young, the leader of its campus police department who earlier this year was investigated by the school for allegedly authorizing thousands of dollars in fraudulent pay for officers, according to Harris County court documents. Young alleges Texas Southern University (TSU) violated state laws in its handling of an anonymous complaint made against her, contending the school did not have a legal basis for putting her on leave or taking any other disciplinary action related to the complaint.
So Young has continued to report for work, according to her attorney, Benjamin Hall, who said the university at one point briefly locked her out of her email account and as well as her office.
"I've instructed her, ‘Absolutely, go back to work,'" Hall said. "The leave is invalid and contrary to court orders, and she's going to continue to work."
Court records show that two different judges granted Young's request for temporary restraining orders against the university and its top leaders – first on Dec. 1 and then again Dec. 7 – with a temporary injunction hearing set for Dec. 20.
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