Princeton police will provide town Administrator Marc D. Dashield with a report of their investigation into claims that town-owned computers were disposed of improperly, in a case that saw the municipality’s chief information officer and a now former employee put on paid leave.
Dashield said on Sept. 17 that he expected a report sometime either by the end of this week or at the beginning of next week.
“I know they are going to give me some type of report,” he said. “It’s going to be a report of their investigation of the issues I brought to their attention concerning the IT department.”
Dashield said municipal officials have a “suspicion” that town computers were sold. He declined to elaborate. He asked police look into the matter in early August.
A police spokesman said in an email on Sept. 18 the matter is still under investigation, but he declined to answer further questions.
In terms of the next steps after the report is in hand, Dashield said that would depend on what the document reports.
Princeton’s Chief Information Officer Robert McQueen, a municipal employee since 1998, has been on paid administrative leave from his $112,000-a-year-job since July 19, officials have said. Anthony Guevarez, an IT technician, also was put on paid leave around the same time, but he since has resigned, officials have said.