An Akron Public Schools employee has filed a complaint against their supervisor — Al Jones, the district’s director of safety and security — alleging he “lost control of his temper” during a meeting, resulting in a brief physical altercation.
Superintendent Mary Outley told Signal Akron on Monday evening that Jones was placed on administrative leave.
The allegation presents a broader test for APS: how the district holds its public safety officers accountable when they are the very people entrusted with keeping others safe. Jones, a retired Akron Police detective, oversees non-police school safety officers and school resource officers…