Detroit Department of Transportation Chief of Staff Jennie Whitfield is accused of showing up drunk at the Rosa Parks Transit Center in her city-issued car shortly before midnight in late January, verbally berating employees, assaulting a security guard, and nearly falling from a balcony while chasing a pigeon around the building with a bottle of water.
But instead of disciplining Whitfield, DDOT Director Robert Cramer suspended the whistleblower who reported the incident. The whistleblower, DDOT Chief Safety Officer Corey Holmes, oversees safety for DDOT buses and their passengers.
The Jan. 23 episode is described in internal security reports, witness statements, audio recordings, and accounts from DDOT employees reviewed by Metro Times…