800 workers punished for abusing disabled in Texas since '04.DALLAS Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. - More than 800 employees were suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. or fired for abusing mentally and developmentally disabled people at 13 state institutions in the past four years, officials said Tuesday. The Department of Aging and Disability Services disclosed the disciplinary actions in response to an open records request from The Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. . Gov. Rick Perry's office confirmed a federal investigation into alleged abuse and neglect at the Denton State School, the largest such facility. The state said 239 employees were fired or suspended in fiscal year 2007 for the abuse, neglect or exploitation of residents. There were 200 such disciplinary actions in 2006, 203 in 2005 and 180 in 2004, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the records. The breakdown by school was unavailable. The 13 state schools and centers combined have about 12,000 full-time employees. |
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