In the termination letter, Vakunta castigated Bishop for being “derelict” in his responsibility as a city leader, saying Bishop failed to participate in the general management of the civil rights agency or make changes following a series of disciplinary actions. She called his actions, conduct and behavior “an utter rupture of the bonds of trust.”
The discipline started three years ago with a letter in March 2022, then with a verbal warning in October 2022 and a one-day suspension in December the same year, according to the termination letter. Bishop was also suspended for three days in August two years ago, then for five days in June last year. Bishop received his final warning Nov. 7 last year, a week before the Mayor’s Office received a joint complaint about Davis. Bishop was suspended for 10 days.