Aaron1124
Regular Member
I use to work as an assistant manager of a retail store. I was the assistant manager for nearly a year, but I left to leave the state to pursue a career in law enforcement. I have degrees in criminal justice, and have been looking to pursue that field for many years.
Anyway, about a week before I left, apparently the morning deposit never got taken over to the bank.
Here is the gist.
The store had a total of three managers working each day. An opening manager, a mid manager, and a closing manager. The duties of the opening manager are to do the deposit, enter it in the system, and take it to the bank when the mid manager gets on duty.
Apparently, during one of the days, a couple of weeks ago, the morning manager forgot to take the deposit to the bank, and the bank reported that it never arrived -- but the deposit is not in the safe, where it should be. The deposit always remains in the safe until someone takes it to the bank. The bank recently gave the store a transaction log of all deposits, and that one in particular was missing.
I receive a phone call today from the stores loss prevention department, inquiring if I know anything about the deposits whereabouts, or who handled it. I was the closing manager that day, and I do not recall if it was in the safe or not. The store had started to get really sloppy with taking the deposit to the bank, and there were many circumstances where the opening manager left the deposit in the safe, over night, and let the opening manager of the following day deal with it.
I do not know if this happened or not. What I DO know, is I did not handle this deposit, because I have not worked an opening shift in over a month, and never take deposits over unless I open. I also never touch the deposit unless I am taking it to the bank.
There were two other managers that worked that day, and both claim to not know where it is. The loss prevention department called me, and questioned me. And then (now I believe he was just using tactics) he claimed to have "video evidence" of me reaching into the safe "near" where the deposit was.
Two things: There are no surveillance cameras in the saferoom, but he claimed there was (it's widely known in the store that there aren't.) and two: I am 100% sure I did not handle the deposit, so it sounds like he was trying to use tactics on me to see if I would admit to handling the deposit that day.
I told him that I absolutely did not handle the deposit, and the only time I would ever open the safe would be to put money from register "pick ups" in the safe, and at the end of the day, when I am counting the tills down and putting them away.
He then asked me if I could write up a written statement of everything I recall happening that day, and asked me to fax it to him (since I am out of state)
Now, I am in the middle of police applications. They conduct a very thorough background check, and will ask former employers if there were any "problems" or "cash misunderstandings". I fear this will negatively reflect me, even though I am not at fault, and never handled that deposit. One reason being, the loss prevention manager claimed to have "seen" me on "video" reaching "near" the deposit. He never came out and accused me, but he was routinely beating around the bush, when I know I did not handle it.
I am in fear that this will slander my personal character when it comes to my police background, and am wondering if I should hire an attorney. I am not sure what for, and what would need to be dealt with, but I'd like to hear some opinions on how to handle this situation.
Thanks.
Anyway, about a week before I left, apparently the morning deposit never got taken over to the bank.
Here is the gist.
The store had a total of three managers working each day. An opening manager, a mid manager, and a closing manager. The duties of the opening manager are to do the deposit, enter it in the system, and take it to the bank when the mid manager gets on duty.
Apparently, during one of the days, a couple of weeks ago, the morning manager forgot to take the deposit to the bank, and the bank reported that it never arrived -- but the deposit is not in the safe, where it should be. The deposit always remains in the safe until someone takes it to the bank. The bank recently gave the store a transaction log of all deposits, and that one in particular was missing.
I receive a phone call today from the stores loss prevention department, inquiring if I know anything about the deposits whereabouts, or who handled it. I was the closing manager that day, and I do not recall if it was in the safe or not. The store had started to get really sloppy with taking the deposit to the bank, and there were many circumstances where the opening manager left the deposit in the safe, over night, and let the opening manager of the following day deal with it.
I do not know if this happened or not. What I DO know, is I did not handle this deposit, because I have not worked an opening shift in over a month, and never take deposits over unless I open. I also never touch the deposit unless I am taking it to the bank.
There were two other managers that worked that day, and both claim to not know where it is. The loss prevention department called me, and questioned me. And then (now I believe he was just using tactics) he claimed to have "video evidence" of me reaching into the safe "near" where the deposit was.
Two things: There are no surveillance cameras in the saferoom, but he claimed there was (it's widely known in the store that there aren't.) and two: I am 100% sure I did not handle the deposit, so it sounds like he was trying to use tactics on me to see if I would admit to handling the deposit that day.
I told him that I absolutely did not handle the deposit, and the only time I would ever open the safe would be to put money from register "pick ups" in the safe, and at the end of the day, when I am counting the tills down and putting them away.
He then asked me if I could write up a written statement of everything I recall happening that day, and asked me to fax it to him (since I am out of state)
Now, I am in the middle of police applications. They conduct a very thorough background check, and will ask former employers if there were any "problems" or "cash misunderstandings". I fear this will negatively reflect me, even though I am not at fault, and never handled that deposit. One reason being, the loss prevention manager claimed to have "seen" me on "video" reaching "near" the deposit. He never came out and accused me, but he was routinely beating around the bush, when I know I did not handle it.
I am in fear that this will slander my personal character when it comes to my police background, and am wondering if I should hire an attorney. I am not sure what for, and what would need to be dealt with, but I'd like to hear some opinions on how to handle this situation.
Thanks.