Mayor Rawlings Blake Issues Statement on Status of City Contract with Psychology Consultants Associated
Friday Aug 7th, 2015
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Mayor Rawlings Blake Issues Statement on Status of City Contract with Psychology Consultants Associated
Company contract is currently under investigation by city law department and office of the inspector general
BALTIMORE, Md. (August 7, 2015)—Today, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Baltimore City will immediately suspend referring any additional employees, police officers or their family members to Psychology Consultants Associated P.A. (PCA), pending the outcome of ongoing investigations from the city’s law department and office of the inspector general.
Services will now be provided through Atlantic OccuPsych in Towson, Maryland. Atlantic OccuPsych is operated by principal psychologist Dr. Steve Curran.
Atlantic OccuPsych will provide a broad range of services, including pre-hire mental examinations, follow-up and fitness for reassignment examinations, as well as continued fitness for duty exams. Employees who wish to continue existing services under PCA during the suspension period may do so, however PCA will not receive new clients from the city or the police department at this time.
“Mayor Rawlings-Blake has decided to indefinitely suspend services performed by Psychology Consultants Associated P.A. pending the outcome of ongoing investigations,” said Kevin Harris, spokesman for the Mayor’s Office. “Through ongoing litigation, additional information has come to the Mayor’s attention which makes it necessary to temporarily suspend our contract with PCA until further notice. Because this matter remains an open investigation, we cannot comment further, however the Mayor’s actions today should not be interpreted as any determination of liability on behalf of PCA. The Mayor will make a final determination on the status of PCA’s contract at the conclusion of the open investigations to determine if PCA has satisfactorily met the terms of their contract with the city.”
Psychological operations and assessments of city employees and police officers will not be impacted in anyway due to the suspension of services from PCA.