You are a new first-line supervisor. You do not know many of the staff at this new office, and you learn that the supervisor in charge of the office is close to retirement and is not concerned with the management of the office and its personnel. During your first week, you discover Probation Officer Dave Clark has been lying on reports that are being submitted to the court concerning his clients. Someone in the district attorney's office brought this to your attention. You learn that Clark has historically been a marginal performer. When disciplined, he became irate, threatened to sue for discrimination, and even threatened management. Officer Clark is actively engaged in "poisoning the well," so to speak, with younger officers spreading half-truths and rhetoric about how the larger law enforcement agency is engaged in an active campaign of age discrimination against him. This influences the impressions of younger officers.

• How are you going to handle this situation with Officer Clark?

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