'My dad is an abuser!': Greensboro city manager, his daughters involved in 'family disorder,' 911 reports say
The Greensboro city council may take action because of what police are referring to as a "family disorder" incident involving city personnel.
The case involves Greensboro City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba and his two daughters, ages 25 and 19. The story starts with a 911 call made from Jaiyeoba's home just three days after Christmas.
"What is the address of your emergency," a dispatcher from Guilford Metro 911 states.
During the commotion in the background, the caller replies to the dispatcher: "Hello?! My dad is an abuser!"
That "dad" the caller is referring to is Jaiyeoba. After more commotion in the background, the caller provides more details.
"He's trying to say that I hit him and pushed him and his arm is broken," the caller told dispatch. "He's a very powerful man!"
Officers responded to the home on Postbridge Court around 7:30 p.m. that day. In 911 records, you can see part of a redacted statement: ____ is killing his ____.
Another Freedom of Information Act request, filed by 12 Investigates, found an email from Mayor Nancy Vaughan to Guilford Metro 911. The mayor was concerned about the killing allegation.
The county later clarified that the dispatcher meant to write hitting, instead of killing. That same email also verified the allegation 911 records were redacted.
"Taiwo Jaiyeoba, the city manager of Greensboro, is hitting his children," the email stated.
Regardless of the confusion, the daughters were frightened enough to call police the next day for an escort to their father's home.
"I'm calling to see if the cops can escort me and my sister back to our home to get our stuff and leave," the caller told dispatch. "I also want to check if a police report last night was filed."
Greensboro police said the city manager and his two daughters suffered minor injuries. Five days after the incident, Jaiyeoba was seen at the city council meeting wearing a sling on his left arm.
Carla Banks, communications director for the city, sent a statement to 12 Investigates on behalf of Jaiyeoba.
"Parents often have disagreements with their adult kids, and my family is no different. Regretfully, after the Christmas holiday, police officers were called to my home. Please understand, this is a family matter, and I stress that fatherhood is the most important job to me. While we continue to work through this and find a path forward, I ask for the community to please respect my family's privacy," the statement said.
So far, no one has been charged with any crime in this case.
On Jan. 31, the city of Greensboro filed a court order to get limited access to police body camera video released. The video would not be for everyone to see. It would be shown "exclusively to the city council and necessary, relevant city staff as determined by the city council."
The requested video footage would come from officers B.K. Rouse, M.L. Hill and P.D. Farrish and Sgt. D.C. Dirks. They all responded to the city manager's home that night, the complaint reads. The city also requested body camera footage from officers S.A. Alvarez, W.M. Spoko and Lt. G.K. Ferrell. They all responded to escort the city manager's daughters the next day, according to the same complaint.
A court hearing is scheduled Feb. 12 in Guilford County regarding the city's request regarding the potential release of the body camera video.
The matter has not been addressed publicly in a city council meeting. It's unknown if any closed-door sessions have been completed, or are being planned, regarding the matter.
When it came to searching police records on the issue, the police report for the incident involving the city manager was not made available on the police department's online service portal. 12 Investigates asked the police department why.
"Whenever a case may contain sensitive information, online access to it is restricted and unavailable to department employees and on the p2c system. In those instances, our department has and will provide the public copy of any report as requested," Public Information Manager Annette Ayres said.
12 Investigates asked the department what was considered "sensitive information" in this case since the report provided didn't have any redacted information.
Patrick DeSoto, also with the police department's public information office, responded: "Sometimes, and I’m not specifically talking about this incident but have seen in the past, the system will flag certain words like “assault” or “simple aggravated assault” until someone has had time to review it and then send it out to P2C and such."