The Latest: DOT license chief was accused of harassment

BISMARCK, N.D. – The Latest on the resignation of North Dakota’s Department of Transportation’s driver’s license chief (all times local):

3:25 p.m.

The director of North Dakota’s driver’s licensing division was accused of favouritism and harassment before he resigned abruptly.

Glenn Jackson resigned Friday, two days after The Associated Press reported he was under investigation for a reason the Department of Transportation did not disclose.

The AP obtained a copy of the investigation Friday through an open records request. The 21-page document concluded that evidence suggests Jackson displayed “favouritism, differential treatment, over-attention and perhaps even harassment” at the department he managed for nearly 13 years.

Jackson tells the AP that he denies the allegations. The 63-year-old says he had planned to retire next year and but decided now “to prevent the department and team from having to deal with this issue.”

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3:09 p.m.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation says the director of its driver’s license division has resigned.

The agency says it accepted Glenn Jackson’s Friday, or two days after The Associated Press reported he was under investigation for an undisclosed reason.

In a statement Friday, the agency says Jackson has been on paid administrative leave since February to “review and investigate employee concerns” about his “professional behaviour, management style, decision-making.”

The agency did not elaborate.

A telephone number listed for Jackson in Bismarck was disconnected. He did not respond to requests for comment through social media.