Northlands continues to come under fire for how it handled the alleged theft of more than a million dollars from parking revenue.
The non-profit organization fired its 38 parking cashiers, but as of Friday afternoon, had yet to file a report with police.
Northlands says the organization made the discovery of missing cash during an audit last summer.
Over the past few months, an internal investigation reviewed the work of 20 employees and found that half of them were not following the transaction process, said president and CEO Tim Reid.
The investigation, involving video footage and car counts, revealed that as much as 19 per cent of potential revenue was lost.
“12 to 19 per cent weren’t following procedures. Within that, we know that there was legitimate theft,” said Reid.
Instead of determining the exact source of the theft, Northlands decided to fire all of its cashiers.
“It is a significant amount of money and I for one would like to see a police investigation,” said city councillor Michael Oshry.
However, some former employees tell CTV Edmonton that pocketing the cash would have been nearly impossible. They’re upset because they say they had nothing to do with the missing money.
“If we don’t balance, then we get fired,” said Sarah Pollard, a former cashier. “It’s very unfortunate that it was handled in this way.”
The work is now being contracted out to Impark as Northlands believes that will reduce the risk of theft.
With files from Bill Fortier
