The director of Cincinnati's only independent investigative agency of police misconduct cases was replaced Wednesday after only four months on the job.

        Glenda Smith-Johnston resigned as head of the Office of Municipal Investigations hours after a longtime investigator quit.

        Frank Sefton, who has been a city employee for about 40 years, told City Manager John Shirey he quit because of a dispute with her.

Shirey

        “I offered him an opportunity to reconsider, and he did,” Mr. Shirey said Wednesday. “I let him know that today was her last day.”

        The move came on the same day federal investigators — in a 23-page preliminary examination of the police department — said the city needs to provide adequate support for agencies charged with investigating the police division.

        But Mr. Shirey said his decision was unrelated to the report.

        “What it boiled down to was that she and I had very different opinions about how the division was to be run.”

        Mr. Shirey hired Ms. Smith-Johnston in June. She replaced longtime Acting Director Kimberlee Gray, who had accused Mr. Shirey of blocking a probe into possible wrongdoing by city employees.

        In a news release late Wednesday, Mr. Shirey announced that investigator Mark Gissiner was now acting OMI director.

        Mr. Shirey told City Council members Wednesday that he planned to fire Ms. Smith-Johnston.

        “I thought it was just kind of obvious,” said Councilman John Cranley. “I felt she was dishonest to council.” He was referring to Ms. Smith-Johnston's recent testimony about whether she felt council members and other officials had interferred in an investigation.

        Ms. Smith-Johnston couldn't be reached for comment.

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