College safety officer fired over racist, pro-Nazi photos

A public safety officer at two Orange County campuses lost one of his jobs and is being investigated after he was accused of posting pro-Nazi and racist photos on Instagram.

Carlos Vazquez, 31, was terminated from his job as a public safety officer at Golden West College in Huntington Beach and put on administrative leave from his post as a parking officer at UC Irvine, after a report from CBS2.

The photos under his Instagram handle “clos_vaz� included a photo of Adolf Hitler with children and a caption that read, “I love how attentive my kids are when it comes to real WW2 history,� the station reported.

Jon Arnold, Golden West College public safety director, declined to speak specifically about why Vazquez was let go.

“Anyone that is expressing those prejudices and anti-Semitic opinion is someone I would not want to have working for me,� Arnold said. “It’s offensive and goes against what we stand for at the college.�

Vazquez worked weekends, mostly handling parking enforcement, Arnold said. He was an at-will employee at the campus since 2010 and could be terminated at any time.

UC Irvine placed him on administrative leave, spokeswoman Cathy Lawhon said. He was a full-time parking officer at the campus.

“He’s on leave pending an investigation into his conduct,� Lawhon said. “His views do not comport at all with what UCI values most, and if it makes students feel unsafe, we need to look at that.�

The Instagram account has since been deleted.

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