UPDATED: Employee Contacts Police Over Mayor’s Driving

Update: This article has been updated to include the mayor's response at 4:18 p.m. Friday and Knox's response at 7 p.m. Friday.

A city employee alleged Friday morning that Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima nearly hit him with his vehicle as he was walking in the City Hall parking lot, according to a call log filed this morning at 8:51 a.m.

Scrima did not speak with Derek Knox, the employee in the information technology department, after the incident occurred, the call log states. The incident occurred Thursday afternoon.

Deputy Police Chief Dennis Angle spoke with the mayor about the incident who told Angle “the pedestrian appeared to be in a daze and unaware of his surroundings as Scrima pulled into the lot. Scrima stated that had he not stopped his car the pedestrian would have walked into his vehicle,” the call log states.

Knox, however, said he believed the incident was intentional as the mayor had eye contact with him and didn't stop until he was close to Knox.  Knox also said the mayor did not check to see if he was OK following the incident.

"As I looked up, the other car was coming toward me," he said. "I had to jump out of the way. ... I wasn't dazed at all. If I was dazed, I wouldn't have gotten out of the way."

Knox reported the incident to the city's Human Resources Department, as well as the police department. The police department matter is officially closed, according to the call log comments.

Scrima provided this e-mail to Patch, which he said he also sent to Angle.

I am writing this email to record something I observed this afternoon at 3:30 pm. While pulling my car into the city hall upper parking lot, Derek Knox walked into the parking lot. I stopped my vehicle to let him pass and in doing so I observed that he appeared to be in a daze and unaware of his surroundings. Had I not stopped he may have walked into my vehicle. Thankfully I did stop and I had no contact with Derek.

"Furthermore, since nothing happened I did not feel it was necessary to tell Derek to watch where he was walking," Scrima wrote in the e-mail to Patch.