Two mental health center officials placed on leave

AUGUSTA - Two mental health center officials are on administrative leave as the center&#39;s board looks into anonymous allegations of financial and management improprieties, The Augusta Chronicle reported Tuesday night. <br> <br> The actions followed the Community Service Board&#39;s decision Sunday night to conduct an audit and an internal investigation of the operations of the Community Mental Health Center of East Central Georgia. <br> <br> Mike Brockman, the executive director of the center, and Jim Points, the administrative manager, were placed on leave with pay pending the outcome of the inquiry, sources told the newspaper. John West, an attorney aiding the center&#39;s board in the probe, confirmed that there were administrative leaves given but would not say who got them. <br> <br> ``Right now, we can&#39;t do that in order to protect their reputations,&#39;&#39; West said. <br> <br> Reached at home, Points refused to say whether he had been placed on administrative leave. <br> <br> ``I have not been terminated,&#39;&#39; he said. ``My attorney has told me not to talk to anybody.&#39;&#39; He referred questions to his attorney, Richard Allen, who refused to comment. <br> <br> Brockman did not return a message left on his voice mail.