TWR SUPVR WORKING A COMBINED POS OF GND CTL; FLT DATA AND CIC; OBSERVED THE LCL CTLR CLRING A BE35 TO LAND BEHIND A LR35 WHO WAS STILL ON THE RWY. THE SUPVR TOLD THE LCL CTLR TO SEND THE BE35 AROUND; WHICH HE DID. SUPVR CALLED A SYS ERROR ON LCL CTLR WHO THEN TOOK SICK LEAVE. FACILITY MGR WOULD NOT BACK THE SUPVR UP AND DOWNGRADED THE SYS ERROR TO A NON INCIDENT.

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I WAS WORKING GND CTL; FLT DATA AND CIC POS FROM XF16Z TO XJ03Z. AT APPROX XF30Z I OBSERVED A BONANZA (SMA Y); DSNDING AND PASSING THROUGH THE INTXN OF RWY 8 AND RWY 13; ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RWY 8. I SCANNED RWY 8 AND OBSERVED A LEAR (LTT X) STILL ON RWY 8; APPROX 1000 FT FROM THE TURNOFF AT THE END OF THE RWY. I IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED THE CTLR ON LCL CTL TO SEND THE BONANZA AROUND BECAUSE THE LEARJET WAS STILL ON THE RWY. THE LCL CTLR DID SO; ISSUING A R PATTERN FOR RESEQUENCING. I ASKED THE LCL CTLR IF THE BONANZA HAD BEEN A LOW APCH. THE ACFT HAD APPEARED HIGHER THAN NORMAL FOR BEING SO FAR DOWN THE RWY. HE DID NOT RESPOND. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS; THE CTLR WAS RELIEVED FROM LCL CTL. AT THAT TIME I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED WITH THE BONANZA AND THE LEARJET. THE CTLR BECAME LOUD AND DEFENSIVE. THE CTLR REPLIED; 'WE HAVE A DISPLACED THRESHOLD HERE; DON'T YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS; THE BONANZA WAS OVER THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD WHEN THE LEARJET WAS EXITING THE RWY.' I REPLIED THAT THAT WAS NOT WHAT I HAD SEEN. I ASKED THE CTLR IF THE BONANZA WAS CLRED TO LAND. THE CTLR TURNED AND LEFT THE TWR CAB; ONLY TO RETURN VERY SHORTLY REQUESTING SICK LEAVE. I ASKED THE CTLR WHAT WAS THE MATTER. HE REPLIED THAT HIS WHOLE BODY HURT AND THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE ASAP. I APPROVED THE SICK LEAVE; LEAVING MYSELF AND 1 OTHER ATCS ON POS UNTIL RELIEF ARRIVED. AT THIS POINT I CALLED THE FACILITY MGR AT HOME FOR ASSISTANCE. THE MGR ARRIVED AND BEFORE SPEAKING TO ME; INTERVIEWED THE CTLR WHO HAD RELIEVED THE LCL CTLR. THIS TOOK PLACE DOWNSTAIRS IN THE MGR OFFICE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE FACILITY MGR RETURNED TO THE TWR CAB; I HAD JUST BEEN RELIEVED AND REQUESTED HE AND I GO DOWNSTAIRS SO THAT I COULD BRIEF HIM ON WHAT I HAD SEEN HAPPEN. THE MGR NOW REFUSED TO GO DOWNSTAIRS. SO; IN A LOW TONE; I BRIEFED HIM ON WHAT I HAD SEEN; THAT I HAD WITNESSED THE BONANZA PASSING THROUGH THE RWY INTXN WHILE THE LEARJET WAS STILL ON THE RWY; THAT I HAD INSTRUCTED THE LCL CTLR TO SEND THE BONANZA AROUND; AND THAT THE ACFT HAD RETURNED AND LANDED SAFELY; THAT I HAD ATTEMPTED AN INITIAL EVALUATION; BUT THAT THE CTLR HAD REQUESTED SICK LEAVE AND LEFT. I TOLD THE MGR THAT AN OPERROR MAY HAVE OCCURRED AND THAT I WANTED TO REVIEW THE VOICE RECORDING TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DETERMINED. THE MGR AT FIRST DID NOT BELIEVE AN OPERROR COULD OCCUR BECAUSE THE BONANZA HAD NOT LANDED WHILE THE LEARJET WAS STILL ON THE RWY AND REQUIRED ME TO SHOW HIM THE APPLICABLE SECTION OF THE 7110.65. THE MGR THEN PROCEEDED TO QUESTION ME ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY AND ASKED ME DID I TELL ANY CTLRS TO SEND ANY ACFT AROUND ON SATURDAY? HAD I BEEN SITTING CLOSE BEHIND THE CTLRS WATCHING THEIR EVERY MOVE? HAD I BEEN WRITING NOTES ABOUT CTLRS WHILE STANDING BEHIND THEM LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER ON SATURDAY? THE FACILITY MGR AT THIS POINT TOLD ME HE HAD ALREADY SPOKE WITH THE LCL CTLR TODAY AND THAT HIS ACCOUNT OF THIS INCIDENT GREATLY DIFFERED FROM MINE; AND THAT HE HAD ALSO JUST SPOKEN WITH HIS RELIEF WHO LEFT THE FACILITY IN TEARS. I REPLIED THAT I DID NOT REMEMBER INSTRUCTING ANYONE ON SATURDAY TO ISSUE A GAR. I WAS NOT SITTING OR STANDING BEHIND CTLRS WRITING NOTES; THAT I HAD LISTED SOME TIME ON POS TIMES; ON A PAD IN THE BACK OF THE CAB; BUT THAT I HAD LEFT THE PAD ON THE COUNTER FOR ANYONE TO SEE. I ASKED THE MGR WHY THE RELIEF WAS UPSET; BECAUSE I HAD JUST WORKED 2 HRS ON POS RIGHT NEXT TO HER AND SHE WAS FINE WHEN SHE LEFT THE CAB. I THEN PROCEEDED DOWNSTAIRS. THE MGR FOLLOWED. I TOLD THE MGR THAT I HAD NEVER DONE AN OPERROR INVESTIGATION. I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD HELP ME. COULD HE STAY AND LISTEN TO THE TAPE AND MAKE SURE I WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK? HE SAID HE HAD TO LEAVE TO GO TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY. THE MGR BECAME VERY AGITATED AND SAID; YOU ARE THE SUPVR; IT IS PRETTY BLACK AND WHITE IN THE 7110.3; WHAT HAS TO BE DONE; YOU HAD BETTER CALL THE REGIONAL COM CTR RIGHT AWAY. AT THIS POINT MGR HAD HEARD BOTH THE CTLR AND MY RECOLLECTIONS OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WAS AWARE THAT UNLESS THE VOICE RECORDINGS SHOWED EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY; THAT I WOULD RPT WHAT I HAD SEEN TO THE COM CTR. BY XF00 I HAD CALLED THE COM CTR AND HAD MADE ALL THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS AND THE OPERROR WAS RPTED.