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Friday, September 14, 2012

Hmm, Kittery Police Vote "No Confidence" in their Police Chief

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Kittery Police Chief Paul Callaghan

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No-confidence vote prompts investigation in Kittery
By David Hench dhench@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer

Kittery's town manager says a no-confidence vote in the police chief by the town's officers has no legal weight but he will conduct an investigation to get to the bottom of employee concerns.

"We don't run a parliamentary system here, but I'll take seriously what they're saying," Robert Markel said Wednesday.

Markel plans to meet with each officer in the department to ask about the issues that led to the no-confidence vote against Chief Paul Callaghan.

Callaghan has been chief since January, the same month Markel was hired by the Town Council. Callaghan, a former police captain in Rochester, N.H., succeeded Chief Edward Strong, who oversaw the department for almost 26 years.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/no-confidence-vote-prompts-investigation_2012-09-14.html

After reading the whole story and getting a better understanding of the situation they are facing we wonder what a vote in Lisbon would look like. After all Lisbon Police Chief David T. Brooks, can't find the $32,500 missing from the Economic Office, had a difficult time with getting facts strait on who was doing what to whom in a trailer drug incident, pulled over the wrong persons in a felony stop and last but never least blasted a town councilor and local citizens with nothing more than lies. And we shall be showing that very soon to remind all of you.

"We have lost faith, trust and confidence that Chief Callaghan has the ability, knowledge, skills, integrity and focus to lead the Kittery Police Department," said the letter, which was released by Markel. "We have no trust that he can be rehabilitated as a leader."

Myself and many others feel the same way about the confidence in David T. Brooks.

Signed with out any respect, intended or implied.
Todd Comber