Jamie Duffy | Journal Gazette
Dispatchers told the Consolidated Communications Partnership board Tuesday they have no confidence in the leadership of the dispatch center in Rousseau Centre. Previous Next
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 1:00 am
Dispatchers criticize leadership
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
Emergency dispatchers asked the board overseeing Fort Wayne and Allen County 911 operations Tuesday to intervene in the department they say suffers from low morale amid fears of retaliation.
Supported by more than 10 dispatchers at Tuesday s meeting of the Consolidated Communications Partnership, dispatcher Alex Leavitt told the board the dispatchers were issuing “a vote of no confidence in the department s leadership capability, the impartiality and the moral fiber of Deputy Director John Chavez.”
Mayor Tom Henry, Police Chief Steve Reed and Fire Chief Eric Lahey today provided a public safety recap of 2020 and highlighted plans for 2021 that are designed to continue making the City of Fort Wayne as safe as possible while a pandemic still challenges our city.
Petition to dismiss firefighter dies at panel
JAMIE DUFFY | The Journal Gazette
A petition to fire a veteran Fort Wayne firefighter died for lack of a second motion to take a vote.
Sharon Peters, mayoral appointment on the Fort Wayne Fire Merit Commission, introduced the petition Tuesday put forward by Fire Chief Eric Lahey to terminate Marcus Ridley for undisclosed violations.
He was suspended in March because of a drunken driving charge, but apparently other violations came to light that sparked the petition.
If the petition fails, Ridley will be due for reinstatement in March, a year after he was charged with drunken driving. After he was charged, he was immediately suspended without pay, but in April the five-member Merit Commission voted to return him to paid status.
A firefighter suspended in March after he was charged with drunken driving faces possible termination Tuesday after the fire chief introduced a petiti .