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Published January 26. 2021 6:07PM
“No one’s going to tell us what to put on our union website, period,” local police union President Todd Lynch said in a recent interview, “New London police union defends use of website,” (Jan. 21).
This was Officer Lynch’s bellicose response to the recommendation of the New London Public Safety Review Committee that the Police Union “…cease targeting individuals in the community on their website and social media channels.”
We are not at all interested in telling the Union what to put on their website. We are interested in the website upholding what should be the highest professional standards of police officers. This could be accomplished by having a monitor approve or disapprove and remove postings by union members if he/she deems them to be below the standards for good community practice. It is quite a simple solution and prevents the website from being abused by disgruntled and angry members who post in a pique and should b
New London The local police union president calls the commentary on its union website free speech protected by the First Amendment.
A special committee assigned to review New London police policies deems some of the posts to be unprofessional and threatening.
The Public Safety Policy Review Committee has recommended that the police department strengthen personnel policies and clamp down on use of social media by officers who are using online forums for personal or political views and has called on the union, “either by policy or practice,” to stop targeting individuals.
It was one of a host of recommendations contained in a report issued last week that looks to improve police accountability and community relations, prevent police misconduct and bolster training and diversity at the department.