Author of the article: Jonathan Juha
Publishing date: Apr 12, 2021 • 16 hours ago • 2 minute read •
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The London police services board will debate this week whether to ask the province to give police chiefs the power to suspend officers without pay.
Javeed Sukhera, the board’s chair, will bring forward a motion at a board meeting Thursday to consider asking the province to give chiefs of police the power and the “discretion to suspend a member of the police service, without pay, who is charged with or convicted of a serious offence” and to “streamline the process for termination of a police officer who is found guilty of serious or criminal misconduct.”
Basalt wrestler Ruben Samuelson poses with his family in recognition of his 100th career varsity win earlier this season. The Roaring Fork student will represent the Longhorns at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament on Friday in Pueblo. Photo courtesy of Ryan Bradley.
Ruben Samuelson came up just short at regionals two years ago and responded. A season ago at state he again came up just short, but yet again has responded and finds himself in his senior year with a chance to make a run at the top of the Colorado wrestling hierarchy.
Samuelson will be the lone representative of the Basalt High School wrestling team at the Class 3A state tournament on Friday in Pueblo.
Loukes leads Lumberjack boys to D4 championship, Patriots take second
Lin-Wood senior wins slalom and giant slalom titles
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The Lin-Wood alpine boys captured the Division IV championship last Monday at Crotched Mountain. (Photo by Joshua Spaulding) (
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February 17, 2021BENNINGTON While one of the southernmost mountains in New Hampshire played host to the Division IV boys alpine ski championships on Monday, Feb. 8, it was the northern teams that controlled the action.
The Lin-Wood boys dominated the field, led by wins from Charles Loukes in both the giant slalom and slalom, to claim the Division IV championship, with Profile finishing as the runners-up. The Patriots edged third place Sunapee by three points, with host Derryfield just three points behind that. Littleton finished in sixth place and Woodsville finished in seventh place.
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London police Const. Wesley Reeves has spent more than one-third of his nine-year policing career on paid suspension.
Reeves, 35, was suspended in 2017 after he was charged with five criminal offences, but those charges were dropped after he signed a peace bond. Then in October 2019, he was ordered to resign or be fired after pleading guilty to five professional misconduct counts for abusing drugs and misusing an internal police database.
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But he appealed that decision allowing him to keep collecting a salary and remains a London police employee as the process drags on.