STOUGHTON A police lieutenant who was the subject of a disciplinary hearing about his alleged failure to tell his bosses about a December incident at a church involving a Black man with mental health issues will receive a two-day suspension and must undergo training.
In a Tuesday letter detailing the decision, Town Manager Robin Grimm found that Lt. Daniel McGowan s actions on Dec. 27 were in violation of the department s notification to the chief policy and a prior warning by Deputy Chief Brian Holmes in August 2019 after a previous incident in which McGowan didn t notify him or Chief Donna McNamara. My goal with any decision with any department isn t to take money out of people s pockets. It s to make better employees, Grimm said about her decision. We can address the needs of the community, get a better employee, and still hold accountability for where he didn t follow a direct order.
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After months of feeling overlooked by elected leaders in the distribution of safety equipment and other resources, surely, Dupin thought, their role on the front line of the medical system would be recognized. They had, throughout the pandemic, responded to calls the way they always had: Without regard to whom or what they would encounter at the scene, interacting with people who could have the coronavirus, despite often having makeshift personal protective equipment and masks that were old, faulty or m
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Tim Dupin thought or at least hoped that Missouri firefighters, paramedics and other emergency medical services personnel would be among the first to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
After months of feeling overlooked by elected leaders in the distribution of safety equipment and other resources, surely, Dupin thought, their role on the front line of the medical system would be recognized. They had, throughout the pandemic, responded to calls the way they always had: Without regard to whom or what they would encounter at the scene, interacting with people who could have the coronavirus, despite often having makeshift personal protective equipment and masks that were old, faulty or moldy.
Tim Dupin thought or at least hoped that Missouri firefighters, paramedics and other emergency medical services personnel would be among the first to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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