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By Bill Kirk bkirk@eagletribune.com Dec 24, 2020
Dec 24, 2020
METHUEN â Police Chief Joseph Solomon and superior officers union President Capt. Greg Gallant have been placed on paid administrative leave following the release Wednesday of the final report by the state inspector general that found irregularities with a union contract which led to exorbitant salaries for superior officers and the chief.
The report, made public about 3 p.m., found that in 2017, then-Mayor Stephen Zanni, the City Council, Solomon and Gallant all failed the people of Methuen.
âThis total failure of leadership by Methuenâs former mayor and City Council allowed Chief Solomon and then-Captain Gallant to put their personal financial interests ahead of the interests of the citizens they swore an oath to protect and serve, said Inspector General Glenn Cunha.