Captain
James Wardwell Has Been Selected by the New Britain Police Commission to Become
the City's Next Police Chief.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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14 comments:
Good bye American Flags!!!
No offense intended to the new chief, but who else could the Police Commission appoint when no one else even applied for the job?
Rep. Steve Toth introduced a bill in the Texas House seeking to ban in the state any federal ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
The bill by the Republican from The Woodlands would allow police officers across the state to arrest federal law enforcement officers who attempt to enforce any such ban in Texas. Toth has since appeared on television stations throughout the state and the country, promoting his legislation.
Frank the Police Comission doesn't have the powere to appoint the chief. The mayor must select someone from the pool of candidates that went through their process and then the common council then must act to approve or dent the selection of the mayor. Oh I forgot there was no process here just a hand job from the mayor! I mean a job handed from the mayor. What is Nb back in the 70's again????
You have it wrong, according to the state law it is the mayor that has absolutely no authority over the appointment of the chief:
Sec. 7-276. Powers of commissioners.
Such board shall have the sole power of appointment, promotion and removal of the officers and members of such police department, under such regulations as it adopts for the purpose, and such appointees shall hold office during good behavior and until removed for cause upon written charges and after hearing.
If a Mayor appointed his campaign worker and friend, to the Police Commission, and then months later created a never heard of before, 47 thousand dollar per year, city job for her, then wouldn't she be inclined to appoint whatever candidate he tells her to?
Local City Charter dictates what happens to local department heads in the city.The state law doesn't apply to cities that have enumerated powers like NB has. The authority of the comissions=ers was taken away during the city's last charter change by then mayor Pawlak. If what you say is correct then who does the Police Chief work for? Does he answer to the state? Pretty stupid don't you think?
How can a city defy state law that mandates that the commissioners shal have sole authority?
State law trumps anything the dumbbells in city hall can do, always.
By the way, the mayor lacks to authority to ever fire a police chief. All Connecticut police chiefs are protected against being fired and there has never once been a case where the state has ever allowed a city in Connecticut to fire their chief. The mayor doesn't have to authority because the state law protects the chief against such actions--another place where the state law trumps the dumbbells.
I remember when Stewart was mayor how he used to claim he could fire members of the police dept just because he was mayor, but the state labor board would likely reverse any such termination and order full back pay and benefits because under the state law the mayor lacks any such authority no matter what the charter might say. If I were representing the union I would be saving this issue until the day the administration oversteps their authority and request that the labor board overturn any such unlawful termination because the law is crystal clear that the "board of police commissioners" has the sole authority over promotions, discipline and terminations. According to existing state statutes, the mayor and the council have absolutely no authority in such matters despite what they might think.
It wouldn't be New Britain if you actually followed the law!
He wore Our Country's Flag on his uniform while he followed Sherwood's orders to confiscate Flags from peaceful citizens who only wanted to display them at a public hearing.
To the anonymous commenter that stated "when Stewart was mayor", what the hell are you talking about? You must be the same idiot that claims that the poilice comissioners have the powere to hire and fire not the city right? The only reason why cities don't fire chiefs is that they always lawyer up and reach a settlement with their cities. And for the record I don't believe a word that comes from the hands of anonymous commenters!
The state statute speaks for itself:
Sec. 7-276. Powers of commissioners. Such board shall have the sole power of appointment, promotion and removal of the officers and members of such police department, under such regulations as it adopts for the purpose, and such appointees shall hold office during good behavior and until removed for cause upon written charges and after hearing. The members of such police department shall have all such authority with respect to the service of criminal process and the enforcement of the criminal laws as is vested by the general statutes in police officers and constables.
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