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Mooresville's Chief of Police has been suspended and an interim named in his place pending the outcome of an investigation into the chief's handling of a police department nonprofit organization.
Officials said today that Chief John Crone has been suspended with pay, pending the outcome of an internal and external investigation into Cops for Kids, an organization he has been operating out of the police department since 1998.
Major Carl Robbins has been named interim, said officials.
The suspension comes on the heels of the Mooresville town board's decision Monday to ... Read more
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Toronto Sun - Canada
15 December 2006
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EDITORIAL: Quotas are just pla
Any scheme that calls for police officers to meet a daily quota when writing traffic tickets is unacceptable.
But when that quota is used as an incentive to allow cops to leave work early if they write 25 traffic tickets a day, as reported by the Sun's Alan Cairns, it raises questions about the integrity of the police force itself.
About whether all the tickets written under this quota system were, in fact, valid. It undermines public faith in the police, since many believe, despite constant denials over the years, that police do use ticket quotas.
Finally, it raises concerns about who's in charge of the cops, given that this idea should have been shot down by the brass before it ever saw the light of day.
Particularly disturbing is that the quota, which was in effect at 23 Division in Rexdale, only came to light because of disciplinary proceedings against Const. David Deviney who objected to it.
Supt. Neale Tweedy, who condemned the quota system in dismissing Police Services Act charges of insubordination against Deviney and his partner, Mark Von Kalckreuth, agreed. Neale described it as "an affront to the public interest" and a "sad example of unacceptable conduct" that undermines discipline and morale.
Neale's condemnation is reassuring but if, as police brass insist, the quota system was stopped last year (even though police issued a memo following Neale's judgment calling for it to end immediately) that only raises further concerns.
Since the practice was ended, police brass obviously knew who started it. Has that person ever been disciplined? Were other police divisions warned not to engage in such activities? Was the police services board informed? (Apparently not from what its vice-chair told Cairns.)
In attempting to quell the controversy, police brass have stressed officers weren't just allowed to go home early, but had to use surplus hours built up in their time bank.
First, how do the brass know that? Were records even kept? Second, even if the officers involved used banked overtime hours, they still got the unusual perk of going home early for filling a quota. That doesn't pass the smell test. And it's just not right.
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