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Cop fired, but why?
Scott Trant was an honorable police officer in 2004. That year he entered a burning building at 78-80 Flint St. to help rescue an elderly couple from the second floor. But two weeks ago, Trant was fired from the Somerville Police Department by Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone.
Curtatone and other city officials refused to comment on why Trant was fired, but Patrolmen’s Union President Jack Leutcher, who is advising the officer in his appeal with the state Civil Service Commission, said the firing is a result of Trant’s attempt to purchase a Vernon Street home.
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New role for PC banned from to
A WELSH police officer who was given a lifetime ban from all pubs in his home town after a violent punch-up has been transferred to an armed response unit.
Tonight’s edition of ITV current affairs programme Wales This Week will reveal that PC Gary Souter, an officer with Dyfed-Powys Police, was transferred to the Ceredigion Armed Response Team after the incident.
PC Souter and other officers were off duty in Schooners Wine Bar in Cardigan on the day of the Scotland v Wales Six Nations international on February 10.
A fight broke out which was caught on the bar’s CCTV system. The town’s Pub Watch committee decided – without seeing the videotape evidence – that PC Souter should receive a lifetime ban. Another police officer was given a six-month ban.
Dyfed-Powys Police started a criminal investigation and PC Souter was transferred to Aberystwyth. He took up duties with the armed response team who are licensed to use guns and travel in specially adapted vehicles which carry firearms.
Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed that the Crown Prosecution Service has decided that no charges should be brought against PC Souter. An internal disciplinary investigation is proceeding.
Dyfed-Powys’ Assistant Chief Constable Andy Edwards told Wales This Week, “Mr Souter has been transferred to duties with the Ceredigion Armed Response Team as part of his operational duties.
“Those duties cannot and should not be curtailed in the absence of the resolution of this matter.
“I regard this as the appropriate response in the circumstances.”
Tonight’s edition of Wales This Week also follows up a programme from earlier this year which investigated allegations that there is a culture of bullying inside the Dyfed-Powys force.
It reveals that a team from West Mercia police were brought in last year to investigate allegations of bullying against the most senior civilian in the force – the Director of Finance and Resources, Andrew Bevan. One of the complaints that sparked the investigation was from Terry Jones, the finance manager for Dyfed-Powys Police’s Carmarthen division.
The West Mercia inquiry cleared Mr Bevan of bullying but said, “Andrew Bevan could have explained his actions in a better way to Terry Jones and so avoided the misunderstanding and ultimately the series of grievances that have been raised. Andrew Bevan should reflect on this for the future.”
The report recommended that Chief Constable Terry Grange “considers giving Andrew Bevan some formal feedback on his personal communication style, with a particular emphasis on how his strong and direct style can be misinterpreted by junior staff within the organisation”.
In a parallel report referring to a complaint made against Mr Bevan by a female employee who had left the force, West Mercia Police concluded, “It is clear that a number of people within the organisation appear to live in fear of Andrew Bevan. The Investigating Officer has reached the conclusion that much of this climate of fear can be attributed to his personal style, particularly his style of communication.”
Mr Jones was sacked from the force two weeks ago after a charge of gross misconduct was brought against him. Mr Jones had heard rumours that Mr Bevan might be in line for the then vacant role of Finance Director at South Wales Police. He sent an email to the South Wales force telling them that Mr Bevan was under investigation for bullying.
A disciplinary hearing decided that Mr Jones’s email was a breach of confidentiality which had brought the force into disrepute. He was dismissed with immediate effect. Mr Jones is now planning an appeal and is considering taking the force to an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal.
In a statement, Mr Bevan denied he had bullied anyone and said Dyfed-Powys Police was asking the West Mercia force for their evidence in support of the comment that some people live in a climate of fear.
Dyfed-Powys Police said in a statement that Mr Bevan had been completely exonerated of bullying, pointing out that the West Mercia report stated, “Andrew Bevan has conducted himself in his role as Director of Finance with the utmost integrity. “
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