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Home Secretary John Reid has said it was "absurd" to accuse Britain of being a "police state for Muslims".
Mr Reid was speaking after Abu Bakr, who was among nine suspects held over an alleged plot to kidnap and kill a Muslim soldier, made the claim in a television interview.
Mr Bakr made the allegation during a BBC Newsnight interview after being released without charge.
Mr Reid told the BBC'S Politics Show: "It's a completely absurd proposition, the idea that someone who is on, actually, a state-financed television station, having been released under th... Read more
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14 December 2008
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HAMILTON - Police Chief Walter Cullen has been placed on indefinite administrative leave with pay in the wake of findings that he was involved in falsifying EMT training records and the misuse of a $6,000 federal grant.
The Board of Selectmen announced yesterday that they had placed the town's chief of 19 years on leave Friday, and had also ordered the president of the police union, Sergeant Donald Dupray, placed on indefinite paid administrative leave, for his role in the federal grant.
"We have to act to protect the town and the credibility of the police department," Town Administrator Candace Wheeler said in a telephone interview yesterday.
Selectmen have appointed former Plymouth police chief Robert Pomeroy as interim chief. Pomeroy, working as a consultant, conducted the investigation involving the alleged misuse of the federal grant.
Wheeler said selectmen are reviewing two reports that were turned over to them last week and will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Town Hall.
"The selectmen and I want to follow due process so that each of the people involved has the opportunity to explain their understanding of the situation in their own way," Wheeler said.
A report by the state Department of Public Health's Office of Emergency Medical Services found that 17 of Hamilton's 25 police officers signed attendance sheets for EMT training sessions they had not attended during 2006 and 2007, Wheeler said. Seven of the 17 alleged no-show EMTs, including Cullen, then were able to win recertification without having sufficient training, according to the report.
Emergency medical technicians are required to take basic training and complete 28 hours of continuing education every two years.
The second report, conducted at the selectmen's request by Pomeroy, found that the town's Police Department had received $6,104 in federal grant money in March 2001 for digital imaging software and hardware and filed documents indicating it had been spent. However, Pomeroy found that the department didn't spend the money until this year, while his investigation of the grant spending was underway.
Dupray allegedly wrote and administered the grant. According to the report, the grant application lists Cullen as financial officer, and Dupray as project director. There is no allegation of financial gain by either officer.
Neither Cullen nor Dupray could be reached yesterday for comment. In a press release yesterday announcing its action against Cullen and Dupray, the Board of Selectmen said the two men would remain on paid leave "pending the resolution of matters raised" in the two reports.
Cullen is scheduled to retire in February.
As a result of its findings, the state last week revoked the town's license to operate an ambulance service for one year. But the town has not been operating its ambulance service since Sept. 23, when selectmen suspended its service following initial reports about no-shows at EMT training. Lyons Ambulance Service took over all ambulance runs in the town at that time.
Pat Roselli, a Hamilton resident and former director of the Northeast EMS, has agreed to assist Pomeroy with first responder responsibilities of the Police Department and coordination with Lyons Ambulance Service.
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