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committee will consider the
proposal again at its Dec. 28th
meeting.
After the proposal wa sread
by Asst. City Manager Jack
Bond, G.W. Teal, chairman of
the police employee relations
committee, stood before the
committee and asked for a 30
minute recess to allow the city
employees a chance to review
the proposal. He was given 10
minutes.
The city employees spilled
into the hall for a short caucus
on what their course of action
would be. They unanimouslyvoted
not to go along with the
proposal. When they returned,
Teal asked for the two
week extension, saying, "The
committee just received this
proposal and we certainly
need more time to look at it."
He said further that as the
proposal stood now "it is not
as good as what we want.".
Teal also asked that all
statements, including the
original complaint, the aldermen
would hear be made
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suggested early by attorney
Mike Lewis who said he could
find nothing else wrong with
the procedure.
Teal also asked that any
employees who had to hire a
lawyer should be reimbursed
if the aldermen found that the
complaint is unfounded.
The presidents of both the
local Faternal Order of Police
and the Firefighters Association
also asked for more time.,
J.K. Raker, president of the
local Faternal Order of Police,
told the committee flatly that
their proposal had been voted
down by the members of the
order.
He said, "We are very
mucn opposed to the resolution
as it is." He also
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expressed concern over a
procedure for employees to
appeal the aldermen's findings.
The topic of the five police
officers being reinstated, by
Police Chief Thomas Surratt,
after being found, guilty of
departmental misconduct after
an internal investigation
was conspicuously absent.
The official word was. that
the review procedure had
been requested after an officer
refused to answer questions
put to him by the committee
about a traffic-ticket incident.
He reportedly told the
committee that he had no
"procedural safeguards."
The police department has
fought from the beginning any
outside review of their
performance. That sentiment
was echoed many times
during the meeting. However,
many officers, including Chief
Surratt, felt that there was
little they could-do to stop it.
All of the committee
members-said the procedure
was necessary and that it
offered greater protection
than ever before for the city
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by city manager Orville Powell
who said he was disappointed
because the employees, particularly
the officers were
against the proposal.
Powell said, "We are
drawing up as though we have
something to hide. We don't
have to." He said further,
"We need checks on us, for
our benefit, and for the
benefit of the citizens." He
said the officers weren't
considering the rights of
citizens by opposing the
proposals. He said the citizens
need someplace to come if
they feel the city has wronged
them and the wrong has not
been resolved.
North Ward Alderman,
Richard N.Davis, at one point
. in the meeting said he was
totally dissatisfied with the
conduct of the officers in the
meeting and what he called
."the disrespect and contempt"
they exhibited to the
cbmmittee. Teal promptly
apologized for any offensive
v remark made by any public
safety officer.
One policeman, Officer I.E.
Spillman, drew applause when
he said the police and other
city departments could handle
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complaints themselves. Spillman,
a 13 year vet, said "Our
police chief and fire chief can
keep our house clean. If they
don't, you (Powell) get rid of
them."
The complaint procedure
was written originally'for the
police and. fire departments,
but? as presented Tuesday
night, it could cover all city
employees.
Under the new proposal,
citizen's grievances would be
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handled by the appropriate
department first. If not
resolved there it would then
go to one of the aldermen's
committees for review. Teh
committee will act as a "fact
finding" feody and would take
no action other than to forward
: their' findings to the city
manager. The committee
would not recommend any
specific disciplinary action,
that authority would remain
with the city manager.
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After the meeting, Police
Chief Surratt said he felt it had
been a good participatory
meeting and that there had
been good recommendations
made. He felt that many of the
suggestions would be included
in the proposal when it
appeared at the next meeting
of the public safety committee.
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The Coordinator of The
Peoples Free Ambulance
Service, Nelson Malloy, announced
Tuesday that his
organization would be sponsoring
as part of its
fund-raising attempts to
purchase a new ambulance, a
giant raffle.
The tickets are a dollar each
and all the proceeds will go to
the People's Free Ambulance
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drawing" as it is called, will
be held Sunday, Jarpiary 16th,
1977, in the East Winston
Branch Library at 4 p.ml
The prizes in the drawing
include a 1965 Ford, a color
television, a 10 speed bike, a
15 and 25 pound turkey, as
well as a $50 clothing
certificate. These are onjy a
few of the prizes up for grabs.
Malloy said a dinner was
also to be held on the .day of
the drawing as part of the
fund-raising drive, and partly
in commemoration of the
birthday of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., who was born Jan.
15th.
He said speakers for the
event have not been finalized
but expected they woulft be
notable leaders in the
community. Malloy said he
hopes the drive can net the
Ambulance Program between
$18,000 and $20,000.
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