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Local and state leaders of the NAACP, the Hispanic Organization for Progress and Education, and the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Tennessee called for an end to alleged “police brutality and misconduct” in Rutherford County Monday morning.
From the steps of the Murfreesboro City Hall, Gloria J. Sweet-Love, President of the Tennessee Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said the time for unprofessional conduct in Rutherford County law enforcement is over.
“We have waited on the scales of justice to tip equally for far too long,” she... Read more
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Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,US
08 December 2006
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Members of ethics panel oppose
Although there's little they can do to prevent it, members of the city's ethics commission strongly oppose making a change to the city's anti-nepotism rules so Police Chief Anthany Beatty can be promoted.
Mayor-elect Jim Newberry asked the Urban County Council to change the rules so he could appoint Beatty to public safety commissioner -- a post that would put Beatty indirectly in charge of his son, Embry, a Lexington firefighter.
Allison Connelly, chairwoman of the city's ethics commission said members of the ethics commission met Thursday night for their monthly meeting and discussed the proposed change, which received its first reading by the Urban County Government during Thursday's council meeting.
Connelly said the ethics commission reviewed the ordinance and voted unanimously that "it would be a bad decision to change the existing nepotism law."
"It's a very strict policy," Connelly said. "To the ethics committee, it's a very good policy and good law."
The change -- which would apply to commissioners, Urban County Council members, the chief administrative officer and the mayor -- clarifies that a commissioner can't directly supervise a relative. There are several levels of supervisors between Beatty's son and the fire chief, who reports to the public safety commissioner. However, the current law prohibits any supervision Š no matter how far up the chain of command. So, under current rules, Beatty's appointment would mean his son would have to resign.
Still, the ethics commission has its concerns.
"The concerns are many," Connelly said Friday. "What everyone recognizes is that it is really bad policy to change a law or ordinance for a single situation. It increases the danger. And it won't stop the dinnertime discussions: 'My boss is giving me a hard time at work. Mom, do something about it.'"
Rebecca Langston, former chief of University of Kentucky police, has been Mayor Teresa Isaac's public safety commissioner since the mayor took office in 2003.
Read more on this story in Saturday's Herald-Leader.
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