Avon police chief removed from his duties and assistant chief resigned.

[codydugger]

Chief of Avon PD 'relieved of his duties' - TheIndyChannel.com
Has anyone else heard about this

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Scandal in Avon?

What could a scandal in Avon look like? Non-premium coffee being served at his house? Chief not wearing bike safety helmet on Sunday?

 

[9mmfan]

Not returned a library book?

 

[KellyinAvon]

This story is hot off the press. Short on info, we'll have to wait and see. If I had to guess it's a political move by the town board and Bill Weems resigned in solidarity with Chief Miller. We shall find out sooner or later. I doubt it's over $250K in cash, that was the Sheriff's Dept.

 

[Denny347]

Chiefs come and go...it's the ebb and flow of life on a police department. Sadly, they are usually political and rarely performance related.

 

[jetmechG550]

Such drama for a town that doesn't have a post office.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Average length of service for a CoP in the US is 3.8 years. Its a political position, and is used as such.

 

[Big Guy]

With the way the law works, why would anyone want to be a cop? You're constantly under the microscope and every decision you have to make in a nono-second, will be analyzed and gone over with a fine tooth comb, and many other options offered by someone that wasn't even there when the original decision was made. Cops have a hard job and the courts make it even harder. In the case of a Police Chief, there's a level of responsibility most don't even understand or know about. Most people think all a PC has to do is look important, but everything that happens, good or bad, in a department is the PC's responsibility.

 

[Gluemanz28]

I'm betting he has a glovebox full of parking tickets.

 

[Gabriel]

With the way the law works, why would anyone want to be a cop?

That is an excellent question.

 

[j706]

That is an excellent question.

Come on now...you know you love all of those free schools and free ammunition

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

free ammunition

You must not work for IMPD.

 

[Lectric102002]

This story is hot off the press. Short on info, we'll have to wait and see. If I had to guess it's a political move by the town board and Bill Weems resigned in solidarity with Chief Miller. We shall find out sooner or later. I doubt it's over $250K in cash, that was the Sheriff's Dept.

Bill Weems resigned from his position as Asst. CoP, not the department. He will now be serving as a Lt.

 

[CathyInBlue]

Nov giving the best deals on door-to-door cosmetics?

Oops, sorry. Wrong Avon.

 

[public servant]

Why would anyone want to be a cop?

That is an excellent question.

 

[Lectric102002]

Such drama for a town that doesn't have a post office.

Yeah, and no murder every other night, either.

 

[chef larry]

Don't know any police dept. that hasn't gone thru moves like this and the person goes down in rank and keeps working within the dept.

 

[X piller X]

Scandal in Avon?

What could a scandal in Avon look like? Non-premium coffee being served at his house? Chief not wearing bike safety helmet on Sunday?

I imagine if it was I would have heard about it considering Bill is my girlfriend's family member.

Unless I'm secretely in on it, then where is my split of this 250k...

 

[Gabriel]

Come on now...you know you love all of those free schools and free ammunition

Well, there is that. Although I think I hit my limit on schools last year.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

With the way the law works, why would anyone want to be a cop? You're constantly under the microscope and every decision you have to make in a nono-second, will be analyzed and gone over with a fine tooth comb, and many other options offered by someone that wasn't even there when the original decision was made. Cops have a hard job and the courts make it even harder. In the case of a Police Chief, there's a level of responsibility most don't even understand or know about. Most people think all a PC has to do is look important, but everything that happens, good or bad, in a department is the PC's responsibility.

Somebody has to do it, I'm good at it, and I know that what I do makes a difference. It has some of the positive aspects of the military but without lengthy deployments away from your family. It takes a toll on your health and wellbeing, but to compensate for that (like the military) you can retire earlier than most other jobs. I never have to be the guy who says "someone should take care of that" because I can be that guy.

Its the greatest suckiest job on the planet, sometimes in the same day.