Chief Concerns: Two Finalists Confirmed
South Pas Reserve Officer Joe Payne and former Maywood Police Chief Frank Hauptmann both confirmed they’re finalists to fill Dan Watson’s shoes. There’s plenty about Payne here, but I haven’t mentioned Hauptmann before. Besides the video above, here are a couple stories floating around:
- Four Maywood officers allege retaliation for exposing departmental misconduct.
- The L.A. Times was also there when the Maywood Police Department disbanded. ”On behalf of Maywood police employees, this will be our last transmission. Maywood police will now be 10-7, End of Watch. June 30th the year 2010. God bless all of you.”
Just as newsworthy, the Pasadena Star-News hints that the South Pas City Council might have been less than transparent when they brought the candidates in for closed-door meetings Wednesday:
An agenda for the executive session was labeled “performance evaluation of the city manager,” which an open government expert said violates California’s Brown Act.
Posted: August 19th, 2010 under Politics, Public Safety, South Pasadena, Uncategorized.
Tags: Brown Act, Dan Watson, Frank Hauptmann, Joe Payne, Maywood Police Department, SPPD
Comment from Mister Earl
Time August 20, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Hmmmm… A finalist with baggage against the guy the Council planned to put in all along. You don’t suppose that was done on purpose, do you?