Tuesday night's meeting of the Snow Hill Town Council saw a meeting space that was nearly SRO, chiefly because of unanswered question about police chief John Groncki's sudden departure. And while mayor Steve Mathews took pains to be clear that Groncki was not fired, or in any forced out, he stopped short of saying the split was amicable. Other, however had no qualms about classifying Groncki's tenure as anything but amicable. Among the issue raised were Groncki's reputed refusal to meet with the town council and a reported refusal to stand a watch by himself and free up other officers for the night shift. According to Pat Pruitt, a sheriff's deputy, Groncki's refusal sometimes meant there was no police protection in Snow Hill during the night time hours.
For his part, Mathews said the town has recieved about 15 applications for the Chief's position. That's the good news. The bad news is that number is about one-third the number of applicants the town recieved when the position was last advertised.... And even with that larger pool of applicants, Mathews found only about five or six candidates worth interviewing. Even more bad news is that the gig pays $40,000 - equal to the pay of the rank and file officers and far below what is paid to police chiefs in other nearby jurisdictions. Just the same, the town expect to fill the position by sometime next month.
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Is this Pat Pruitt the same deputy that was nailed for poaching deer a while back? Oh, I forgot, the deer was trying to escape.
that would be one and the same, Swampy
The problem with conservatives is they NEVER forget!
...except when it come to the high crimes and misdemeanors of their own members.
Or they haven't been caught at it! Right Dick?
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