Police chief left on edge
#1
Posted 24 December 2005 - 05:07 PM
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| Police chief left on edge By Patricia Poist 12-24-2005 Sunday News He wants to stay, but city police Chief William Heim doesn’t yet know if the incoming mayor wants to keep him. The chief, who was hired by Republican Mayor Charlie Smithgall in 2000, confirmed he had an interview with incoming Democratic mayor Rick Gray. |
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#3
Posted 24 December 2005 - 06:28 PM
Jack Howell of the Lancaster Alliance is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Lancaster's elite. His opinions and actions generally do not accurately represent the working people of Lancaster. He has said some things at LCCCA board meetings that don't come anywhere close to reality.
Chuck Maneval is a good man. I'll be sorry to see him go.
Matt Parido is in way over his head. Usually when he has been asked a direct question, he's not been able to answer. Fortunately, Carol Rowland can usually answer for him.
Carol Rowland is a sharp lady, her issue is that she hitched her wagon too closely to Charlie Smithgall's. I've been able to literally make her speechless when reality doesn't align with Charlie Smithgall's version.
Patrick Hopkins is one intelligent individual. He's one of the few that can adequately understand and question many of Smithgall's financial manipulations.
Charlotte Katzenmoyer has done an outstanding job with Public Works, although her efforts to create the "Central Market Trust" could very well come back to haunt her.
I recognize that each one of these individuals really cares about Lancaster, and all have done what they believe is the best for the people of Lancaster. So here is a big Thank You! to Chief Heim, Chuck Maneval, Matt Parido, Carol Rowland, Darcy Eddy, Charlotte Katzenmoyer, Janet Spleen, Steve Diamantoni, Gene Duncan, Harry Stoltzfus, Luis Mendoza, and yes even Charlie Smithgall. The people of Lancaster City appreciate your efforts, even when many of us did not agree with you. We know you all tried to do your best.
- Andrew Jackson, in his Farewell Address, 1837
#4
Posted 24 December 2005 - 07:39 PM
- Andrew Jackson, in his Farewell Address, 1837
#5
Posted 24 December 2005 - 07:57 PM
#8
Posted 25 December 2005 - 11:24 AM
Getting fired from Reading was the best thing that ever happened to this guy, Have you seen Reading's crime stats? YIKES
This post has been edited by littledutchboy: 25 December 2005 - 11:24 AM
#9
Posted 25 December 2005 - 11:54 AM
Adios.
This should be a no-brainer for Gray. Too bad he can't fire Totoro too and for that matter, Howell as well.
Maybe Heim can find some other moronic, narrow-minded, loud-mouth mayor to suck up to in another community and be their police chief.
As for Parido and Maneval, GOOD RIDDANCE. Regardless of who hired them, they have both been molded in the mind-set of their soon-to-be former boss and need to go. They are part of the problem, not the solution. Maybe, just maybe, their blind loyalty toward the CC project will be rewarded with employment by one of the PSPs.
This post has been edited by Enlightened: 25 December 2005 - 12:01 PM
#10
Posted 25 December 2005 - 01:01 PM
Adios.
Wow... never truer words spoken.
But look at it this way -Heim is so easily manipulated that under Gray he might become a good police chief!
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#11
Posted 25 December 2005 - 01:24 PM
This post has been edited by electricbender: 25 December 2005 - 01:25 PM
#12 Guest_MrBig_*
Posted 25 December 2005 - 10:15 PM
Heim was only in the Lancaster Job to promote himself to move on to another job ( I hear the Easton is looking for a chief)
As the chief he did not stop the discrimination within the department and had several minority officers either quit or had them fired because they complained about being discriminated against.
During his term he let white officers who were charged with crimes remain on the the job. He demoted a Sargent who stalked a female officer (Stalking is a crime) Another white officer who made threats to his family (reporter in the news)
These officers remain.
Then lets look at the minority officers that were forced out or fired. Heim during his time it seemed made this his mission, and he was allowed to do this by Mr. Smithgall.
I would hope that the new city council and the Mayor looks into this.
What this town needs is a chief who has came up through the ranks of the police department and either Palmer or Gatchell would be good for this city.
To Mr. Gray, Kick Heim OUT.
#14
Posted 26 December 2005 - 11:11 AM
There are two issues here. One is political, and I doubt Heim will stay. Gray will put in his own Chief to adjust the "culture" to his liking.
The other issue is performance and value from the Police Department to the citizens of Lancaster. Appointing a new Chief from within the ranks of the LPD would be good for the Police union, and their members, and probably morale ... but it most likely would not be good for the citizens as a Chief hired from within has friends, skeletons, and favors owed.
Regardless of who the new mayor chooses, it will be a qualified Police administrator who has come up through the ranks, just not the ranks of the LPD.
#15
Posted 26 December 2005 - 04:34 PM
Chuck Maneval is an extremely nice and likeable guy. Unfortunately that's also his only qualification. He's been completely impotent under two administrations, and I suspect that Charlie kept him on after Stork for that very reason. Charlie always wanted the spotlight, especially in the area of development, and having an agressive and competant development director would have taken that spotlight away. Sorry Chuck, but you should have been gone long ago.
Perido = lap dog. Enough said there.
Darcy's canning is a mystery to me. She's been the mayor's secretary forever, serving democrats and republicans without (mostly) taking any sides. I dealt with her working under both Stork and Smithgall and always thought she did an amazing job directing traffic through the mayor's office, a job that can be quite a challenge on even an average day. I really hope Rick's team knows what they're doing on this one, because Darcy's been city hall's "Radar O'Reilly" for 12 years and just training someone to know everything she does could take 4 years. I for one am sorry to see her go.
What I haven't seen anyone write about is the greatest removal from city hall of all - NO MORE JESSE YESCALIS!!! No longer will we have an underhanded slimebag "consultant" pulling strings in city hall to manipulate the workings of government to promote his warped "republican" agenda. Jesse its time for you to find another weak community to prey on, hopefully one far far away from here. Arizona, Hawaii and Pennsylvania don't want you, so you only have 47 states to go. So long, sleazeball!
I only hope that Rick has paid enough attention to Jesse's antics to remember that political "consultants" and spin gurus have no place in day-to-day government. They operate in perpetual "campaign mode" and see hidden threats in every shadow, always preparing for the next election and manipulating whoever/whatever they have to to keep the spin they way they want it. Rick, your spin guru did a great job this campaign, but PLEASE advise "he or she" to go back to their day job until the next campaign.
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