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Hammond City Council Asks Mayor To Remove Police Chief
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:28 pm
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:28 pm
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HAMMOND, La. (WAFB) - The Hammond City Council has approved a measure asking Mayor Pete Panepinto to remove the city’s police chief, Edwin Bergeron Jr.
The council voted 3 to 2 during a meeting held Tuesday, Sept. 8. The city’s public information officer confirmed the vote to WAFB Tuesday night.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
WAFB
There isn't much info here, but I am assuming the Chief of Police is an elected position in Hammond right? If so I didn't realize a city council can ask a mayor to remove an elected official in that city.
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Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:29 pm to OweO
Nice short post. Keep it up.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:29 pm to OweO
There’s a video. My neighbor just told me about it.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:30 pm to OweO
I do not think Chief of Police is an elected position in Hammond.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:30 pm to OweO
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Hammond City Council Asks Mayor To Remove Police Chief
Why..wat did he do wrong?
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:31 pm to USMEagles
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I do not think Chief of Police is an elected position in Hammond.
Where is a city police chief an elected position?
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:31 pm to OweO
Sheriffs are elected. Police chiefs are appointed.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:34 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Where is a city police chief an elected position?
There may be some municipality where it is, but I've never lived in one.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:36 pm to OweO
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If so I didn't realize a city council can ask a mayor to remove an elected official in that city.
They can ASK anything under the sun.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:39 pm to USMEagles
It's an elected position in Crowley, LA.....it leads to some shitty police chiefs in all honesty
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:40 pm to OweO
Why?
Yikes, he's the third chief in less than four years.
Yikes, he's the third chief in less than four years.
This post was edited on 9/9/20 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:42 pm to Pechon
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Some residents criticized Bergeron based on a leaked 30-second video posted recently on social media. The video shows two officers, including Bergeron, speaking with a handcuffed suspect in an interview room when the suspect appears to lunge across the table. The officers struggle with the suspect on top of the table for several seconds before the table breaks and the suspect falls through.
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The incident was reviewed by internal affairs and the FBI, according to a number of people who spoke at the meeting, and Bergeron was cleared. The mayor has described the video as an incomplete account.
I have my opinion of the above but then I read this
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Other residents mentioned a 2002 lawsuit that accused Bergeron, a Hammond police officer at the time, of trying to dissuade a college student from filing rape charges against one of Bergeron's fraternity brothers. The woman died by suicide two months after the rape. The suit was settled for a confidential sum.
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Bergeron said at a public hearing Monday that he can definitely understand the concerns surrounding the suicide but said he took multiple lie detector tests at the time.
If this is the situation I know of I was close to the person that committed suicide
This post was edited on 9/9/20 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:43 pm to tgrbaitn08
Baker, Zachary, Walker, all elect their chiefs.
It’s all how the scope of government is laid out in each city.
It’s all how the scope of government is laid out in each city.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:47 pm to The People
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Baker, Zachary, Walker, all elect their chiefs.
If memory serves, the selection of the police chief of Zwolle, LA is determined by a cockfight.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:48 pm to The People
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Baker, Zachary, Walker, all elect their chiefs.
Add Slidell.
In Covington, the Chief is appointed (and can be "un-appointed") by the Mayor ; )
Posted on 9/9/20 at 8:59 pm to Usual Suspect
quote:All sheriffs are elected, and in certain cities in Louisiana the police chief is elected also.
Police chiefs are appointed.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 9:31 pm to OweO
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There isn't much info here, but I am assuming the Chief of Police is an elected position in Hammond right? If so I didn't realize a city council can ask a mayor to remove an elected official in that city.
If he was elected the mayor couldn't touch him. He's appointed.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 9:40 pm to tgrbaitn08
Grand Isle, Baker, Plaquemine are 3 I know for sure.. But its not uncommon.
Posted on 9/9/20 at 9:46 pm to USMEagles
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If memory serves, the selection of the police chief of Zwolle, LA is determined by a cockfight.
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