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Judge temporarily blocks promotion with BRPD( not so fast Chief Murphy Paul)

Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:38 pm
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
19265 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:38 pm
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A district court judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD), preventing the agency from moving forward with filling a high-ranking vacancy on the force.
Judge Timothy Kelly’s order remains in effect at least through a hearing he has set on the matter scheduled for Friday morning. The move came after a lawsuit filed by BRPD Lt. Donald Stone, a 29-year veteran of the force.
Stone is represented by prominent Baton Rouge attorney Jill Craft. Stone claims he should have been promoted to the rank of captain when Captain Kevin Newman retired from the force on March 1.
As the law was written at that time, Stone had the most seniority and should have been automatically promoted to captain, the suit alleges. The suit also says BRPD Chief Murphy Paul was bound by state law to make the promotion within sixty days but failed to do so. During that time period, state law was amended to allow a police department to fill the vacancy from “among the five highest in departmental seniority” instead of a strict order of seniority. Well Donald Stone is White so you could see Chief Murphy’s problem
This post was edited on 5/19/20 at 3:40 pm
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
19265 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:38 pm to
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Stone’s lawsuit alleges Chief Paul is in the process of interviewing ten different people for the vacancy.
This post was edited on 5/19/20 at 3:43 pm
Posted by Bucktail1
Member since Feb 2015
3190 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:40 pm to
Murphy Paul is nothing more than a puppet for horse face
Posted by TigersSEC2010
Warren, Michigan
Member since Jan 2010
37361 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:41 pm to


I think I see why Paul tried to skip over him.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66003 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:42 pm to
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I think I see why Paul tried to skip over him.


the yellow shirt? or the bald head?
Posted by shawnlsu
Member since Nov 2011
23682 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:43 pm to
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I think I see why Paul was told to to skip over him.


FIFY
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:43 pm to
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Stone had the most seniority and should have been automatically promoted to captain, the suit alleges.


Is that really how promotions work?
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
19265 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:43 pm to
You know Gravy is going to be all in on this one
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95749 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:46 pm to
Jill Craft will be having tons of business while JBE and/or SWB are still in power.
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
19265 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:49 pm to
Jill is really good. He’s gonna win and I hope he gets paid $$$$$
Posted by Aristo
Colorado
Member since Jan 2007
13292 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:50 pm to
At BRPD yes.
Posted by Sidicous
Middle of Nowhere
Member since Aug 2015
17183 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 3:53 pm to
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the yellow shirt? or the bald head?
Back the Bald! Protecting and Serving without need of barbering.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
98860 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 4:00 pm to
yet that motherfricker has the temerity to scream from the rooftops how racist his department is.
Posted by The People
LSU Alumni
Member since Aug 2008
4209 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 4:31 pm to
Anyone remember hearing Murphy Paul state publicly (local media clip/interview/article) that he WOULD promote candidates based upon the recommendations of the promotional board?

I am almost certain he said it when he was pitching the new promotional revisions in the State Legislature, just can’t remember which media outlet covered the statement.

It’s my understanding of the new process that the promotional board is only a recommendation. He can choose to promote any of the applicants, despite being scored lower. His only quality control is that he would have to notify those with a higher score of his “reasoning” for the promotion of the less qualified.
This post was edited on 5/19/20 at 4:38 pm
Posted by rented mule
Member since Sep 2005
2365 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 4:32 pm to
I'm torn on this. It's BS that they promote that way and it should be changed, but I think it's very clear why they suddenly got the notion to change it and then railroad this guy out of the promotion.
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
19692 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:01 pm to
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It's BS that they promote that way and it should be changed


Yeah seems like a really crappy promotion system.
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
9401 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:21 pm to
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It's BS that they promote that way and it should be changed, but I think it's very clear why they suddenly got the notion to change it and then railroad this guy out of the promotion.

Is it though? I mean this is a law passed by the state legislature that applies to the entire BRPD. Seems like a stretch that everyone would go to that trouble to keep one white guy from getting promoted to captain.

The whole idea of promotions being automatic based on tenure sounds silly to me, to be honest.
Posted by Milk
central
Member since May 2010
1042 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:34 pm to
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Stone had the most seniority and should have been automatically promoted to captain, the suit alleges.


Is that really how promotions work?



You have to pass the Civil Service exam for the position. There is a confirmation process that must be completed. At the end of the process they either stay at that rank or return to their previous rank.

The original promotion system was the most fair in the country as it gave everyone the same chance to be promoted.

Posted by jdaute2
lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2012
1774 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 5:39 pm to
Jill Craft was my attorney years ago and loves to go after BRPD. She’s very good.
Posted by Yeti_Chaser
Member since Nov 2017
7489 posts
Posted on 5/19/20 at 6:07 pm to
What a retarded arse way to choose a promotion
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