September 21, 2023 - According to the report, the North Ridgeville Administration missed their opportunity to listen to and protect our Officers when they had the chance. With inaction and undocumented incidences, it is now too late to take action on anything that occurred over the last 12 years.
The report also includes a recommendation for a strict Performance Improvement Plan for Chief Freeman, with frequent reporting to the Mayor regarding use of authority. Micromanaging a micromanager, while I am not certain is the best course of action, is what was recommended.
Accountability, above all else, "is incumbent upon the Mayor..." It is up to you North Ridgeville, who that Mayor will be.
https://www.nridgeville.org/Downloads/Police_Department_Review_9-19-2023.pdf
June 19, 2023 - (City Council meeting)
A city's dirty laundry, aired on the front page of the Chronicle Telegram... this is what happens when important issues are overlooked, minimized, and downright neglected. We have a leadership and trust problem in North Ridgeville.
Some advocate for the dismissal of NRPD Chief Freeman, and some think we should go higher. Director of Government Relations for the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association was quoted saying, "I’ve been working with this group for about three years, and we’ve been telling (Mayor Corcoran) for all this time that there’s these issues with how (the Chief) speaks to people and treats them and that officers are leaving because of it."
In The Chronicle article from June 13, Corcoran confirmed as much, saying "some of (the issues), go back a little while, before I was in office..." That is four or more years of inaction, longer when accounting for his time in City Council. This situation will eventually reach a conclusion, but note there is a pattern here. It is not just the Police Department.
There's the Fire Department's equipment request that the Mayor had concerns about. What concerns, you may ask? Perhaps a friend or an associate with an interest in the other communication company?
In the Utilities Department, an employee with 20 years’
experience is passed over for someone close to the Mayor, with little or no departmental experience.
When memorial monuments sat disrespectfully dormant for seven years behind the Old Town Hall, only with serious public pressure were they reinstalled and rededicated.
It appears there are ulterior motives when the Mayor makes decisions. We need them made based on what is best for the people of the city, not for personal friends or special interests.
If we keep doing things the same way, we will keep getting the same results.
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