If you want to be Newton police chief, certain words are off limits

By adamg on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 8:39pm

Wicked Local Newton reports Newton Mayor Setti Warren wants to fire the police chief following the release of a report that said he called a subordinate a "bitch" and told her once she looked like "a whore."

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Well, did she in fact look

By anon on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 12:08am.

Well, did she in fact look like a whore?

so...

By anon on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 8:56am.

she gets caught stealing, and all of a sudden the Chief is a bad guy? Would she be making these complaints if she hadn't been caught?

She's bad if she did indeed

By anon on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 10:41am.

She's bad if she did indeed steal from the department. He's also bad for resorting to gendered insults. I guess calling a thief a, y'know, thief wasn't good enough?

Respect is an essential element of leadership

By anon on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 3:39pm.

The chief sets the tone in the department. He cannot be calling female employees "bitch" and "whore", instead he has to use words that describe what actual transgressions she's done, why it's not tolerable, and take appropriate disciplinary action. The chief's choice of words hurt his credibility, authority and ability to lead a department of men and women.

I'd like to see Setti engage, set standards, offer resources and see if the chief and the officer can resolve the problem constructively. If there's no commitment to do so, then Setti's got to do what Setti's got to do. ...I thought unions helped broker outcomes in these types of situations.

She was

By anon on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 8:35am.

stealing money from the police department and got caught. Seriously.

yeah

By aging cynic on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 11:29am.

like "I'm not a Democrat".