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Methuen police chief placed on leave after Inspector General finds he violated his duty by orchestrating exorbitant police contracts
Report: Chief Solomon “chose his own interests” over public safetyEmbattled
Methuen police chief Joseph Solomon was placed on administrative leave
Wednesday, a city councilor said, after the state Inspector General
released a scathing report concluding that he and other officials
engaged in widespread potential misconduct by drafting contracts that
would pay him and senior officers exorbitant salaries.
Methuen
Mayor Neil Perry also placed on paid leave Solomon ally, Capt. Greg
Gallant, head of the 19-member Methuen Police Superior Officers
Association, according to the councilor, DJ Beauregard, who was notified
Wednesday afternoon by the mayor.
“After
speaking with the Office of the Inspector General this morning,
reviewing the report issued today ... and consulting with legal counsel,
I am placing two individuals at the Methuen Police Department on paid
administrative leave,” said Perry in a statement. “This is a personnel
matter, and as such will be handled with appropriate due diligence,
confidentiality, and professionalism. Actions taken today are not
considered disciplinary at this time.”
Embattled Methuen police chief Joseph Solomon was placed on administrative leave Wednesday, a city councilor said, after the state Inspector General released a scathing report concluding that he and other officials engaged in widespread potential misconduct by drafting contracts that would pay him and senior officers exorbitant salaries.
Methuen Mayor Neil Perry also placed on paid leave Solomon ally, Capt. Greg Gallant, head of the 19-member Methuen Police Superior Officers Association, according to the councilor, DJ Beauregard, who was notified Wednesday afternoon by the mayor.
“After speaking with the Office of the Inspector General this morning, reviewing the report issued today ... and consulting with legal counsel, I am placing two individuals at the Methuen Police Department on paid administrative leave,” said Perry in a statement. “This is a personnel matter, and as such will be handled with appropriate due diligence, confidentiality, and professionalism. Actions taken today are not considered disciplinary at this time.”
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