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WHO: | Epping Board of Selectmen | WHAT: | Employee disciplinary appeal hearing | WHEN: | November 30, 2009 @ 7:15 PM | WHERE: | Epping Town Hall, 157 Main Street, Epping NH 03042 | WHY: | Brad Jardis is appealing his 6 day suspension imposed by the Epping Police Chief.
The Selectmen agreed with the Union to hold the hearing after the Town/Union contractual 5 day time limit for an appeal by the union. |
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As many of you are aware, Brad Jardis ( http://forum.freekeene.com/index.php?action=profile;u=191) has been out of work for the last few weeks. He is active in Law Enforcement Against Prohibition ( http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Speakers&bio=216) (LEAP), has spoke out publicly against the "War on Drugs," and has pushed for an end to drug prohibition New Hampshire and nationally. Brad has directly opposed the NH Attorney General and her (now his) office, the NH State Police, the NH Chief of Police's Association, etc. when testifying in front of the General Court. To no surprise, this has caused many people in law enforcement to view Bad negatively and has made him a target within the Epping Police Department, where Brad is employed as a police officer. After an Union Leader article, in which "Epping" was identified as where he worked, certain people at the EPD began "screwing" with Brad and they started down the road of getting rid of him. It has progressed to the point where Brad is currently looking at a total of a 6 day unpaid suspension. The suspension is currently on hold pending the outcome of the appeals process, which ends with the Epping Board of Selectmen. Brad received the suspension for how he interacted with his sergeant in which he stated he wouldn't follow an illegal order forbidding him to speak to the media ( http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/RSA/html/VI/98-E/98-E-mrg.htm) after Brad was removed from a case by the sergeant; and for sending an e-mail to his fellow union members in the department describing malfeasance involving their union president and the Lieutenant who was in charge of investigating/disciplining Brad on the illegal order issue. I don't want to go into too much detail here. I believe that Brad will be contacting the Selectmen shortly to request his meeting, and will be demanding it be open to the public. Public employees have a statutory right under RSA 91-A:3 II(a) ( http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/RSA/html/VI/91-A/91-A-3.htm), to have discipline meetings with their employer to be non-public, unles the employee requests them to be open, and then they have to be. Of course, like any meeting of a town's board of selectmen ( http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/RSA/html/VI/91-A/91-A-2.htm), non-residents of Epping can attend and any person is permitted to use recording devices. Meetings of the Board of Selectmen are typically on Mondays at 6 PM and vary in their adjournment times ( http://www.ci.epping.nh.us/BOS%20Meetings2008new.htm). Brad's meeting isn't scheduled yet, but when I know more details I will post them. I know many people have expressed an interest in what's been happening with Brad. Should you want to support him or merely observe to see what happens when a police officer in a medium-sized NH town speaks out against the system it would be appreciated by myself and I'm sure by Brad as well. I grew up in Epping and currently live there; I will be attending, I hope others will join me.
Note: The original post was restored due to a mistake when linking this post to the calendar |
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[Art.] 8. [Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public’s Right to Know.] All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them. Government, therefore, should be open, accessible, accountable and responsive. To that end, the public’s right of access to governmental proceedings and records shall not be unreasonably restricted. - June 2, 1784
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« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2009, 06:05:48 PM » |
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I'll try to attend just to provide moral support, depending on when it is. Don't worry, Brad. I'm not going to make a scene.  |
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2009, 06:14:30 PM » |
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I'm looking forward to being there. |
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www.obscuredtruth.com"I have no fear, but that the result of our experiment will be, that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. Could the contrary of this be proved, I should conclude either that there is no God, or that He is a malevolent being." --Thomas Jefferson, 1776
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2009, 06:25:39 PM » |
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Thank you Andrew, and everyone else for your support.
There are a lot of facts surrounding this case that the public will surely like to know about.
I am grateful to you Sam for helping cover this event.
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2009, 06:27:16 PM » |
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Post where and when the meeting is to the calendar here, when you know, and post this over on the NHLA forum too, where you’ll probably get a few more people on board.
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assawyer
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2009, 06:59:26 PM » |
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There are a lot of facts surrounding this case that the public will surely like to know about.
Like the Sgt, in question, posting the following photo on Brad's locker at the EPD...   |
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[Art.] 8. [Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public’s Right to Know.] All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them. Government, therefore, should be open, accessible, accountable and responsive. To that end, the public’s right of access to governmental proceedings and records shall not be unreasonably restricted. - June 2, 1784
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2009, 07:04:29 PM » |
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I would show up if I can get a ride from a keeniac.
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2009, 08:46:47 PM » |
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I will try to attend. I hope he will have a lawyer. My observation is that selectmen behave better when you have a lawyer present. I find it somewhat amusing that one of the leading lawyers for police officers in NH is Andru Volinsky, who was the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the Claremont decisions. Danville police chief Wade Parsons used him when the Danville selectmen were leaning on him a few years ago. Brad, you might want to talk to Wade about that. |
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assawyer
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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2009, 09:20:15 PM » |
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I will try to attend. I hope he will have a lawyer. My observation is that selectmen behave better when you have a lawyer present. I find it somewhat amusing that one of the leading lawyers for police officers in NH is Andru Volinsky, who was the lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the Claremont decisions. Danville police chief Wade Parsons used him when the Danville selectmen were leaning on him a few years ago. Brad, you might want to talk to Wade about that. Thanks, but he does already have an attorney, Larry Vogelman, who will be attending and participating in the hearing. I hope they will respond positively. |
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[Art.] 8. [Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public’s Right to Know.] All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them. Government, therefore, should be open, accessible, accountable and responsive. To that end, the public’s right of access to governmental proceedings and records shall not be unreasonably restricted. - June 2, 1784
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2009, 10:12:31 PM » |
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Glad to hear he will be represented.
David Nixon (principal), there's a name from the past. He was once very active in NH politics, in the legislature and 1 year as state senate president in the '70s. Is he / was he a liberal Republican? The Huffington Post says he gave $1,000 to Obama.
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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2009, 10:41:49 PM » |
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Glad to hear he will be represented.
David Nixon (principal), there's a name from the past. He was once very active in NH politics, in the legislature and 1 year as state senate president in the '70s. Is he / was he a liberal Republican? The Huffington Post says he gave $1,000 to Obama.
He ran for State Rep in Manchester in 2008, too. |
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« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2009, 11:39:20 PM » |
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I look forward to attending.
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« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2009, 03:59:21 AM » |
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Glad to hear he will be represented.
David Nixon (principal), there's a name from the past. He was once very active in NH politics, in the legislature and 1 year as state senate president in the '70s. Is he / was he a liberal Republican? The Huffington Post says he gave $1,000 to Obama.
Here is a campaign poster for Republican David L. Nixon for NH Senate. He was a Republican until 1986 then became a Democrat. http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Nixon_David_56514238.aspxTrivia: There is a lawyer named David Nixon in VA who fights eminent domain cases. |
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« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2009, 05:38:34 AM » |
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this might be something the Seacoast crowd might want to be a part of. It is in the seacoast after all. I'll put out the word.
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« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2009, 02:26:53 AM » |
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Ridley Report - Homophobe cop harrasess LEAP member? - War on drugs
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