Town of Beloit police Sgt. retires
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WCLO's Steve Benton reports Town of Beloit police Sgt. Willis Abegglen retires and eliminates the need for a disciplinary hearing
BELOIT TOWNSHIP — The Town of Beloit is advertising for a replacement for police Sgt. Willis Abegglen, who retired affective February 19th. Town Administrator, Bob Museus, says they'll take applications through mid April and probably hire someone in mid May.
Abegglen was facing a hearing before the Town Police and Fire Disciplinary Review Committee February 22nd on charges of misconduct, filed by police Chief, John Wilson. The complaint alleges Abegglen harassed and intimidated the Administrative Assistant to Chief Wilson, Melissa Corum on several occasions. On at least one of them, Corum made an audio recording of the comments, which Abegglen later denied making.
Abegglen began working for the department nearly 30 year ago. He served in various capacities, achieving the rank of Deputy Chief in 2004. That rank was eliminated in April of 2009 and Abegglen served out the remainder of his time as a Sergeant.
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Feb 24, 2010 at 10:09 p.m.
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When they get rid of everyone at the department aside from the chief, I expect that Wilson will finally be happy (and among his only real friends). When will this town board get a grip and excise the disease (Wilson) rather than continuing to support his machinations in trimming off what he himself has set to festering?
Unfortunately, I expect that the old boys and small town politics will carry on as usual there! But heck, even Steve Tilley has come to look like a progressive reformer when compared to the (proven & counseled) foul-mouthed and (proven & counseled) bigoted "Boss Wilson".
Wise up, ToB, while you've still got some semblance of a police agency left to heal! I seriously doubt that you'll be at all happy when the sheriff's department with its bare-bones staffing ends up assuming basic patrol responsibilities for your little slice of N Beloit perdition.
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