Sarah........how is my answering Shopiere's question of "Is the affair still going on?" resentment? I was just simply answering his question. Get a grip.

Bass Creek: It is about accountability. If you flunk a psychological evaluation, you get fired. If you flunk at the range (1000 rounds), you get fired. If you lie to a supervisor, you get fired. If your steal time, you get fired. If you take a gratuity (chips), you get fired. If your cheese slides off your mommmy cracker, you get fired. If you stalk an old girlfriend, you get fired. If you visit a porn site, you get fired. Clean up your own backyard... Do I need to go on?????

I still can't figure out why the City wouldn't
hire Charley Tubbs when they had a chance .

I long for the good old days. This never would have been an issue between ANDY and BARNEY...

I am shocked that Sam Lathrop the pompus, holier than thou person that he is was caught in such a sordid act. Gee Sam so The Beloit PD really does recruit from the human race, huh?
All the finger pointing you have done has returned to you.

Chad has your wife ever caught you ??

When you are involved in an affair, you are going to hurt people. When the affair comes to light, you will have to answer to those people and face the consequences. When you are a public official and do something that makes people question your ethics and conduct, you will have to answer to the taxpayers.

GazetteXtra and Beloit Daily News, now if you could find out who the drunk driver was that wrecked the Beloit squad car while the man was driving drunk on the bike trail and wrecked the squad car that would be nice or don't you want to bother . inquiring minds want to know .
or maybe he was a big shot .

So what if the police chief was with Barney! check out "the" pictures of Barney at barney.com I must warn you the pictures are shocking! :-)

The relationship is still going on, they live together.

One would expect the highest law enforcement officer in the city to hold himself to higher standards than this.

One would expect a sergeant on the PD to hold herself to higher standards than this.

One question I would have would be is, how long did the affair last and how long was this officer a sergeant?

Another question would be is how long did the city manager and others in a position of authority know of the affair?

Another question would be, are there other top management individuals who have these types of character defects that allow them to behave in this morally bankrupt, dishonest fashion? Perhaps these people should be monitored a little more closely to see if they are indeed qualified to hold these positions. After all, they are paid dearly by taxpayer funds, many of them making $100,000 and more, the taxpayers have a right to expect the best for this kind of money.


Yes some of those questions have been "answered" by some of the parties involved, but sometimes there is can be just a little bit more to the story than gets published.

The only part of this that should concern the public is the relationship with a subordinate. It shows poor judgement and exposed the city to liability.

Roadmaster did nothing but post the law as it is written. He/she made no comment other than that. As many of you have stated on other posts the law is the law. It may be a stupid law but it is the law and these are Police Officers.

Really Serpico? Does that include married co-workers who drive drunk through their girlfriend's yards and brag about it? You are being ridiculous.

When married people have affairs, someone is getting hurt. An affair proves that the adulterer is being unfaithful to the person he or she took vows with. Im sure Lathrops wife must feel devastated. Affairs definitely display the integrity of the individuals involved. BOTH PARTIES. Good move to step down. If he treats his wife with this kind of disrespect, how does he treat his suboordinates?

You know maybe what he did was not right, but he is retiring now so just leave him alone and shut up....god there seems to be alot of "perfect" people in the world..Funny in all of my years I have never met ONE!!!

HA! Sorry Sarah, I don't have any resentment. I was clearly stating the facts, are they hard for you to handle?

He seems like a good guy, but the city apparently conducted an investigation.

http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/...

I know Chief Lathrop personally, and I am saddened to hear of the situation. He is a normal, good guy and his wife is wonderful. How unfortunate.

Considering the two parties engaging in adultery do not have to incriminate themselves, proving two people had sexual intercourse would seem to be difficult without video.

Funny...I post this reason the other day but the wonderful Gazette staff deleted it. Guess I hit that nail on the head.
Serpico, you're comment is awesome but the Gazette will delete that too, they can't handle the truth.

This is between Lathrop and Barney. No laws were broken and people need to get off his back. You people have no right to judge him.

Another shining example to our young people by a government official. At least he quit and didn't drag it out.

Chief if you read this, I hope you enjoy your retirement and after that many years in law enforcement I am sure you are ready to get out...have fun and the heck with everyone else's opinons. They don't count anyway....great job all these years......

Roadmaster aren't you special!!!......I bet you don't come near to throwing the 1st stone in the saying.........he was a good chief but at least he doesn't sound like he is "perfect" like you........how great thou art!!

I say. Who cares. Isn't there enough in this world to complain and bitch about?

How many additional prisons do you think we'd need if adultery laws were enforced, roadmaster?

944.16 Adultery. Whoever does either of the following is guilty of a Class I felony:

944.16(1)
(1) A married person who has sexual intercourse with a person not the married person's spouse; or

944.16(2)
(2) A person who has sexual intercourse with a person who is married to another.

As a commoner in the city and visitor to many places within Beloit, I have never felt unsafe to take care of my own personal business. It is difficult to keep your personal life out of the work and public life in any job, but as a public official, they lose ANY privacy.

They didn't go to Argentina, did they?

I doubt that the affair had any negative effect on his job performance--he shouldn't have had to retire over this........

Enjoy your retirement Chief! Good luck to you and thank you for all of your years of service!