did anyone ask mrs. olmstead how many complaints she put on the kaufenberg's. there is more than a couple. people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. everyone has made mistakes, get on with it; the majority group blogging on here is actually a small number and you are making no impact on what people actually believe. some of our officers who have sworn to uphold the law and protect us citizens have broken their oath. i am sickened at how people have begun to believe their own lies. our previous administration was terrible but they did attempt to get the business done, not all parties are perfect. the current administration has problems including our vp who seems to have the same god complex that the past vp had. no one is perfect and no one has to agree with what others believe. if you follow the evidence on all the bs that is going on you will see that there is more wrong than what people actually think. for those that think that people were conspiring to get rid of people, did you ever think that maybe the accused actually did do something wrong. i use the word "think" loosely as i already know the answer to my question.

The concept of "permanent" probation defies common sense--by its nature, probation is meant to be of limited duration. Woe to the chief or commission who thinks such a designation 'saves' them in any way when it comes time to remove a p.t. officer. Having said that, I think it's becoming more and more common, the understanding that a judge's decision is not confined to the facts or the law. Just look at the snowmobile/deer killing decision. So, maybe there would be some judge, somewhere, under the right circumstances, that would similarly torture common sense, and rule in favor of a city/commission who adopted such a lame policy.

Lucky for him that he had the feds to back him up. In actuality, I think he had a stronger case of violating state statute than the federal laws.

Someone mentioned that part-time officers in Darien are ALWAYS probationary. I think that was an attempt to say that they are exempt from the due process/just cause requirements of state law. In truth, a permanent probationary status is itself unlawful. So, if Darien really does have policies stating that part-time officers are never off probation, there's another lawsuit waiting to happen.

Boy, they sure got problems down there!! Seems they can't even get this officer's situation clear before they "let him go". What a bunch!

It seem incredulous to me that despite knowing they were in direct violation of state law three board members still voted against reinstating the officer. What were they thinking?