Depends on the impartiality of the record keeper. Reading the Minutes, it appears there's a big respect gap and some unprofessional behavior. But what made it into the minutes and what inflection was it given?
http://www.lewistonmn.org/07councilminutes.htm
I'd like to see Exhibits C and D referenced here:
http://www.lewistonmn.org/councilminutes/071114.pdf
Reading the minutes form the meetings in the time period, it appears to me to be an accountability issue.
How did the new car get 1200 miles on it before it had all equipment and went operational? Chief says two round trips to T.C. accounted for 1000 miles. [Note, Google maps says it's 125 miles from Lewiston to Mpls. 2 round trips should thus be closer to 500, not 1200 miles] The mayer called the chief on this saying he drives it all the time and it's NO WAY 500 miles round trip.
Council member asks for Chief's personnel records.
Later there's a request for police logs from 09/05. Later meeting mentions Council member saw a van outside city hall flash lights in police station window and then two people enter. Asks why it was not in the log.
It goes a bit down hill from there.
Sounds like someone is trying to exert oversight and supervision on the PD and the chief is not happy. There are only two officers, the Chief and one other, and the other officer promised to resign if the Chief is fired. I'll bet it's hard for Lewiston to get qualified applicants interested in the first place....
