6/5/1995 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Minutes

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1 June 2, 1995 Mashpee Burd of Selectmen Town Hall f Neck Road North � Great ' Mashpee, MIA 02649 Dear Ladies/Gentlemen: I am writing this letter to you with reference to a memorandum I received from Chief Przybylek on May 31, 1995, stating that he was recommending my termination of employment of the Town.of Mashpee. This decision was based , f solely on a report of alleged insubordination by Sgt. Gerald Umina on May 28, 1995. t i Until recepmw the notice I was not aware of any such incident on May 28, 1995. Jeanne Lortrionte called in sick, stating that her child was very ill. I advised Sgt. Umina t Of this and stated that I would start calling to see if I could find a replacement. when } I found that I could not fill the shift, I again informed the Sergeant. He said he would � come in and see what he could do. When he came in later, I told him of the results of A the calls. He thea requested the list of hone numbers which I ave him. Sgt. Umina � p � g came back into the dispatch area a short time later, and made the statement "You two talk it over and decide who will stay." Edward Finkle told Sgt. Umina that he refuses to work another shift. He was spending the day with his wife and was not sleeping. At this point I advised the Sergeant that I was already working a double. Having worked my other job and then the shift in Mashpee. A short time later Sgt. Umina called me on the phone, and said that he had Ed!s answer and wanted to know if I was going to work the shift. Iain explained to him that I had.been working since 07:00 that morning, } p and I was exhausted.. I felt that working a third shift until 08:00 the next day was nota good idea and would be unsafe for the town and the officers depending on me to be alert and aware. I felt that being asked to work a triple was very unsafe and I could E not do it. Later in the night, Gail.Mcdonald called in and said she could come in at 04:00 � of someone would call her at 03:00. Ed left work at midnight; and I remained an additional.forty-five (45)minutes, fmishins r x up the incident reports and entering the Emergency Restraining Orders into � the computer. e I advised Sgt. Umina that Deal Lotrionte had called p I�utYttg this time - . twice looking for Jeanne. I also showed him how to enter an incident into the computer r as he cid.not know exactly what to do. He made some notes for himself and said if he had any problem, he would just write it all down for entry later.