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<br /> compan, ,CIt, do anything until the police and fire department have finished
<br /> their i! stigation, and no one has any answers about what your suppose to do.
<br /> I am a firefighter, Sgt. Cooper is a police officer, I think we were put in the
<br /> middle between the Trembletts and their insurance company, as far as actions
<br /> taken by their insurance company. The insurance company doesn't tell me how to
<br /> run an investigation and I don' t tell the insurance company how to run their
<br /> business. I think Mrs . Tremblett was alittle upset . Maybe she felt the inves-
<br /> tigation was dragging or that it was our fault that she wasn' t getting any -re-
<br /> ponse
<br /> ny -re-
<br /> ponse from the insurance business, ,but I am not in the insurance business and
<br /> neither is Sgt. Cooper. We don't tell the insurance company what to do, and
<br /> they don' t tell us what to do . I tried to explain this to Mrs . Tremblett, but
<br /> I don' t think she understood,very well. " Sel. Garland, "I think your statement
<br /> is probably correct. " Chm. Thomas , !',that was evident when she was in here. "
<br /> Sel. Garland, " I can also understand and would support a position that if
<br /> there is an ongoing investigation on this or any other situations and there is
<br /> insurance money involved with it, that the insurance company would probably lay
<br /> back until such investigation was completed . " Firefighter Martini , " I don' t
<br /> know what the procedures are. Sel. Garland, "I am assuming this . :'Now both of
<br /> you gentlemen stipulate that neither of these statements are true. " Firefighter
<br /> Martini, "I think it is more of an interpretation thing, she interpreted it one
<br /> way .and it was meant to be said in an other way. " Sgt. Cooper, " I believe it
<br /> was taken out, of context, alot of it , I think it was her personal , how she felt,
<br /> how we were conveying ourselves , how we were trying to complete our investigation.'
<br /> Sel. Garland, " I have one more question to Firefighter Martini , did you at any
<br /> time contact the insurance company and advise them not to settle, " Firefiqhter
<br /> Martini , " no, I just got through saying, I don' t tell the insurance company
<br /> what to do and they don' t tell me what to do . " Sel. Garland, "I have no further
<br /> questions . Chm, Thomas , " I have no further questions either. " Chm. Thomas
<br /> asked the concerned parties if they, had any questions of the Board or anything
<br /> else they wanted to say . Sgt. Cooper gave a letter from the Mashpee Police
<br /> Assosciation. He said if you have .any questions he would address the letter.
<br /> Chm. Thomas read the letter out loud, and I quote : " Dear Selectmen;
<br /> Our members would like to express our disappointment in the manner of handling
<br /> the citizen complaint of Mrs . Christine Tremblett, (Mashpee Police Case 082-
<br /> 1907) . It is felt that initially, complaints of this nature would be more
<br /> appropriately addressed by the utilization of the "Citizen Complaint Procedure"
<br /> as formulated by the Chief of Police in General Order 1500 . 40 . We support Sgt,
<br /> Cooper in his effort concerning the investigation. Respectfully'.' Chm. Thomas
<br /> said, " she did not come in primarily to present a complaint, this came in the
<br /> course of, first of all, her trailer permit, not having any place to turn to ,
<br /> her insurance and thus the allegations on the performance of the people concerned'.'
<br /> Firefighter Martini , " in other words it was a place for her to say what she had
<br /> on her mind. " Chm. Thomas, "exactly, a citizens right, anyone that lives in
<br /> this Town that has a beef, has�.a aright, and thanrwel:have to get the other side of
<br /> the story. There is always two sides to a story. Sgt. Cooper, I agree with
<br /> you, but I have certain rights too , and that order was approved by the Board
<br /> of Selectmen and was written by the Chief of Police and that should be the pro-
<br /> cedure , no matter how minute or- how the complaint was received. I have no qualms
<br /> that she had a complaint but personally as far as I am concerned those complaints
<br /> are not justified, I will be able to defend myself in any forms and any complaints
<br /> should go through the department and the Police Chief investigates it and comes
<br /> back with his findings . " Set. Garland, " the point that is being missed here
<br /> is that Mrs. Tremblett chose this office in the presence of news media to make
<br /> this statement and I think in defense of yourselves your side of the story
<br /> should be exposed to the medea, " Sgt. Cooper, " I think the medea would still
<br /> get the story anyway. " Sel. Garland, " I wish I could be as sure . " Sgt. Cooper,
<br /> "if the chief gave you the results of his investigation I don't see any problems
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