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Police chief fired for stealing fire departments beer

post #1 of 12
1/9/08 at 7:42pm
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/09/chi....ap/index.html

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Police chief canned for stealing firefighters' beer

WILSON, Kansas (AP) -- A small-town police chief was fired this week after he was convicted of stealing beer from the fire department's refrigerator.

The Wilson City Council on Monday fired Chief Brian Hill, effective January 25. He has the option of a hearing within the next two weeks.

Hill was arrested August 1 after a surveillance tape showed him taking the beer. He was convicted of misdemeanor theft December 26 and given probation.

He had been suspended without pay pending an appeal of the conviction.

Authorities did not disclose how much beer was stolen, or why it was in the fire department. A warrant put the value of the beer at less than $1,000.

The two departments share a building, and the door separating the offices usually was unlocked, officials said.

The only person by the name of Brian Hill in the Wilson area has an unlisted phone number, so he could not be reached for comment.
I don't get it... when cops do much worse... much, much worse, they're suspended WITH pay and this guy steals some beer and gets suspended without pay and fired? If he was drinking it on the job fine... but the article doesn't say that. I'm not saying he shouldn't be disciplined but I just find it odd that he gets such a harsh punishment when other cops get off easy for worse things.
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post #2 of 12
1/9/08 at 7:48pm
Ya just don't fuck with another man's beer. Says so in the constituion.
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post #3 of 12
1/9/08 at 7:48pm
Brendan, you appear to lack an inherent understanding of the US. Remember:
Beer>Human civil liberties.
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post #4 of 12
1/9/08 at 7:55pm
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Originally Posted by El Tati
Good to know that the Police and Fire departments, who rush to emergencies at night, have fridges filled with alcohol.
Maybe that explains this...

http://www.ksat.com/news/15010345/detail.html
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post #5 of 12
1/9/08 at 11:01pm
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Originally Posted by EdHocken
Ya just don't fuck with another man's beer. Says so in the constituion.
There's exceptions to that rule - if the guy's a douche, way too drunk to notice, or you have women to entertain and it's too late to buy beer. That explains several stolen kegs in my college years - we had Danny Ocean level heists back in the day...
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post #6 of 12
1/9/08 at 11:09pm
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Originally Posted by Brendan
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/09/chi....ap/index.html



I don't get it... when cops do much worse... much, much worse, they're suspended WITH pay and this guy steals some beer and gets suspended without pay and fired? If he was drinking it on the job fine... but the article doesn't say that. I'm not saying he shouldn't be disciplined but I just find it odd that he gets such a harsh punishment when other cops get off easy for worse things.
Is he black or gay?
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post #7 of 12
1/9/08 at 11:30pm
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Originally Posted by Brendan
"Hello, Mr. Gardner, I represent the Smith family...no, no ,no, don't be alarmed! I promise, this will only take up a moment of your lif.., uh, time..."

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post #8 of 12
1/10/08 at 2:03am
Fuking cops.

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post #9 of 12
1/10/08 at 12:14pm
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Originally Posted by Brendan
I remember when that happened. HUGE fucking deal, for good reason. Unfortunately a drunk paramedic wasn't the problem. It would have been easier to understand if it had been. Stupidity is for life.
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post #10 of 12
1/10/08 at 12:31pm
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Originally Posted by WayDen
That explains several stolen kegs in my college years - we had Danny Ocean level heists back in the day...
HA!!! And here I thought my friends and I were the only ones masterminding keg thievery.
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post #11 of 12
1/10/08 at 1:58pm
This certainly would explain the omnipresent playing of Axel's Theme and the Mission Impossible theme song at college campuses.
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post #12 of 12
1/10/08 at 4:07pm
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Originally Posted by Mattioli
HA!!! And here I thought my friends and I were the only ones masterminding keg thievery.
Getting it out of the frat party was only half the battle. Getting it past campus security and the RA into our tiny residence hall as big a problem. Not sure what we would've done if every single freshman hadn't had one of those obnoxious 5 foot skateboards in 2002.
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