Reporting Bill Hudson (WCCO)
After just 9 months on the job, Ryan was placed on paid administrative leave while the complaints are investigated.
When Timothy Ryan was sworn in to lead the Osseo police department last May he came with some impressive credentials. Ryan was the chief of police in Millville, Mass. for 19 years. He is also a graduate of the FBI Academy and holds a master's degree in criminal justice.
But for Ryan, it's been a rocky road leading a small police force in the northern Twin Cities suburb.
After just nine months on the job, efforts are being made to force the chief from the department and Friday he was put on paid administrative leave.
Loren Magsam, Osseo's City Attorney, said Ryan was hired with an open ended contract.
"The chief's contract is not for a specific term. It's just a contract, that until its terminated, he's under contract," said Magsam.
Some Osseo city council members and officers of the police department are unimpressed with Ryan's credentials.
In December, 10 members of the department circulated a letter of "no confidence" in the chief at a city council meeting. They alleged in the letter that Chief Ryan is both indecisive and often unavailable to their radio communications.
"Some of the council members expressed that they were concerned that the officers, in an emergency, wouldn't be able to get a hold of the chief fast enough because of not having his radio on him or not being on mobile data terminal or whatever," said Osseo city administrator, Gregory Withers.
On Friday, the chief's patrol car was taken away and brought back to the police department parking lot. A fellow police officer had removed Ryan's service weapon from the squad and brought it into the police station.
After just 9 months on the job, Ryan was placed on paid administrative leave while the complaints are investigated.
"Now depending upon what I come up with over the next couple weeks and ... how the council wants to address the performance evaluation and what they feel is his performance," said Withers.
That will be discussed at the council's next scheduled meeting on March 8.
6 comments:
"On Friday, the chief's patrol car was taken away and brought back to the police department parking lot. A fellow police officer had removed Ryan's service weapon from the squad and brought it into the police station."
Sad to say it's not the first time he's been through this exercise.
Thank God we have Chief Landry. What an upgrade that was. Should thank our lucky stars that change was made
Osseo has not quite yet "hit the eject button", but they are working on it. The ultimate result is inevitable. Their fingers are firmly placed atop the button, and the downward pressure on the switch is about to go Bang! It is only a matter of time, probably measured in weeks, if not less. The trail of damage created in a mere 9 months is unbelieveable, and our community is being "torn apart" by the pro and con forces. ALL of the cops totally HATE him. A new City Council was elected in November, and started service on January 1st. They ARE going to "delete" him, just a few details to work out. So far, two lawsuits have been filed by female employee's, another officer (one of our best) resigned, and another has been suspended. Timmy alledgedly forced one female employee to go out to dinner with him. But hey, the chief has made friends with the bar owners, and he did help organize a parade, so I guess that makes up for everything else. After nine months as Chief, Timmy still has not learned how to use the Squad Radio or the MDT (Squad Computer). We call him "Timmy Hard-On", because he's always finding ways to use the phrase "hard-on" in his vocabulary, especially when speaking with female employees.
During his November Performance review, he was awarded 44 points on a scale of 100!
The city council now has a firm majority who are dedicated to helping him find another line of work(someplace else). They made a motion to fire him at the Feb 22 council meeting, but were unable to continue it due to a procedural formality. I could go on, but the additional details would all be similar to the above. Maybe you all will be lucky, and get Timmy back soon! I doubt he could ever get another Law Enforcement job in Minnesota. We have pretty tough and professional standards here. Being fired twice in two years does not make for a great resume.
We just have a few procedural details to work out, and then the way will be clear to a better future here.
-Dragon
Dragon...
We went through the same in 2005/2006. It tore this town apart as well. Still some bad blood over it...although after witnessing what you folks have just gone through, maybe the nay sayers will finally open their eyes and admit they were dead wrong...
tragic but not unexpected.
don't gloat too much, you never know how things may come back to haunt you!
WHOOP'S, SPOKE TOO SOON!! RYAN SUSPENDED IN OSSEO
On the afternoon of Friday February 26, 2010, Mr. Timothy Ryan was relieved of duty by the City of Osseo, Minnesota, and placed on administrative leave. His duty weapon, badge, and squad car were confiscated by the city.
Further developments are possible at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting on Monday, March 8. Stay Tuned.
http://www.pressnews.com/articles/2010/02/28/osseo-maple_grove_press/news/1osseocc2-22.txt
http://www.pressnews.com/articles/2010/02/28/breaking_news/ochiefpaidleave.txt
http://www.twelve.tv/news/newsitem.aspx?newsid=405&newsitemid=11835
(play the embedded video)
-Dragon
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