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onw L EETIT: G . J AT;[ LRY 23 ,1923 . Lie^ere. 3camman, cotton and :lake Present. Lir. Patrick J . Kaguire, ticting chief of rolice and :Palter H. Kew, Patrolman, came before the 3oard in responre to the notice the Board sent to each as a result of the chargee brought by the acting Chief againet Patrolman -Lew. lie hearing developed no written orders, as the procedure in the department is largely one of general underptandirg. All understood they were to report at 7 P. :`. unless excused. Lr. 3ca.;mian, Chairman, stated that the acting Chief was present to prefer chargee against:r. hew, and that hie charge war, failure to report for duty on Jan. 16th, 1923. Lr. Kew stated ;hat he was not there at 7 o'clock P.:::. on that date and did not suppose he was to be there. =.e stated that the :thief aeked him to stay at the office w:iile he rent to Cambridge. .then the chief returned he asked him if he -;ranted him to stay while he went to supper and he said "io ." He then asked if he wanted any more of him and he said "o." He supposed that the case was coning up at Cambridge the next day and that he would not have to return at night for duty when he would be on duty the next day as happened in a similar instance. He stated that when he received the telephone to come to work treat right he immediately did so. Lr. tagu_re stated that he knew of no other occacion when Lew did duty in the day time and did not return at night only when excused, and that the cape at Cambridge tea n (JW and tiest la� X=ixI nat have tzo reU= e;t, r44�h- fz= n he w4zlt b* e:r: du4 tl�;e se--Tt da:� " haprew,�d In a Vis$ . Se sig tiltl WC118Z h* r -C �u the tej3e�p�ne -t�* ewe t•Ci wa- tizat ntght he &iA ns, did not come up the next day and he should not assume that it was because he did not so. L:r. Lew stated that .he thought he was t:,rough duty for the night, and that he did not remain away intentionally. L:r. aguire stated that Kew did not intend tZ come to work. ;r. :e-�felt that when he acked the quest_:me on the cane he got short answers. ::r. J-ew stated that he thoupht he was t':.roui-�h duty for the -ight, and that he did not remain away intentionally. ,,r. Laguire eta 'Led that uew did not intend to come to work. is. hew felt that when he asked uhe Chief "if there was any- thing more he wanted done" and he said "no", he wap riot needed for further duty, The evidence and .-tory conflicts and the Board thinks there is a possibility of a misunO'erstarding. The 3oard failed to find intentional violation but feel that a Patrolman should never go contrary to general underptood orders without beinor positive and sure that tt_e Chief or officer in charge is aware of ane consents to the variation. Voted that Officer Lew be reprimanded by the Board and minute made in our records. 'Tse above procedure wap not carried nut under the Civil Service Acte and the maximum the Selectmen may impose ie a repri- ^and . M 1 1 1