Funny: Croydon poLICE chief stripped of duties disrobes, walks into storm

The town police chief stripped down to his briefs and boots and left the Croydon town offices – and his job – after he was ousted by the selectboard on Tuesday night.
The three-member board voted unanimously to abolish the police department, which they have “issues with” and rely instead on coverage from the New Hampshire State Police, according to meeting minutes.

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Funny: Croydon poLICE chief stripped of duties disrobes, walks into storm Croydon-cm-022020-ph01

Richard Lee, who has worked part time as the sole member of the department for nearly 20 years and attended the regularly scheduled board meeting as he usually does, said he was caught off guard by the vote. He’s had tensions with the selectboard in the past, especially following a proposal last year to dissolve the department, which was defeated by voters in May.
But this time, Lee said, there was no indication that the board would vote on whether to abolish the department.
A meeting agenda listed “police department” under the “new business” section, but did not elaborate.
“What can I do?” Lee said in an interview at his home on Wednesday, recalling his thoughts as the vote went through. “I’m done.”
Lee said selectboard Chairman Russell Edwards told him to turn over all police items including his badges, the keys to his police cruiser and his uniform “immediately.”
Following the meeting, Lee said he took off his uniform and – wearing only briefs, a T-shirt, a gray baseball cap and a shirt – started the 7-mile walk home to Newport on Tuesday evening.
Lee said that as he was undressing, Edwards told him to turn in his uniform on a later day, but he declined.
“This is what they demanded and this is what I’m doing,” he said in the interview. Lee walked a little less than a mile in 26-degree temperatures until his wife picked him up, he said.

https://www.concordmonitor.com/Police-chief-stripped-of-duties-disrobes-walks-into-storm-32800497

Funny: Croydon poLICE chief stripped of duties disrobes, walks into storm

Funny: Croydon poLICE chief stripped of duties disrobes, walks into storm

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