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TUPELO – Mayor Jack Reed Jr. and Police Chief Tony Carleton said this afternoon that the city will appeal the denial of certification for Deputy Chief Robert Hall.
Carleton said he had received official notification from the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training that the application for Hall's certification had been denied.
"We are entitled to a hearing," he said, "and we have full intentions of following through with this process.”
Reed said, “This is a process. We will take the next step because our city is a safer place with Robert Hall on our team.”
The denial had been reported earlier in the week, but Carleton and Reed withheld comment until they received the official notification.
Hall had lost his certification when he resigned from the department in 2007 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges.
He was rehired in March as deputy chief. Carleton and Reed had argued that Hall didn't need recertification because he was operating in an administrative capacity.
Without certification, Hall has no arrest powers and is technically is considered a trainee.
For more on this story, check back at NEMS360.com and read Friday's Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
« TAXPAYER1 wrote on Thursday, Sep 02 at 09:42 PM »
TupDem:
You haven't got a clue. You know that you might be held accountable for saying things for facts and them not being true. I hope you get busted. You also got it wrong again with the serving time part. This is a civil suit. I hope everyone who is involved gets to be deposed so everyone will know which Dems are not true Dems. People like you are the reason that the Democratic Party has trouble. You are not creditable or worthy. I bet you talk a big talk but do not really work on Democratic campaigns.If you were a real or true Democrat you would be working with the party and not working against them as you have. Maybe you are one of those wanta be people who have nothing else better to do other than bash people just to make you better about yourself.
You haven't got a clue. You know that you might be held accountable for saying things for facts and them not being true. I hope you get busted. You also got it wrong again with the serving time part. This is a civil suit. I hope everyone who is involved gets to be deposed so everyone will know which Dems are not true Dems. People like you are the reason that the Democratic Party has trouble. You are not creditable or worthy. I bet you talk a big talk but do not really work on Democratic campaigns.If you were a real or true Democrat you would be working with the party and not working against them as you have. Maybe you are one of those wanta be people who have nothing else better to do other than bash people just to make you better about yourself.
« earlwayne wrote on Thursday, Sep 02 at 09:27 PM »
Pragmatic.Is this you?
Origin of PRAGMATIC
Latin pragmaticus skilled in law or business, from Greek pragmatikos, from pragmat-, pragma deed, from prassein to do — more at practical
First Known Use: 1616
Related to PRAGMATIC
Synonyms: down-to-earth, earthy, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, realistic (also pragmatical)
Antonyms: blue-sky, idealistic, impractical, unrealistic, utopian, visionary
Related Words: idealless, philistine, utilitarian; commonsensical, grounded, levelheaded, logical, no-nonsense, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, sober, sobersided, sound; bottom-line, hard, hard-boiled, hard-edged, tough-minded, unromantic, unsentimental; cynical, disillusioned, misanthropic, pessimistic; distrustful, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious
Near Antonyms: fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), imaginative; romantic, sentimental; cheerful, optimistic, rose-colored; trustful, trusting, unsuspicious; half-baked, illogical, insane, irrational, unreasonable; theoretical (also theoretic)
Origin of PRAGMATIC
Latin pragmaticus skilled in law or business, from Greek pragmatikos, from pragmat-, pragma deed, from prassein to do — more at practical
First Known Use: 1616
Related to PRAGMATIC
Synonyms: down-to-earth, earthy, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, realistic (also pragmatical)
Antonyms: blue-sky, idealistic, impractical, unrealistic, utopian, visionary
Related Words: idealless, philistine, utilitarian; commonsensical, grounded, levelheaded, logical, no-nonsense, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, sober, sobersided, sound; bottom-line, hard, hard-boiled, hard-edged, tough-minded, unromantic, unsentimental; cynical, disillusioned, misanthropic, pessimistic; distrustful, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious
Near Antonyms: fanciful, fantastic (also fantastical), imaginative; romantic, sentimental; cheerful, optimistic, rose-colored; trustful, trusting, unsuspicious; half-baked, illogical, insane, irrational, unreasonable; theoretical (also theoretic)
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Robert Hall
Carleton said he had received official notification from the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training that the application for Hall's certification had been denied.
"We are entitled to a hearing," he said, "and we have full intentions of following through with this process.”
Reed said, “This is a process. We will take the next step because our city is a safer place with Robert Hall on our team.”
The denial had been reported earlier in the week, but Carleton and Reed withheld comment until they received the official notification.
Hall had lost his certification when he resigned from the department in 2007 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges.
He was rehired in March as deputy chief. Carleton and Reed had argued that Hall didn't need recertification because he was operating in an administrative capacity.
Without certification, Hall has no arrest powers and is technically is considered a trainee.
For more on this story, check back at NEMS360.com and read Friday's Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
And don't you know that Jack Jr. is never wrong?!!
He's a narcissistic egomaniacal idiot!
And if the citizens of Tupelo are stupid enough to re-elect him, they get what they deserve.
In addition to creating racial strife, I wonder if he will have bankrupted the city by the time he comes up for re-election.
He's just like Obama, only on the local level.
Since he's a trainee and has no arrest powers, then obviously he's suited for a desk job from on. Mayor Reed is a dumbass for wearing rose-colored glasses and fighting to keep Mr. Hall. The mayor runs a clothing stores for God's sakes..he doesn't have political experience. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
If Mr. Hall wanted to do something good for the citizens of Tupelo, he would honorably step down and resign. Simple as that!
Can he enforce the law? No.
Can he carry a gun? No. (Unless he has a firearms permit. Even then he can't carry into the police department, government buildings, schools, etc.)
Can he arrest someone? No.
Can he command and lead the city police force? No. (They despise him and have no respect for him.)
Can he do paperwork at an enormous expense as a "trainee"? Yes.