(Doc. In a proposal from Washington, D.C.-based CPSM to Roswell dated Aug. 6, the consulting firm writes, We understand that the police department is currently suffering from a series of incidents which have raised questions about the professionalism and culture of the agency.. A movant who does not bear the burden of persuasion at trial, such as Defendants, need not negate the nonmovant's claim. U.S. Daunte Wright. One of the things that was very clear from my perspective was, as a resident, somebody needs to protect the police, Wilson. 52-5 at 4:4-10; Doc. 52 at 5; Doc. On or around December 14, 2010, Plaintiff spoke with Roswell Police Commander Bill Brown regarding these conversations. The mass resignation reportedly caught Mayor Bob Fritz of Kimberling City off guard. Following a pre-determination hearing that took place on January 31, 2011, Defendant Fry transferred Plaintiff from her position as Defendant in the Criminal Investigations Division to the Consolidated Dispatch Center. 52-1 at 16-20). WABEs mission is simple: Inform, inspire, reflect andempower our greater Atlantacommunity. Again, an employee's speech raising concerns over how government officials are performing their duties will not always constitute a matter of public concern. See Brammer-Hoelter, 492 F.3d at 1206 (holding that a public school teacher's speech regarding the school's staffing levels, a school administrator's lack of support, trust, and feedback, and criticisms of the school board were not matters of public concern) (quotation omitted). 52-1 at 37:12-22). which includes scrutinizing whether the speaker's purpose was to bring an issue to the public's attention or to air a personal grievance." Id. She stated that only she and three other detectives received the article, and therefore she believed that Defendant Scifres was harassing and intimidating her because she had not endorsed him for Chief of Police. Id. The Court Will Consider Each Instance of Speech Separately. He is almost 60 years old. 65 at 3). (Doc. She also openly discussed her concerns about the Department and management with other police officers and the public. (Doc. On the dumps of the coal mines surrounding this city, one can collect a number of minerals. 52 at 5; Doc. In her letter, Plaintiff also alerted the Mayor Jurney and Defendant Fry to her reprimand by Commander Brown, and alleged that her fellow officers feared retaliation if they voiced any opinion regarding the Police Chief position. Here, Plaintiff's speech took the form of a private letter addressed to only two public officials. 52 at 3; Doc. Brammer-Hoelter, 492 F.3d at 1205 (citing Hom v. Squire, 81 F.3d 969, 974 (10th Cir. Pay is one part of that equation. See, e.g., Brammer-Hoelter, 492 F.3d at 1205-06. (Doc. at 972. That was a problem. Chad Cole, assistant superintendent for finance and operations at Roswell Independent School District, has been named by Roswell Mayor Timothy Jennings as his choice as the new city manager. (Doc. Therefore, Defendant Fry was the final authority on the selection of the next Roswell Police Chief. Id. The parties agree that step one of the Garcetti/Pickering analysis is satisfied because Plaintiff's speech was made outside of her official duties as a detective in the Roswell Police Department. The Court looks beyond the general topic of the speech to evaluate more specifically what was said on the topic, Schrier, 427 F.3d at 1263, "which must itself be of public concern." When asked, she could not remember the dates of these conversations, who spoke, or what she said specifically. 58-3 at 3:6-10). Id. Plaintiff responds that all of her speech is protected because it related to matters of political, social, or other concern to the community. Gun found in unattended bag on Ga. school property, parent taken into custody, district says. The official announcement simply called it a retirement, but. It shows a Roswell police K-9 brutally attacking a teenager on Aug. 4, 2016. 57 at 2). 52-1 at 18:2-8; Doc. The move by the Roswell City Council to hire a consultant comes after former members of the police department were involved in a handful of controversial incidents in the past year. Id. 1998) (quoting Connick v. Myers, 461 U.S. 138, 147-48 (1983)) (internal quotation omitted). Id. 1 at 4). 57); and Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment ("Reply"), filed July 14, 2014. The Roswell Police Department has a new acting chief of police, after Chief Rusty Grant resigned earlier this month. Feb 26, 2023. Sheriff Orvis Campbell said his department was already covering 98% of the calls in. RELATED: Police officers who flipped a coin to see if a woman went to jail fired. (Doc. The State has significantly different interests in regulating the speech of its employees than in regulating the speech of the citizenry generally. at 2. they would just take their calls, that's it. Therefore, the Court must find that Plaintiff's statements were not on a matter of public concern, and that Defendants are entitled to summary judgment. 57 at 3; Doc. Defendants further argue that Plaintiff has failed to establish sufficient facts to prove that Plaintiff's speech was a substantial or motivating factor in decisions related to her employment with the Roswell Police Department. Throughout the fall of 2010, Plaintiff and other Roswell police officers discussed the vacant Police Chief position and the candidates who had applied for the job. 2014) (holding that plaintiff's speech was of public concern, because it was made to the media, and statements protected under the First Amendment are protected in part by fact of being made to the media). (Doc. Wilson, 732 F.2d at 768. (quotation omitted). Plaintiff also argues that the "Discrimination/Harassment Complaint Form" that she filed with the Human Resources Department on January 28, 2011 was protected speech that led to adverse employment decisions. Police Chief Tim Gannon and Officer Kim Potter both resigned from their positions in the Minnesota city of Brooklyn Center after two consecutive nights of rioting and looting in response to the . (Doc. 361. She testified that she did not initiate conversations with the other officers, and that she was always approached by others to discuss the Police Chief vacancy. Police Department | Roswell, NM Divisions Join the Force In the Community How Do I Serve and Protect Your Community Interested in joining RPD? P. 73, the parties have consented to have this Court serve as the presiding judge and conduct all proceedings, including trial. 52 at 9-10; Doc. 60). Its a very rare instance for a police department to be fully staffed, Chief James Conroy, whos been on the job in Roswell for four years, told Channel 2s Bryan Mims. 52 at 5-6; Doc. Cobb is suing for being demoted because of his age. Oct. 10, 2014). Id. City residents approved a $52 million public safety bond. Three officers were fired, and the police chief resigned amid our investigations. The police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man in a Minneapolis suburb Sunday has resigned, as has the police chief, in the latest shake-up for a town reeling from the shooting.. 2000). (Doc. She further contends that she had various conversations with city employees at the Yucca Recreational Center, which also constituted protected speech. PREVIOUS: Roswell police chief says muted body cameras and secret memo 'not a cover-up'. The fact that it was in the form of a complaint submitted to the Human Resources Department also implies that Plaintiff was requesting a formal inquiry be made into Defendant Scifres' behavior. The Court is further guided by the Tenth Circuit's analysis in Hom v. Squire. Id at 1. Id. Plaintiff did not allege serious police misconduct, or request that Mayor Jurney and Defendant Fry initiate a formal investigation, as in Wulf. The Court finds that, like the grievances involved in Hom, the speech in this case involved only matters of internal departmental affairs and workplace frustration, and therefore were only on matters of personal interest. The message is not directed toward Plaintiff, but generally toward people dissatisfied with their jobs. 1 at 4). In the following letter to the Lords of the board of trade, Governor Wright commends Noble Jones' services as chief justice of the colony after Mr . She has also repeatedly insisted that she was always a participant in these conversations, and never initiated them. Captain Helen Dunkin, commander of Roswells internal affairs office, will take over as interim chief of police on Jan. 1, 2019 according to Chief Grants internal resignation announcement. 60). (Doc. Alfonso Solis was ultimately selected as the next Roswell Chief of Police by Defendant Fry. She explained that low morale at the Police Department was another reason that she participated in these conversations. 1996) (quotation omitted). Roswell police say Moreno was with the department for a year and a half he resigned from the department once the investigation began. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 587 (1986) (internal quotations omitted). She reported that on January 4, 2011, Defendant Scifres placed an article published by the National Tactical Officers Association, entitled the "Chronic Complainers Club, Part One," in her work mailbox. 52-4 at 4:4-16). Dist. Id. 52-1 at 21:17-25; Doc. Tice was hired May 31 and started working June 1. Id. (Doc. Wilson v. City of Littleton, Colo., 732 F.2d 765, 768 (10th Cir. Helen Dunkin, who served as the interim head of the department for the previous seven months. She further argues that she has presented enough facts to demonstrate the existence of a genuine issue of material fact as to whether her speech was a substantial or motivating factor in the decisions to transfer her from her detective position, demote her, and eventually force her to resign. Plaintiff disagrees, and responds that her speech was clearly on a matter of public concern and therefore all of her statements were protected by the First Amendment. A unitary analysis may be appropriate when the speech involves multiple instances but only one subject. Further, Plaintiff has not alleged that any of these letters form the basis of her claim. 58-6 at 9:24-10:2; Doc. Alston announced several times that . 52 at 12; Doc. Speech may involve a public concern when the speaker intends to "'bring to light actual or potential wrongdoing or breach of public trust'" by a public officer, or to disclose "evidence of corruption, impropriety, or other malfeasance" within a governmental entity. Defendants contend that the speech was entirely personal in nature, because it only concerned internal department affairs, workplace frustration, and Plaintiff's personal opinions as an employee of the Roswell Police Department. Kim Potter, a 26-year police. (Doc. In former police chief Josh Gibson's resignation letter, which was also shared in a public Facebook post on Wednesday evening, the Kenly officer of 21 years said he could no longer continue with . Plaintiff maintained throughout her deposition that she did not mean to say anything negative about Defendant Scifres, and that she only wanted to support who she thought would be a good candidate to run the Police Department and help recruit more officers. Roswell To Pay Consultant To Audit Its Police Department, Atlantans share how theyll navigate the holidays with looming omicron surge, Punk Black To-Go: Monthly local music recommendations from Von Phoenix, Execution Date Set For Ga. Plaintiff has maintained throughout that she never intended to speak negatively about Defendant Scifres. (Doc. Defendant Fry does not remember any other instances of officers ever writing letters to the City Manager or Assistant City Manager about who they wanted as the Roswell Chief of Police. Garcetti v. Ceballos, 547 U.S. 410, 418 (2006). (quotation omitted). "Matters of public concern are those of interest to the community, whether for social, political, or other reasons." She listed the date of the alleged offending incident as December 14, 2010. The Tenth Circuit determined that Hom's speech involved only matters of internal departmental affairs and personal interest, and thus his expression in support of his grievance was not protected by the First Amendment. 65 at 4). 65 at 4). If so, then the speech is not protected because the restriction properly "reflects the exercise of employer control over what the employer itself has commissioned or created." Indus. 57 at 2, 4). CPSM has conducted audits and projects in 41 states. On Jan. 2, body camera footage showed officers leaving a 13-year-old boy in a squad car on a cold night and taunting him. While, the first three steps in the Garcetti/Pickering analysis are questions of law for the Court to decide, id., they may turn on resolution of a factual dispute by the jury. It is true that political expression has long been afforded the broadest protection by the First Amendment. A copy of the article was not provided to the Court, and therefore its substance is unknown. Id. (Doc. 2011); see also Withiam v. Baptist Health Care, 98 F.3d 581, 583 (10th Cir. Roswell Police Chief Rusty Grant will resign at the end of the month, according to an internal email obtained by 11Alive investigators. Therefore, the Court will also consider Plaintiff's motive in writing and sending the letter. (Doc. Plaintiff contends that her speech was a matter of public concern because she discussed her perception of poor officer morale and her fears about officer safety in light of understaffing. Lancaster v. Indep. Part of that is having the right leadership in place., [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]. I heard good things about them, Aguirre said. Before coming to Roswell, Grant had more than 30 years of law enforcement experience with the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. 1 at 8). All rights reserved. The plaintiff held out that he was authorized to speak on behalf of others in the department. Therefore, Defendants conclude, the speech was of a purely personal nature, and is not protected speech. 57 at 2). Plaintiff requested that the Human Resources Department intervene and require Defendant Scifres to immediately cease his offending behavior and attend a session on workplace harassment. Generally, the subject matter of the speech at issue, as described by Plaintiff, consists of vague recollections touching on officer morale, understaffing, shift hours, the quality of other officers' work, and her subjective belief about what would happen if Defendant Scifres were to be hired as Police Chief. Lighton, 209 F.3d at 1224. (Doc. . See Moore, 57 F.3d at 932 (noting that comments made at a city council meeting were matters of public concern, in part because of the public forum in which they were expressed); see also Eisenhour v. Weber Cnty., 744 F.3d 1220, 1229 (10th Cir. The Court need not reach the other prongs of the Garcetti/Pickering test, and finds that Defendants are entitled to summary judgment on all of Plaintiff's claims as a matter of law. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com. (Doc. Id. 52-5 at 7:14-19; Doc. If the employee establishes the speech was a substantial or motivating factor, then "the employer may demonstrate that it would have taken the same action against the employee even in the absence of the protected speech." Roswells mayor and city administrator recently refused to do interviews with 11Alive Chief Investigator Brendan Keefe, after he uncovered multiple cases where police command staff knew or approved of verbal counseling, only to take more serious action after 11Alive requested records from those incidents. BOISE, Idaho Boise Police Department Chief Ryan Lee resigned from his position on Friday, at the request of Boise Mayor Lauren McLean, effective Oct. 14. (Doc. 57 at 2). 57 at 2). In the proposal to Roswell, it says it will conduct data-driven analysis, identify and recommend appropriate staffing levels, review policies and procedures, examine the departments organizational structure and culture, recommend a management framework to ensure accountability, conduct interviews, review internal affairs and conduct other analysis of the department. (Doc. She claims that, with regard to the vacant Police Chief position, she only spoke out in support of fellow officer Dan Kyser's candidacy. R. Civ. 52-6). Roswell Police Chief Rusty Grant said he launched an investigation and placed the officers on administrative leave once he became aware of the incident that occurred just over three months. The Court analyzes "the motive of the speaker and whether the speech [was] calculated to disclose misconduct or merely deals with personal disputes and grievances unrelated to the public's interest." He specialized in investigating violent crimes, property theft, drug enforcement and technology. (Doc. 57 at 2). 52 at 5; Doc. 52 at 10; Doc. Last year, the Roswell City Council adopted the "Best in Class" pay plan, giving a 20% increase to starting police salaries across the board. 5, 149 F.3d 1228, 1233 (10th Cir. The speech asserted in Plaintiff's letter is more akin to the speech in McEvoy, than that in Wulf. A Roswell police officer who was seen on body camera video leaving a 13-year-old boy in a cold patrol car and taunting him in January has been demoted after an internal investigation, police. She further explained that, since she voiced her support for Dane Kyser for Police Chief to Mayor Jurney and Defendant Fry, she was being singled out and harassed at work, and that the work environment was hostile. McEvoy, 882 F.2d at 465. Id. Brammer-Hoelter v. Twin Peaks Charter Acad., 492 F.3d 1192, 1202 (10th Cir. 52 at 4; Doc. (Doc. However, when asked to provide specific information regarding the facts underlying her complaint, she only described events that occurred on January 3, 2011 that involved McFadden. While the selection of the Roswell Police Department police chief could conceivably be a topic of general interest to the public, Plaintiff's personal feeling is not a matter of public concern within the meaning of previous U.S. Supreme Court decisions. I have known Dane Kyser to be fair and consistent." New clues: New video shows stranger using mans debit card after he vanishes on business trip, Georgia elementary school principal arrested on child cruelty charges, GBI says, Local district wants to overhaul sex ed. To learn about all the benefits RPD has to offer and the details of the hiring process, contact Recruiting Officer Da'Za'Nique Kidd at (575) 624-6770 or d.kidd@roswell-nm.gov. R. Evid. . Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri, 131 S. Ct. 2488, 2501 (2011). at 974. Police commanders initially wrote they had no problem with the dogs training or behavior. 57 at 2, 4; Doc. His last day was Nov. 26. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The court shall grant summary judgment only if "the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." She stated that some officers in the department were fearful of being retaliated against if they wrote letters in support of anyone for Police Chief. Grant's last day on the job, after six years with the department, will be Dec. 31, 2018. 3. 3, 891 F.2d 1485, 1492 (10th Cir. The two represented the entire village force. (Doc. She described her discussions with other officers as "personal conversations," and asserted that she had been singled out by Commander Brown despite many other officers regularly discussing the Chief of Police position while at work. Id. In fall 2010, the Roswell Police Chief position became vacant and the City of Roswell was engaged in a search process to select the new Police Chief. 60-9 at 1; Doc. 57 at 2; Doc. 1989), respectively). (Doc. 57 at 2). Id. 65 at 3). Your support is what keeps WABE strong. The 11Alive Investigators also uncovered the attack on a teen suspect by a police K9, despite multiple commands from his Roswell Police handler to stop. 1989). Casetext, Inc. and Casetext are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice. 52 at 10; Doc. . On December 17, 2010, Plaintiff delivered a number of letters from police officers to Roswell Mayor Del Jurney and Defendant Fry. 801. (Doc. 65 at 3). (Doc. 1 at 4; Doc. Plaintiff responds that her speech concerned government policies that are of interest to the public at large. Conversations with Fellow Officers and Other City Employees. Governor Ellis resigned his office on account of ill-health and handed over the government to Lieutenant-Governor James Wright, who was appointed governor in chief on the 20th of March, 1761. Fortunately, she was not hurt. As a government employee, a "citizen by necessity must accept certain limitations on his or her freedom." In this case, Plaintiff alleges that all of her statements concerning Defendant Scifres are protected because they question his character, competence, and fitness for duty. Plaintiff brings a claim under 42 U.S.C. In her letter, Plaintiff shared her experience of being reprimanded for discussing the Police Chief vacancy while on duty. 57 at 2). 52 at 5; Doc. For starters, he said, officers needed more money. Plaintiff clarified in her deposition that her only motive in writing the letter was to support Dane Kyser's candidacy for Chief of Police. of Colo., 427 F.3d 1253, 1263 (10th Cir. at 13-14. Plaintiff acknowledges that all of her speech occurred on separate occasions over many months. Sch. Dwayne Orrick. Brammer-Hoelter, 492 F.3d at 1203. Plaintiff claims that the officers who wrote the letters feared retaliation, and either did not want to write any more letters or refused to identify themselves in their letters. Plaintiff informed Commander Brown that she had not been speaking negatively about Defendant Scifres. The Tenth Circuit has noted that such an allegation only facially demonstrates a personal grievance with a public official, and therefore "unequivocally reflects a personal dispute, not a matter of public concern." Plaintiff subsequently dismissed her claim against Defendant Kintigh in his personal capacity. 52 at 3; Doc. She requested that Defendant Scifres immediately cease the offending behavior, and be required to attend a refresher course on harassment in the work place. 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