Tuesday, December 6, 2011
When the Dormont police chief leaves his post on Dec. 14, he will receive payment for vacation time.
When Dormont’s interim police Chief Rich Dwyer leaves office on Dec. 14, he will be paid for five unused vacation days, but will not be paid for sick days accrued during his five months of employment with the borough. The approval of Dwyer’s resignation was an item on Monday night’s council agenda. However, a vote regarding the benefits he would receive when he leaves office—which was discussed at last Monday’s meeting—was not included on the agenda. Councilwoman Joan Hodson said she thought there should be two items on the agenda, one each to address Dwyer’s resignation, and the benefits he would receive upon his departure. “There’s a difference between accepting a resignation and what we are willing to give this gentleman when he …
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
After audience members raised questions about compensation Chief Dwyer could receive for accrued vacation days, council took the matter to executive session.
Dormont Council went into executive session Monday night to discuss a topic several audience members raised questions about—the type of benefits acting police Chief Rich Dwyer would be awarded upon his resignation. Dwyer’s last day in office will be Dec. 14. Michelle Ross—whose husband, former Dormont police Chief Phil Ross, recently sued the borough—asked council members what type of compensation Dwyer would be given when his employment ends. She said she’d heard he might receive pay for unused vacation days, and asked why Dwyer would be given those benefits when he is a temporary employee who doesn’t have a written contract with the borough. Council Vice President Laurie Malka said when Dwyer was hired he was given a verbal contract. The…
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The interim administrative police chief, who submitted his resignation letter Tuesday, talks about the changes he's made to Dormont's police department.
Richard Dwyer knew that his time in Dormont would be short-lived when he accepted the offer to become interim administrative police chief in June. After demoting former Chief Phil Ross in March, council hired Dwyer in June to regain control of the police department, improve public safety and ease tensions between the department and administration. Dwyer had been told the assignment would probably last three to six months. He was chosen because of his experience in law enforcement management. Last month, in an interview with Patch, Dwyer said his time with the borough could be just days or weeks, knowing that some of the council candidates, if elected, planned to return former police Chief Phil Ross to his post. But instead of a new council…
Dwyer's last day of service will be Dec. 14.
Richard Dwyer, who was appointed as interim administrative acting police chief by Dormont Council in July, has resigned. "It's just my time to go," Dwyer said Wednesday morning. Dwyer said that he hand-delivered the resignation letter to council members and Mayor Tom Lloyd yesterday about 4 p.m. Council Vice President Laurie Malka confirmed Tuesday night that the resignation is effective Dec. 30, although his last day in the office will be Dec. 14. When council appointed Dwyer in June, he was told he might be needed for a three-to-six month period to help ease tensions between the administration and borough police. What Dwyer found was a political atmosphere where he said he felt undermined by Lloyd and antagonized by residents. "The …
Monday, October 24, 2011
The drug take-back program will take place at the Dormont Pool parking lot.
Dormont Police Department is participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Dormont Pool parking lot to provide a venue for residents who want to dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a vital public safety and public health issue, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration website. The last time Dormont police conducted the program with the DEA, they collected 54 pounds of drugs. "We encourage people to bring your unused prescription items," Dormont police Chief Richard Dwyer said, noting this is also a good way to get rid of medicines that are left when someone dies. He said a …
Monday, October 17, 2011
Enforcement will be stepped up to target those who violated school bus laws.
On Wednesday, Oct. 19, Dormont police will be targeting motorists who violate school bus safety laws as part of the 15th annual Operation Safe Stop. "It's got to do with monitoring people who stop for school buses," Dormont police Chief Richard Dwyer said. As part of National School Bus Safety Week, which runs Oct. 17-21, police in Dormont as well as across the state will mount a public awareness and enforcement effort to educate the motoring public that passing a stopped school bus, when children are loading or unloading, is both dangerous and illegal. Dwyer said police are targeting a few areas where law violations have been an issue, include Hillsdale and Texas avenues, and Annex and Tennessee avenues. Those who violate the law are …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Event for children and adults will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Dormont Pool parking lot.
Dormont's Public Safety Day will give kids and grownups a chance to see police and firefighting equipment up close this Saturday at the Dormont Pool parking lot. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents will have the chance to see such crime-fighting tools as the Allegheny County SWAT assault vehicle, affectionately known as "The Bear," and experience how to escape a simulated house fire in a "smokehouse," according to acting Dormont police Chief Richard Dwyer. Dormont Volunteer Fire Department President George Nelson said the offerings have been "expanded" for this year's event. The borough's fire trucks and police cars will be on hand, too. "It's really a highlight for kids," Dwyer said. "Kids like police cars and fire trucks. It's going to be …
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Concerns were raised over why he can't patrol borough roads.
Questions about who oversees Dormont’s police department and the role of its new administrative police chief were brought up again during Monday night’s borough council meeting. More than 100 residents attended Monday night’s workshop meeting and many demanded to know why new administrative police Chief Richard Dwyer is not patrolling the roads. The crowd was so large the meeting was moved into the borough gymnasium next to the municipal building. Councilwoman Joan Hodson wanted to know why borough Manager Gino Rizza was given the authority to overturn a seven-day suspension of Dwyer initiated by Mayor Tom Lloyd on Aug. 22. Four members of council apparently signed a letter on Aug. 1 authorizing Rizza with that authority while never …
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Friday, August 26, 2011
The acting chief said a call was mishandled. The mayor said it's being blown out of proportion.
A Dormont police officer waited more than two hours—even going to lunch—before putting out an alert to area police about what the acting chief called a potential child luring case. But Mayor Tom Lloyd said the incident was being blown out of proportion and is an example of the borough manager and the acting chief going after an officer they don’t like. “Why they’re after (Jim) Burke, I don’t know,” Lloyd said Thursday. “He does a good job.” Acting chief Richard Dwyer and Manager Gino Rizza denied they are “after” Burke. The incident happened about 11 a.m. last Friday. About 11:30 p.m., the 12-year-old boy’s mother went to the station to report that a man in white van had offered her son ride home, according to the police report. The woman …
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Without a procedure spelling out who has the authority to dismiss tickets, questions of how tickets are handled will continue, the office said.
UPDATES with comment from mayor. Dormont should develop a procedure for dismissing certain parking tickets to alleviate concerns of ticket fixing, according to the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office. The office has not, as Mayor Tom Lloyd said in a recent email, indicated that certain people have the right to dismiss tickets, spokesman Mike Manko said Wednesday. Lloyd wrote in an email Friday to various borough employees that he and the president of the state mayor’s association had met with D.A. Stephen Zappala who “supported the mayor’s right to dismiss tickets and also to have some designees.” Lloyd continued, in capitals: “We will continue to follow the practice we have been using for the past number of years.” But Manko …
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7:27 pm on Tuesday, December 6, 2011
No benefits for temp employees. He was already on "vacation" ie, retired, when he was hired. It was a temporary job in which he chose to resign. Goodbye. Took lots of money - what was it? - $5K a MONTH!?! And council gives him more. They are using money like TP at the boro. more ›