Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
QUINCY — A 283-page report on the investigation into complaints made against former Quincy Police Department Chief Rob Copley, current Chief Adam Yates and the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners concludes no wrongdoing was discovered. The report, dated Dec. 15 and compiled by Rick Stewart of the Stewart Law Firm in Springfield, was released…
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QUINCY — Votes on a report and a resolution that have attracted great interest during recent meetings of the Quincy City Council both were tabled for a second time Monday night. A report from Springfield attorney Rick Stewart about an internal complaint filed during the hiring process for the chief of the Quincy Police Department…
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I am writing to share my thoughts regarding Mayor (Mike) Troup’s recent comments to Muddy River News regarding the Police Chief search investigation. While Troup may have some valid points, I believe several key issues have been overlooked and need to be addressed. First, Troup’s comments regarding the whistleblower are concerning. While he may have…
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I must applaud the City Council for refusing to rubber stamp Mayor Troup’s appointment of Angela Caldwell to the Quincy Fire and Police Commission. This has nothing to do with Ms. Caldwell or her qualifications to serve. It has everything to do with the mayor’s insistence on injecting his personal and, perhaps, political views into…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup plans to resubmit Angela Caldwell’s name for a three-year appointment to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. However, an outgoing commissioner says he’s worried about the “independence” of the three-person panel in the future. Troup said he remained “committed” to appointing Caldwell in an email sent Thursday, Feb.…
Read Full Article I was disappointed by Mayor Troup’s explanation of his decision not to reappoint me to the Fire and Police Commission. His recent email to the City Council and the commission didn’t shed much light on his decision-making, and it is my understanding that some members of the City Council required him to write the email…
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At Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, Mayor Mike Troup stated, “We had trouble with the committee (commissioners) that served for decades.” This was in reference to his decision to not reappoint Steve Meckes to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and instead nominate Angela Caldwell to take his place. Dub Groves, Jim Vandament, Herb…
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I could do nothing but shake my head after reading the article in Muddy River News detailing Mayor Troup’s decision to replace Steve Meckes on the Fire and Police Commission. Let me begin by saying that I am acquainted with none of the principals involved — not Mr. Meckes, not Ms. Caldwell and certainly not…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Another change in the makeup of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners will be up for a vote Monday night. The agenda for Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting, made public Friday afternoon, lists a series of appointments by Mayor Mike Troup to various committees and commissions. One appointment is for Angela Caldwell…
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QUINCY — The city of Quincy’s Board of Fire and Police Commissioners has announced a testing date of 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, for people interested in becoming a firefighter for the City of Quincy. The written test will be conducted at John Wood Community College, 1301 S. 48th. The written test is valued at 60 percent…
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QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners discussed hiring requirements and approvals for police officers and firefighters, reviewed records of previous closed meetings, finalized the commission’s annual report and took action on several other items during its meeting Tuesday morning at City Hall. What the commissioners did not discuss in open session, however,…
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QUINCY — A motion was made during the May 2 meeting of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners that the group scoring sheets, as well as individual interviewer scoring sheets, used during the interview process for the new chief of the Quincy Police Department last week would be made public. The motion from commissioner…
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QUINCY — No action was taken by the Quincy City Council during its Monday meeting in regard to the ongoing negotiations with Jonathan Lewin as the city’s next chief of police. Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said during a Monday press conference he planned to ask the City Council to request that the Board of Fire…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup and two aldermen plan to ask the City Council at tonight’s weekly meeting to request that the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners extend their probationary offer with Jonathan Lewin to become the chief of police from six months to one year. Troup and aldermen Mike Rein (R-5) and…
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QUINCY — Steve Meckes, one of three members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, said Quincy Mayor Mike Troup has been “manipulative” and “somewhat threatening” during the process to find a new chief of the Quincy Police Department. Meckes expressed his concerns Monday afternoon, hours after a press conference Troup and two aldermen…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners selected Jonathan Lewin as its chief of police during a meeting Monday morning at City Hall. Lewin, a 28-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was selected ahead of Shannon Pilkington, deputy chief of operations with the Quincy Police Department, and Adam Yates, deputy chief of…
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QUINCY — Two of the three finalists for the position of Quincy’s chief of police already are employed by the Quincy Police Department. An email sent Saturday night to local media by Barry Cheyne, one of three members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, revealed the finalists selected after a two-month search. They are:…
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QUINCY — The qualifications for a candidate to be Quincy’s next chief of police now are much less stringent. The job was posted earlier this month on the Illinois Police Chief Association website. However, the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners — Barry Cheyne, Steve Meckes and Kerry Anders — voted Friday during a special…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup’s proposal for Jason Finney appointed to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners ran into a snag during Monday’s Quincy City Council meeting. Troup said in a Friday interview that Kerry Anders’ term expired at the end of January. Anders said in a Sunday interview he wants to fulfill…
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QUINCY — Quincy Mayor Mike Troup plans to appoint former 3rd Ward alderman Jason Finney to the city’s Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, effective immediately for a three-year term, at Monday’s City Council meeting. Kerry Anders, who Finney would replace on the committee, isn’t quite ready to step aside. Troup said in a Friday…
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QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners sent a request to the Quincy City Council to approve at its Monday meeting the expenditure of $9,000 to the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police to assist on conducting a police chief search. Alderman instead chose to send the request fo the police aldermanic committee.…
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QUINCY — The Board of Fire and Police Commissioners has informed the Quincy City Council of its intention to reappoint Rob Copley as chief of the Quincy Police Department for a three-year term. Copley has been with the Police Department since 1980 and has been police chief since 2004. His last three-year reappointment was in…
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