Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The Public Safety Committee will hold hearings to go over each of the nearly 50 recommendations in the Public Safety Study.
The Public Safety Committee will hear from firefighters and police officers along with the Fire and Police chiefs as they go through the recommendations from the Public Safety Study presented to the town by The Matrix Group. The report includes 22 recommendations for the Police Department and 27 for the Fire Department, some of which angered members of the Watertown Fire Department when they were presented in April. Who Gets a Say Town Councilor Vincent Piccirilli, the chairman of the Public Safety Committee, proposed a process for going through the study, one recommendation at a time. He said he plans to take input from Fire Chief Mario Orangio and Police Chief Edward Deveau, as well as members of the police and fire departments and the …
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The report presented last week sparked much debate. The recommendations will be discussed by the Public Safety Committee before anything is put into place.
Recommendations of the controversial Public Safety Report will not be put into service until Town Councilors have heard from the police and fire chiefs, said Town Council President Mark Sideris. Sideris said he has met with Police Chief Edward Deveau and will meet soon with Fire Chief Mario Orangio to hear about their concerns stemming from the report put together by The Matrix Group. “Particularly the fire chief has a lot of concerns,” Sideris said. “He feels his department is not being portrayed the way he feels it is supposed to be portrayed. He wants to talk about it.” When The Matrix Group presented the report, many firefighters came to object to the findings. Particularly, Orangio said he did not like the recommendation to have a …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Fire Chief Mario Orangio disapproved of the recommendation of having a minimum of 16 firefighters on duty, and said an early draft recommended 17.
The Public Safety report examining the Fire and Police Departments received mixed reviews from the two departments – one welcomed the review and the other blasted the findings. Representatives from The Matrix Group presented their findings to the Town Council Tuesday night at a special meeting. Because it was a special meeting, input from the public was not allowed. Among the recommendations for the Fire Department was for a 16-man minimum per shift, said Travis Miller of the Matrix Group. “I don’t think this community can safely provide service with less (staffing),” Miller said. “Unless you look at service changes.” Watertown Fire Chief Mario Orangio said he saw the final draft of the report in January and it had a minimum staffing of 17…
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