It appears that Chief Edward Hargis was riding in the new Portsmouth Police Boat yesterday when he got tossed out of the boat. I don’t know if any injury ensued (except as a minimum to some ones pride and then hide), I hope not. Given that the boat was new [...]
City Attorney Tim Oksman requests Margarita Mixer
In an email I obtained via the Virginia Freedom of Information Act from City of Portsmouth, City Attorney Tim Oksman makes a request to the Commander of the Police Training Unit Lt. Scott Burke [...]
As yet another demonstration of the problems involving the Portsmouth Police Department the Virginia Criminal Justice Services Board on June 11, 2009 decertified the Portsmouth Police from the Certified Crime Prevention Community Program. The program is outlined below from the DCJS website:
“The Certified Crime Prevention Community Program. Based on a [...]
For those few people that think the City of Portsmouth management looks out for their employee’s and that the City is a big family that takes care of its own I have a word for you, bunk.
Below is a passage from the City of Portsmouth’s Professional Occupational Medical Management Services [...]
Someone I had contact with recently within the Portsmouth Police Department told me that I shouldn’t be bitter. I explained to them that I am not and then we had a discussion about the serious lack of morals and ethics within the management of the Portsmouth Police Department. Both of [...]
Below is the first 40 minutes of the Portsmouth Civil Service Commission Quarterly Meeting held on July 31st 2009. Due to an equipment limitation the last part of the meeting was not recorded. The problem has been identified and will be corrected by the next meeting.
Issues discussed at this meeting;
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Many public safety personnel in the City of Portsmouth do not understand the importance of the Civil Service Commission relating to there jobs, job security and advancement opportunities.
I have spent much time researching the rules and laws involving the City of Portsmouth Civil Service Commission. It is so important that [...]
Picture worth a thousand words;
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* S: (n) confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior) “a confusion of impressions”
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Mistakes are made, some worse then others but we are human and that is human nature. It is frustrating to see incidents made to go away because they are of a political nature and the transgressors then have no incentive to discontinue unacceptable behavior.
I have a question for all;
Who does [...]
It appears that someone somewhere decided to look for the cause of the degradation of the City of Portsmouth 800 Mhz Trunked Radio System and they might have found it. From what I have been able to learn the City has done some work on the antenna’s at the main [...]
I received a comment back in January that I have not had time to address until now. Below is the comment and my response;
Your Name Me Me Email meme123@yahoo.com Website http:// Message Whats the deal? Now that you went begging and groveling for you job back, you too big of a pussy or coward to continue writing?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
First, [...]
Portsmouth is in financial crisis and appears to be the first city in this area to start laying off employees claiming budgetary shortfalls. Could these layoff’s have been prevented? It’s a complex question, but if you look at some of the previous actions of the Portsmouth City Council and the [...]
I received word yesterday that Interim Police Chief William Corvello resigned for the second and likely last time from his position with the City of Portsmouth Click here to see Chief Corvello’s second and likely last resignation letter. Having dealt with him personally during the previous months about [...]
Below is the latest radio spot from the Portsmouth Fraternal Order of Police Lodge. They are attempting to generate support among the citizens of Portsmouth for better pay for the Portsmouth Police Officers. I fully support this endeavor and wish them well on a quest that typically falls on deaf [...]
Email sent a little after 8pm tonight indicates that Chief Corvello met with City Council and they addressed his concerns. He has decided to stay.
That’s good news because the City of Portsmouth was not going to find anyone of Chief Corvello’s caliber, stature or experience.
Thanks Chief Corvello for staying ..
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I had a good laugh today when I received an email with an audio attachment. It’s one of those funny things that’s sad. It starts off as a recruiting ad, kinda, but is actually a very well done parody of the current retention problems facing the Portsmouth Police Department. The [...]
City of Portsmouth Interim Chief of Police William Corvello submitted his resignation on August 18th after a little over 3 months on the job. (Click to see Chief Corvello’s resignation letter to City Manager Kenneth Chandler). The resignation has an effective date of September 1st 2008. Chief Corvello was [...]
I have been involved with the City of Portsmouth for over four years now. As a Police Officer you are involved in many situations where people say things that are rude, impolite, hateful, abusive and obscene but what I heard at the Portsmouth City Council meeting on the night of [...]
I have it on good authority that several original arrest warrants issued by a Portsmouth Magistrate were shredded because of possible political ties to someone in Portsmouth City Government.
Depending on who’s involved it’s a Class 6 Felony (Click here to read State Code 18.2-107 about destroying Public documents). I [...]
Police and Fire Fighters in certain parts of the City of Portsmouth still can’t safety communicate using the multi-million dollar 800 Mhz Motorola Trunked Radio system. The problem stems from the location and height of the radio system equipment and antenna’s. It is not a failure to operate correctly it [...]
Message to my friends and former Co-Workers at the Portsmouth Police Department,
I just received word that the International Brotherhood of Police Officers National President David Holway and regional National Vice-President Paul Birks will be at the Norfolk Local meeting hall from 10am to 6pm on Tuesday the 9th of July. [...]
It is time to end my silence after many weeks of hoping that the management of the City of Portsmouth would “do the right thing”. They have not, yesterday I was told by the new Chief of Police William Corvello that he was recommending I be reinstated to my previous [...]
It appears that the City of Portsmouth City Manager Mr. Kenneth Chandler had finally reached the point that he felt action needed to be taken to maintain credibility of the Portsmouth Police Department. I applaud his actions and hope other senior executive staff still there are held accountable for their [...]
Portsmouth
Police Officers Oath of Office
I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as a Police Officer of the City of [...]
The theme of the week is accountability, justice must prevail and hold those accountable to the law without preferential treatment or to cater to any ones convenience.
The quotes above, the first Eleanor Roosevelt’s, the second mine not only speak about the last couple days in the City of Portsmouth but [...]
It appears accountability is the word of the day in Portsmouth. Chief is the first to go, hopefully some others in management who can’t follow their department’s policies or the law will follow shortly. Read on if you want to know what I am referring to.
Well those that read this [...]
I was involved in one of my grievances on Friday at the Department Head level and Chief Edward Long was absent. Lieutenant Colonel Fremd acted in his place. City HR did not explain his absense to me or the Grievance Panel members.
Another mystery …
[...]Funny title huh? Think that it’s a joke well it’s not. Back at the end of 2006 the city had new City Code books printed. I became aware of this as did people in Animal Control. We both asked for a copy of the new City Code book. Click [...]
Recently a Police Officer from the City of Portsmouth was involved in a DUI Accident (Click WVEC Segment on the Portsmouth Police Officers DUI April 2008 to view the WVEC segment on the incident) . As a former police officer I have worked a number of DUI’s and currently [...]
Powershift is reassigned, specialized units are now task with handling calls for service and Portsmouth says they are spending to much on overtime to handle their required day-to-day law enforcement functions. Check out the various document links in the paragraphs below that outlines these major changes that impact the safety [...]
The radio system problems have far reaching consequences and puts every city employee that relies on a city radio at risk if they call for help in an emergency situation. The ones with the most serious risk are the Police Officers and Fire Fighters that are called on to protect [...]
Below is a compilation of the current pay for the Portsmouth Police Department I obtained via FOIA. The low appears to be lower then anywhere else in the area. I will be posting updated comparisons as soon as I get data from the other cities.
Pretty sad given the crime rate [...]
After much work by a friend this website is about to go live .. Many things need to be exposed. Although this website is about the Portsmouth VA Police Department it is not connected in anyway with either the Portsmouth Police Department or the City of Portsmouth .. They have [...]
