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Freddie Stubbs

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Wed Jul 9, 2014, 07:53 AM Jul 2014

Nazareth mayor looking into allegations against police chief

Nazareth Mayor Carl R. Strye Jr. said he personally is looking into a resident's allegations of racism, bullying and other wrongdoing against police Chief Thomas Trachta, but added, "I'm convinced most of this is unfounded."

Strye's action comes a day after political blogger Bernie O'Hare urged Borough Council to fire the five-year police chief over several infractions alleged by O'Hare, including using code words such as UNB to refer to "unwanted N-word in Borough."

"If [police] were doing anything like that, I'd have heard about it and I've never, ever heard anyone say that was going on," Strye said Tuesday, referring to the code words. "There's no way it's true. I'm talking with the officers, and I'll take a look at some of these other things. If reprimands are warranted, we'll do that, but I'm convinced most of this is unfounded."

O'Hare, a Nazareth resident who says his campaign to get Trachta fired has led at least one officer to try to intimidate him, is less than confident Strye will conduct a valid investigation.

more: http://www.mcall.com/news/local/nazareth/mc-nazareth-mayor-responds-20140708,0,3367724.story

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Nazareth mayor looking into allegations against police chief (Original Post) Freddie Stubbs Jul 2014 OP
You can read much more about this out of control local police force at this blog JPZenger Jul 2014 #1

JPZenger

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1. You can read much more about this out of control local police force at this blog
Fri Jul 11, 2014, 10:49 AM
Jul 2014
http://lehighvalleyramblings.blogspot.com/

The sad thing is - this borough is surrounded by a highly professional regional police force, that they easily could have joined. Instead, they are paying for a more ruthless version of the Keystone Cops.
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