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CITY

OF

HARTFORD

INTERDEPARTMENTAL

MEMORANDUM

TO:

FROM:

SUBJECT:DATE:

Cc:

Santiago Malave,

Director

of

Human

Resources

5^^7^^

harles A.

Teale

Sr., Fire Chief

Preliminary

InvestigationofTraining Deputy Chief Daniel Nolan

April

18,2008

Please

be advised that the preliminary investigation of the charges brought against TrainingDeputy Chief Nolan is now complete.This investigationwasconductedbyAssistant Chief Michael Parker with representativesofLocal 760 present including President Vincent Fusco and

1

st

Vice President Scott Brady andthe results were forwarded to me on April

18,2008.

I am inreceiptof thefindingsandwould liketomeetat

your

earliest convenienceforreview

and

consultationtodetermine

what

mustbeaccomplished regarding this matter.

To; Chief

Charles

A

TealeSr.From;

Asst.

Chief

M.A.

Parker

Date;

April

17,

2008Subject; Preliminary investigations

Chief Teale;

The

preliminary

investigations were conducted into three anonymous alleged

allegations

against

Deputy Chief Nolan,

The

Training

Division,

(including

a

detail

Lieutenant

and a

detail

Firefighter)

the

19

new

probationary

firefighters, the EAP

liaisonand aFire

Cadet were

all

interviewed

by

President Fusco (Local 760),

Vice-President

Brady

(local

760),

and me.

The

3

ajiojnvjnous

alleged

allegations are;

1)

Deputy

Chief

Nolan,

of

training,

"is

giving

out

questions

to the

oral

interview

before

the

applicants meet with Chief

Teale"

in

return

for a

donation

to

Chief Nolan's Charities.

(

referred

from

the

Chief

Operating

Officer)

2) Did

Deputy Chief Nolan violate

the

Hartford

Fire Department'sVehicle Usage Policy?

(

referred

from

Asst.

Chief

Milner)

3)

Deputy Chief Nolan

"solicited

the

recruits

to

donate

to a

charity

he is

involved

in" to

reduce

the

number

of

towers

to be run forpunishment,

(referred

from

Vincent Fusco, Pres. Local 760)

The

first anonymous alleged allegation; (current recruit process)

Deputy

Chief

Nolan, of

training,

"is

giving

out

questions

to the

oralinterview

before

the

applicants meet with Chief Teale"

in

return

for a

donation

to

Chief

Nolan's

Charities.Deputy Chief Nolan admitted

to

speaking

to

eight

to ten

applicants prior

to

the

Fire

Chiefs

interview

but

only could recall Robert

Sharkevich's

name.Deputy Chief Nolan said

the

discussion centered around general questions

on

what

to do to get

ready,

or

when

the

test

was

going

to

start.Deputy Chief Nolan denied having

any

knowledge

of the

questions beingasked

by

Chief Teale

or

Asst. Chief Parker.Deputy Chief Nolan admitted that

he

told

some

recruits

that

the

class

would

start

in

June sometime. (Could

not

re-call names)

Deputy

Chief Nolan

is

involved

in

many

charities; Cystic Fibrosis,Leukemia, Miami Project, Cherish

the

Children...

The

second anonymous alleged allegation;

Did

Deputy Chief

Nolan

violate

the

Hartford

Fire Department's VehicleUsage Policy?

Deputy

Chief

Nolan

acknowledged that

he has

commuter privileges only

and his use of the

Fire Department vehicle

is to be

used

for

Fire Department businessonly. Deputy Chief Nolan denies ever traveling

out of

state

to

destination such

as, New

York

or

Rhode Island

in his

assigned Fire Department vehicle.

The

following vehicles

and

mileage checks

are as

follows;

Name

Vehicle Mileage In-service dateD.C.Nolan

5-HFD

8,520miles

Nov.

27,2007

Supt

Smith

7-HFD

5,43 9

miles Oct.

31,2007

Ms.

Soltys

207-HFD

3,500

miles Nov.

2,2007

FMO

Casares

4-HFD 2,850 miles

Oct.31,2007

Supt.

Cote

6-HFD

2,600 miles Jan.

1,2008

The

third anonymous alleged allegation; (former recruit

class,

10/22/07

-1/25/08)

Deputy

Chief Nolan

"solicited

the

recruits

to

donate

to a

charity that

he is

involved

in" to

reduce

the

number

of

towers

to be run for

punishment?

1)

Deputy Chief Nolan denied soliciting recruits

to

purchase

raffle

tickets

during recruit training,

to

reduce

the

number

of punishment

towers

to

be

run.

Deputy

Chief

Nolan said that

he had no

tickets

of any

kind

to

sell

during recruit training.

When

the 20

recruits were asked; "Did Deputy Chief Nolan

solicit

you or the

class

to buy or

sell

raffle

tickets or any

tickets

in

return

for a

lesser number

of

punishment

towers

to be

run?" Sixteen

(16)

recruits

responded

yes, they were solicited

to

purchase tickets

for a

fund

raiser

or

charity.

2)

Deputy Chief Nolan admitted

to

soliciting

donations

for the

'Lea Foundation'

to

support

the

'Big Climb'

but

denies ever requesting

Sony

play-stations, electronic games,

or the

monetary equivalent

of

such

to

reduce

the

number

of

punishment towers

to be

run. Deputy Chief

Nolan

said that

a

recruit voluntarily donated salsa lessons

to the

'LeahFoundation'.

When

the 20

recruits were asked; "Did Deputy Chief Nolan

askyou

or the

recruit class

to

donate play-stations

or

electronic games

to a

charity

to

reduce

the

number

of

punishment towers

to be

run?",

nineteen

(19)

recruits responded yes.

3)

Deputy Chief Nolan denies telling

the

recruit class that

if

theyparticipated

in the

'Big Climb',

on

their

own

time, that

he

would reduce

the

number

of punishment

towers

to be

run.

When

the

twenty

(20) recruits were asked; "Did

Deputy

Chief

Nolan

tell you,

or the

class, that

if you

participated

in the

'Big

Climb',

on

your

own

time, their punishment towers would

be

reduced?",

seven

(7)recruits

responded yes.

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