Warren police chief given option on his punishment
WARREN — Police Chief John Mandopoulos has been given a choice of accepting a 30-day suspension without pay, writing an apology, or appealing his punishment to the Warren Civil Service Commission for remarks he made to Councilman at-large Dan Crouse in August.
Crouse could not be reached to comment on the chief’s discipline.
The choices were offered to Mandopoulos in a letter Tuesday from Warren Mayor Michael O’Brien and Safety-Service Director Doug Franklin.
Mandopoulos today would not say what his next move will be. One thing he won’t do, he said, is appeal the punishment to the civil service commission.
“I can’t afford to appeal. I would have to pay out of my own pocket, and that would be more [expensive] than 30 days pay,” he said.
The cost to Mandopoulos for losing 30 calendar days of pay would be about $7,030. His annual salary is $84,370.
The letter orders Mandopoulos suspended starting Sunday unless he apologizes to Crouse in writing by Friday, in which case his suspension would be reduced to a written reprimand.
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