UPDATE: Jim Pruitt Considering Offer to Be Police Chief
Sgt. Jim Pruitt
CAPE CHARLES WAVE
December 18, 2013
Cape Charles police officer Jim Pruitt was picked Monday among three applicants to be the Town’s next police chief. But he hasn’t formally accepted the job offer yet.
Town Manager Heather Arcos called the Wave at 9 a.m. this morning to report that she and Mayor Dora Sullivan had just come out of a meeting with Pruitt to extend the offer to him, and that he had asked for a little time to consider it.
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Yesterday, Town officials had said the plan was to announce selection of the new police chief at Thursday’s Town Council meeting.
“He just said he wanted a little time to think about it,” Arcos said.
Police Chief Charles “Sambo” Brown is retiring December 31.
Another member of the five-person police force is also resigning. Assuming that Pruitt becomes chief, two new members of the force will need to be hired.
“He just wanted a little time to think about it.” Think about it long and hard Sgt. Pruitt, and decide whether you want to preside over a police force in a town where it is always open season on elected officials and town employees, to be insulted, berated, and even accused of criminal conduct, without any sort of due process, or actual evidence. Think about it.
Ms. Bauer: Perhaps we wouldn’t be so upset with our elected officials if they had been the least bit honest about what was going on with our historic school. Instead they met in secret for months before anyone knew what was going on. You wonder why we don’t trust them. Try attending some of our town meetings and watch how interested our managers, mayor, and Town Council are in ANYTHING that is being said against what they want. I have only seen you at one meeting that I know of and that was the meeting when they were busy giving away our school.
First, the full-time residents of Monroe Avenue wish to thank Chief Brown for all those years of service. He did a great job working with and building the Cape Charles Police Department, and we hope he enjoys his retirement, although there is a Council or Mayor seat that is currently being kept warm for him :). We hope Officer Pruitt will indeed accept the position. He is a young, sharp, dedicated guy who understands the role, and will be able to continue the work begun by those who have preceded him. And, Jim is a Cape Charles guy who also understands where the Town has been, and where it’s going. The Mayor, Council, and Town Manager Arcos should be applauded for choosing Sgt. Pruitt to serve as our next Chief of Police.
Wrong Ms. Bender. The meeting I attended actually occurred after the town had unloaded that falling down money pit on some unsuspecting developers.
Ms. Bauer: Our town manager said the reason for selling the school was that it was in terrible condition. Later, on the application to the Department of Historic Resources for tax credits, our town manager stated that the school was in good condition. Tell me — who did our town manager deceive? When Echelon sent their contractors over after the “sale,” and I use that term loosely, Echelon’s men told Frank Wendell that the building was in “great condition.” For that matter, the only reason the school was in a state of disrepair is because the town broke their own town codes and didn’t do even minimal upkeep on the building. I may be just a dumb little country girl, but I believe that is called misfeasance. I would even go so far as to use the term malfeasance due to the fact that they never wanted the school to be anything at all.
From what I understand, Ms. Bauer, you are involved with the group that wants to bring the Rosenwald School back from the dead. Now there is a building that would make a great community center. Of course first you have to buy it. Last I heard they were asking $600,000. My husband was in that building in the mid-’70s and it was a dump then. I think it would make a great community center, and just think — it has its very own air freshener.
The town never wanted a community center and they are thrilled that there is no basketball court because they want to keep “that other element” out of town.
So there we have it: liars, misfeasance, malfeasance, and racists. And you wonder why we have this attitude?
I hope Sgt Pruitt will accept the position. He is a great police officer and strong member of the Cape Charles community. Town Councils come and go but Sgt Pruitt has the support of the people. And Sgt Pruitt don’t worry about the 2 vacancies this will give you the opportunity to create your own team.
Va. Code Section 2.2-3711.3 provides that a public body may hold a closed meeting for discussion or consideration of the acquisition of real property for a public purpose, or the disposition of publicly held real property. . . . “Closed” is not equal to secret. The proceedings should be placed in the proper context. The officials met in closed session. The characterization as “secret” wrongfully maligns the public officials as the sessions were authorized by statute.
regarding code 2.2-3711.3 : Discussion or consideration of the acquisition of real property for a public purpose, or of the disposition of publicly held real property, where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body.
Mr. Fox….if you are going to reference the law let’s put the entire law. In what way would it have hurt Echelon’s bargaining position? They “supposedly” put in an unsolicited offer.
No Mr. Fox, I beg to differ with you. The fact of the matter is, the town negotiated in closed session because they KNEW there would be trouble.
They rushed the sale and hearings for the conditional use permit and zoning changes.
You might want to try coming to some meetings and ask a few questions. No actually don’t bother to ask questions because they will never answer you.