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PATROI�4 A. it. CoLVI
In the -matter of the hearing of the charges against Patrolman
A. A. Colvin, the findings of the Council of 'ueblo are as follows;
I. :gin the hearing no witnesses testified directly as to the dis-
turbance at the Del ledico place and that matter came before the Commiesionere
only
in an
incidental way,
the position of the Council
of Pueblo
being
that
they
did not care to
consider complaints of known
violators
of the law
against police officers.
2. The matter of the general efficiency in service was presented
to the Council and the fir-ding of the Council is that during the time
that Patrolman h. A. Colvin has been on the Police Department of Pueblo
his sea vice as a Patrolman has been iriost efficient. It appeared that in
attempting to enforce the law, and under provocation, he used language
which he iuxiediately admitted was not warranted and we col,mend iiiB
willingness in curving frankly before the Council and admitting that his
1anguage was not warranted.
3. In the charges against Patrolman A. A - C olvin was a complaint
that he ..as been drinking in violation of the rules of the Police De.
pai2mant of xlueblo, and this charge is vMolly independent of all other com-
plaints against him. Patrolman A.A- C olvin admitted to the Commissioners
that lie purchased an unusual amount of cherries; that he made or manufactured
wine from the cherries. Ile described the way or method used in feri-
the wine and admitted that he had been using it, and his use of it seems
Go have been Plore or less continuous.
In 1.aking or manufacturing this wine he violated the law; in keeping
it in his possession he violated the law, and in using or dInking it he
violated the rules of the Police Department of Pueblo, and on this complaint
the Council of Pueblo finds and determines that hie suspension should be
made permanent and that he should be dismissed from the zolice Department.
L troduced March 12th, 1927
BO Chas. B. Clark
Com...iss-' oner,