Omaha fire battalion chief placed on paid leave over Facebook posts

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Andrew J. Nelson

Omaha Fire Battalion Chief Joseph Salcedo has been placed on paid administrative leave over Facebook posts, the Omaha Fire Department said Monday.

Salcedo “shared potentially inappropriate content on his personal Facebook page,” the fire department said in a press release. He is on leave pending completion of the investigation, officials said.

The matter was reviewed by Interim Fire Chief Dan Olsen, the Omaha Fire Department’s internal affairs office and the City of Omaha’s human resources department, officials said.

Screen shots of what were purported to be the posts contained accusations against President Barack Obama and the Black Lives Matter movement.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/omaha-fire-battalion-chief-placed-on-paid-leave-over-facebook/article_334dedbe-5815-11e6-b4a8-7fe985da6cdc.html

---

[chillfactor]

1. it would be nice....

to know what Salcedo said...the article does not say.

[left-of-center2012]

4. "the article does not say"

"The fire department says contractual obligations require that it can't provide details about the investigation."

http://www.dailyprogress.com/omaha-battalion-chief-placed-on-leave-after-facebook-posts/article_f226a29b-5f5b-5b3d-96f2-0594143ac344.html

The police contract here in Albuquerque also has a provision prohibiting a lot of bad/illegal acts by cops from being made public.

[William Seger]

6. Local news said he shared a post that called Obama and BLM "cop-hating terrorists" (n/t)

[ffr]

7. You had to dig into the story for a couple more links

To get this tiny image, which you'll have to have your browser zoom in on to read (CTRL) +

[RKP5637]

2. FFS! What a damn fool! n/t

[Lochloosa]

3. Don't have a Facebook account and never will.

Get a little drunk and ....

[Nitram]

9. Facebook isn't for everybody, but you are indeed wise to refrain from...

...getting an account if you drink and post inappropriate content. Personally I use Facebook to keep in touch with family and friends all over the world, and I share a lot of political thoughts for comment. Get into some very good discussions about science, current events and the election.

[montana_hazeleyes]

5. Once again,

they get what amounts to a paid vacation. Paid for by some of the very people they denigrate.

[Igel]

8. And if it's found he violated policy, he loses his job.

Otherwise, he shouldn't have been punished by having his salary withheld on the grounds of mere suspicion.

That's how it works. You try to avoid hurting those who are innocent until you can prove guilt. It means some bad things go unpunished. But the goal is to avoid punishing people for not doing anything. It was a truly innovative idea a few centuries ago in Britain. Hasn't caught on in much of the world, at least not yet, and it seems to be losing ground to "kill them all and let God sort them out."