From the Eagle Tribune;
September 15, 2011
Town won't release police review until lawyer says OK
By Cara Hogan
chogan@eagletribune.com
ATKINSON — An independent review of the police department is finished, but just a few people are privy to the results.
The town received the report on the day-to-day management of the police department from Municipal Resources Inc. on Friday, according to Selectman Fred Childs.
But instead of releasing the document, selectmen handed it over to town attorney Sumner Kalman Monday. Kalman said there would be a delay in the public release because he has to do an analysis of it first.
The Eagle Tribune has filed a Freedom of Information Act request, seeking public release of the review.
"The attorney has to look it over to make sure there's nothing that shouldn't be divulged to the public," Childs said. "We just have to make sure there's no information in there that's going to be illegal."
Selectmen voted to pay $5,000 to MRI, which specializes in management reviews, to study the department after numerous conflicts with police Chief Philip Consentino over hiring a new lieutenant.
Consentino said he hasn't seen the report yet and didn't know the town had a copy. He said he was frustrated by the delay.
"Why is this only a draft?" he asked. "If the guy did his report, he should finalize it and send it in. I want to find out if we can hire people and if I've still got a job."
Selectman William Friel said the report is still a draft and will be released when it is finalized.
But the exemption for draft reports under state statute, RSA 91-A, only applies to documents that have not been released to "a quorum or a majority of the members of a public body."
At least two of the three board members have seen the review, according to a selectman.
"Mr. Friel and I looked it over, but Mr. (William) Bennett has been sick and all three of us have to look at it," Childs said.
But Kalman said it's important to analyze the document before it is released to the public.
He cited the same RSA as providing an exemption for the release of the publicly funded review.
"There's exemptions over invasions of privacy and many other issues," he said. "There could be information in the study that could reveal when shifts change. It could help burglars decide that 1:30 is the best time to commit a crime."
Kalman said it's important to protect the safety of Atkinson's residents first, before releasing the report.
"Just because two selectmen allegedly read something doesn't automatically mean everything in the report is available," he said. "Until (the report) has been analyzed and understood, there will have to be a delay of the release of information."
Consentino said he was surprised to hear Kalman was looking at the report.
"If there's something in the study detrimental to somebody's character or reputation, that may be a case where they could be sued for that," he said. "But otherwise, nobody should be making any changes to the report. The gentleman that did the survey is supposed to be an independent person."
Sending it to a lawyer for review is standard procedure, according to Childs.
"It's nothing unusual to have an attorney look it over," he said. "We're not trying to hide anything from the public. It will be public as soon as Mr. Kalman gets done with it."
The town has five days to respond to the newspaper's Freedom of Information request.
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I wouldn't trust Kalman or our Selectmen as far as I could throw 'em.
My opinion, humble or not.
Release the report and let the chips fall where they may.
If we do not get an original report, I fully support court action.
These are professionals. To insinuate that they put something in there that is confidential or otherwise illegal is ludicrous and is a smoke screen.
If I parked my car in front of the police station, don't you think I could figure out when shifts change? Sumner Kalman, the BOS's Attorney, is a high paid idiot.
Release the unredacted version of the MRI report before town officials spin the truth into a $5000 bowl of mush.
The BOS and town attorney will "sanitize" the MRI report for the voters.
Lets go get these thugs. Sue their asses off.
The only one protecting Cavalier is the blog. The blog reports every article about Atkinson residents they get their hands on. A known drug dealer busted and the blog sweeps it under the rug. Mark made comments of support on the Tribune article. How many favors must you do at town hall for the blog HEADS not to trash you?
Will be fun to compare the restatements and redactions against the real report.
Superior court, here we come! Your honor, we request the unmodified report as constructed and written by Municipal Resources Inc. We paid for that police report as written, not as rewritten and messed with by a part time police officer/selectman. Your honor, the address and contact info for MRI direct is....
Wanna bet a dinner for 2 at the Stagecoach Grill that Attorney Kalman will provide a copy of the MRI report to Chief Consentino as a courtesy so he can meet with him early next week to discuss it? If we can believe the statement from Consentino that he hasn't seen the report yet.
The MRI report can't be released without serious modifications people!
Those MRI pukes just don't know how to prepare a report for Atkinson Selectmen. The MRI report is just an outline and WE fill in the details.
We all get around this big table at the Atkinson Country Club, Frank and Jack sit in and Snitcher and Killiam, Sumner too. We hammer out the revised report and make it "professional" and "realistic". "So, Jack, you approve of this line 223-A5? What about you Frank? ---Barb, SHUT UP already about the Chief, ok? We will get to that. Summer, can you explain what this word "pernicious" abuse of authority means? What does "pernicious" mean?"
We will teach them again. We make the rules and laws in this dictatorship. We are above State Law. The Eagle Tribune will get no more advertising money from Atkinson town hall... sticking your nose in where it don't belong.
It's our Gulag and we do what we want to who we want when we want cause we got unlimited dollars to sue you at taxpayer expense.
Sorry, but I the Catwoman, did not make that post about neighbors and drugs. I also would not comment about Cavalier since I do not know the man.
Sumner needs to be included in any court action if he tries to violate our rights to see this report in it's entirety and in it's original state.
He cannot enable the BOS to do anything else.
Now we really know that the banty listtle rooster does the cat postings.
Who besides Consentino would be trying to divert the topic from the Eagle Tribune filing a Right to Know request for the MRI report.
Also Frank makes grammar errors that you can recognize.
It's funny that they even attempt to try to defend the PD. It's that naked emperor again and we all see him....
The Cat comments will end now. Any posted from now on will be deleted as they contribute nothing to the conversation. It is time for the kiddies to go back to school.
I fully expected some kind of nonsensical attempt at trying to squash the MRI report.
We will get it intact.
we should consider a class action lawsuit against the town for the MRI report, the elderly information (list, rides, mileage with verification, hours spent by the dirvers, cost of manpwer, car maintenance and rules about how to get services).
There must be rules, where are they?
Anyway, lets also get everyones qualification info. Yes, it's public info.
I want police reports from the past 5 years, everyone of them, backed up by phone records.
If they are afraid of someone suing, changing the report is a good way to make sure that happens!
Thank you AtkinsonReporter2 Moderators. What took you guys so long to get rid of the cat comments. You're right, they don't add to the topic.
The PD is open 8 to 4 Monday thru Friday.
My guess is that shifts change at 8, 4 and 12. How did I do?
If they want to keep shift change a secret, too late.
Maybe they should change over to secret hours!
Imagine if they started to tell people that it's confidential information and we can't tell you when we're open.
What would you do if they admitted the truth and told you they are NEVER OPEN for the HONEST taxpayer complaints?
Only Crooks get any action (protection) from the Conman.
We're paying Kalman for what exactly? BOS to have Attorney-Client privilege? He acts as if BOS are his personal clients. We need new town counsel. Kalman doesn't mind getting thrust in the middle of it. Why? Can ya guess? so he gets the extra $$ when he gets extra court fees. Stir the pot Kalman! Make more money! munny munny munny munny! Oh boy!
You can dish it out but you can't take it
Meow
People! THINK!!!
It's the Selectmen who hire the Town Attorney. All department heads are sent to him by the Selectmen.
If Sumner were to sneak Phil a copy of the original (1) He'd put in in the papers to prove how wonderful MRI thinks he is or (2) He's put it in the papers to rally his support.
You know that, I know that, and so does Sumner who has been Town Attorney for as long as Phil has been chief.
Sumner's job is to review for potential legal suits.
Let him do it!
all hail the king, the king has spoken, this blog is full of "rats" and we know what happends to them.
this blog is a joke and is about to be taken down, its too bad for the owners you must get a ton of traffic on this stupid site, the same 5 people blog over and over again, loosers, why dont you get a job or a husband oh thats right you lost them both. better luck next life
Attorney Kalman is a Real Estate Lawyer and a Municipal Lawyer. He's got his fingers into everything in Southeastern NH. If you could look up the
phrase "potential conflict of interest" in the dictionary, his picture would be there in color. Hell, he's even presented cases before the NH Supreme Court in Concord. Do you trust Attorney Kalman with respect to Consentino and your civil rights? Do you trust the current BOS with respect to Consentino and your civil rights? I didn't think so! Release the MRI Report!
My opinion.
BOS, stop your pussyfooting and make the MRI report public.
To Anon September 15, 2011 4:28 PM
Phil your bad typing is showing.
It must be tough to be phil right now. Lawsuits hanging over him, banty hen resigned, supporters leaving him in droves, officers leaving left & right, MRI report hanging over his head which will only state the obvious (what a freakin mess!), failing health, family problems, BOS against him, websites posting documents showing the truth, youtube videos, Eagle Tribune articles showing everyone leaving the PD and Phil fighting over his job when any normal person would retire, CNHT articles calling him a thug, and of course THAT BLOG!
You can't see the writing on the wall can you?
I say you keep up the fight! Your egomaniacal self-rightousness will prevail. You can't stop lying now. GO FOR IT!
Just my little humble opinion of course
who's trying to buy atkinson? not many people will be buying into this nutty town if you keep it us king supporters....
I think it's pathetic that people come here and show everyone what they've made up in their heads, but that has no basis in reality.
Anyone bragging about being a goon is a psycho.
Who says the MRI report includes all the information provided to them by citizens? We don't know that yet. But If they did include the information provided they they get cooked by Town of Atkinson town officials. If they don't include the secret information they they get drawn and quartered by Concord lawyers for leaving the legal documents out of their report.
I hope MRI, for their own sake, did their duty and put in their report all submitted documentation.
A good reputation can be flushed pretty quickly. Very quickly.
Who says the MRI report includes all the information provided to them by citizens? We don't know that yet. But If they did include the information provided they get cooked by Town of Atkinson town officials. If they didn't include the information they get drawn and quartered by Concord lawyers for leaving the legal documents out of their report.
I hope MRI, for their own sake, did their duty and put in their report all submitted documentation.
The good reputation of MRI will be flushed quickly if they failed to investigate based on the documentation.
Kalman thinks it's important to protect the Selectmen and town Mafia.
"Just because two selectmen allegedly read something doesn't automatically mean everything in the report is available," he said. "Until (the report) has been analyzed and understood, there will have to be a delay of the release of information."
Wrong again Kalman, the public has a right to read the report full and complete with your little comments and redactions eliminated. And we will!! The town was sent a complete and polished report from MRI. That's what they do. MRI does not supply "draft reports" to town political hacks and well known town thugs so they can re-write their report.
The Eagle Tribune is correct that the MRI report does not qualify as a draft report IN ANY CASE because a quorum oh selectmen have already read it.
When are you "selectmen" going to realize you are NOT lawmakers and above State Law? What you are is untrained an ignorantas to the law, as was your Town Moderator.
Here is what got elected. Repair man of dubious talent whose only commitment is holding onto the position unto death....a disabled non performing part time police officer/non performing engineer, and a get jobs for my construction business in Atkinson, thank God I am a selectman builder.
Maybe you three can get Judge Lewis to protect your back yet again...by denying freedom of information to the Eagle Tribune. But if he does stonewall the public right. He is no protector of civil rights, not a Champion, rather an abject failure as he will oppresses the civil rights of all town voters in New Hampshire. Ass kissing Atkinshame will come at a high cost. Reversal before the Supreme Court is a black mark that can't be lived down.
Just my humble opinion.
Taxpayer dollars paid for that report. That in itself justifies the release of the report as it was written.
Way back in the good ole' days before the days of this INTER-NET we could bury information we felt had to be kept from prying eyes. THAT BLOG gives real time updates on stories like the MRI report. You just can't hide this stuff from people no mo'. Email and cell phones and gadgets like that let people communicate quickly and get information uncensored.
Guys you can't bury it. If you put up a fight it just makes it worse. GIVE US THE REPORT NOW. Kalman won't be allowed to play games like he used to. His days are numbered anyway.
I remember Kalman recently tried to tack on $30K of legal fees representing the town. What, Kal, was it a temporary memory lapse you are on salary to the town. With your added shenanigans over sanitizing the MRI report it is time for a citizen petition warrant article to eliminate your salary altogether.
Kalman use to make a reasonable fee working for the town. Over the last 5-6 years, his fees have gone up 300-400%. Go look for yourself in the annual reports.
Actually Sumner complained in 2005 that he needed more money because when his retainer was negotiated he wasn't working full time on Atkinson. In 2005 he racked up hundreds of hours on the chiefs legal issues. He never billed the town for those hours, but that fall his retainer was tripled forevermore.
BTW, the selectman that negotiated this was Consentino and Sapia.
Surprise, Surprise.
Isn't that interesting.........RODENTS negotiate a fee increase with another RODENT at taxpayer expense.
GREAT PLACE AMERICA for people that DON’T/WON’T pay attention while being SCREWED by the RODENTS they put them into office: that want to take ADVANTAGE of taxpayers that the RODENTS have TAXED into OBLIVAN for not being able to PAY ATTENTION to the RODENTS that formulated LAWS that tax them into OBLIVIAN!
How do you spell RODENTS?
Phil Consentino, Mrs. Conman, Jack Sapia, Childs, Bill Bennet, Bill Friel, Barbara Snicher, all the people that support them and all their self appointed committees.
Now is the time for all honest people to TAKE AMERICA BACK from the scourge that violated their OATH!.
We can no longer afford the scourge of Atkinson.
mo
Don't worry, they're coming now to take you back to your padded room and give you your pretty colored meds. It'll be all right real soon now.
Blog administrator. Do you ever read your own blog? once every month? Does someone have to call you on the phone or send a carrier pigeon for you to take something offensive down.
If I knew who you were I would schedule an eye exam for the poor oversight and have the Chief drive you to the eye doctor. But, if you are I'll or not up to the job, please turn moderation temporarily over to someone who actually reads the blog every day.
Thank you
Consentino's reaction to the report, as stated in the newspaper article, is predictable, as well as disgusting and totally arrogant. he said, ''If there's something in the study detrimental to somebody's character or reputation, that may be a case where they could be sued for it.''
The report is solely about him and his management style -- a report about his failures. Just where does he get off threatening (the selectmen and MRI) legal action if anything is said that is critical of him -- that dares to not praise him.
I hope the selectmen all react strongly to Phil's vindictive, spiteful, revengeful attempt to
intimidate them from acting on the results of the report. He's, as usual, totally out of line in his continual attitude that if anything is ever said negative about him, that he will file a legal action against the truth-sayer.
the blog is crap, run by people who dont even live in atkinson, its a big scam, we should all rebell, please repost this, i have the real facts, owner is from plaistow, saw it yesterday, blog is a scam!!!! SCAM!!!
BLOG IS A SCAM!!!!BLOG IS A SCAM!!!
I heard the owner was Lafrance? Isnt that more like it? who is running this blog? Tomcat or garfield, maybe its the cat in the hat...not sure
This Blog will not fall to outside hacks from anyone, especially insecure public officials afraid of their constituents criticism.
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Consentino's reaction to the report, as stated in the newspaper article, is predictable, as well as disgusting and totally arrogant. he said, ''If there's something in the study detrimental to somebody's character or reputation, that may be a case where they could be sued for it.''
I compliment you on good writing. that whole post was done well.
Oh Golly, look at all the anti blog posts. Freedom of speech is a real threat to these hoods. Whoever the blog moderators are we voters owe you making it possible to hammer these entrenched political hacks.
They go into panic mode when someone writes the truth and sticks it to em. The squat Banty hen panics because their is no defense against the truth. There is a saying, "If you always speak the truth, eventually YOUR WORD becomes the law of the Universe." But it takes a lot of guts to always speak the truth. And in Atkinshame the only avenue for any truth to be spoken is on this anonymous and free speech blog.
So the town officials spent $20,000 taxpayer earned dollars to find just the name of the blog administrator. They failed. Then tried again with a hack lawyer with no morals but an ego big as Caligula. That didn't work. Golly wonder what you town political scum should try now?
Free speech is a threat to all dictatorships and especially small town hacks who suck the marrow out of the suffering taxpayer.
Here is your answer: The blog administrator is
Hey mark,
Go back to derry
Acciard didn't write that. I did. There are many of us and we will kick your little baby nuts until you obey the laws and rules and work in the best interest of the taxpayers.
Release the MRI report and we get to work reforming Atkinson town government.
Taxpayers rule. Taxpayers are the foundation of America. Taxpayers are ready to set new standards for Atkinson.
I see more cat comments and 5 minutes later, a threatening post. It looks like you are trying to threaten this woman again. Why don't you come out and do it under your own name? Are you afraid of will happen to you when you're caught or are you just a weak man who attacks like a sneaky vandal in the night? I cannot imagine the low quality man who would do this.
They are so afraid of what will come out in that report. I will eliminate all the doubt people have, if there' any left at all. Everyone will know for sure, what a lousy job the police dept. is doing for all that money. No oversight as to their unprofessional and scandalous behavior while on duty.
play hard to get, i wont stop, i know you want me and if im persistent you'll do what i want. you have no choice unless you want to keep getting your windows broken and your car damaged. you want police protection, you have to put out or shut up and move out of town. get it? don't call us unless you want to play by our rules. we can ruin you if you fight us.
"The attorney has to look it over to make sure there's nothing that shouldn't be divulged to the public," Childs said. "We just have to make sure there's no information in there that's going to be illegal."
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Don't understand why the BOS went for an MRI report and then stuffed it away. They had to have a clue what MRI does and seen one of their reports. Guess they thought it was their own private report for them to use or SNUFF. Then the Eagle Tribune jumps in with a freedom of information action.
Boy o boy. Now they opened Pandoras Box and the lawsuits will expose this town. The veil of oppression will be lifted.
There are good people working every day to clean up the corruption in Atkinson. One day, suddenly, it will just be over. Just like when the old town moderator was done and gone for breaking the law. Suddenly one day the terror of insults to citizens at Deliberative Session ended in Atkinson. Did you notice the absence of slanderous yelling at town newtons has stopped? That's cause one day the Banty Rooster who allowed it, flew the coop.
Likewise, we are down to the wire with police conduct in Atkinshame. Suddenly, one day it will all be over and a big breath of fresh air and sighs of relief.
Real, genuine, qualified officers, professional management, published police logs, enforcement of ordinances, shut down of drug dealing in Atkinson, officers arresting criminals without asking the town Mafia for permission. Lawsuits against the town coming to an end.
Heavenly. The thought that any elderly person can get elderly services, even if they don't make a donation to that private police charity.
One day, it will suddenly just be over.
Reading between the lines....
"The attorney has to look it over to make sure there's nothing that points to any of our past or present illegal dealings that we don't want the public to know about,Childs said. "We just have to make sure there's no information in there that could get us into trouble." "CYA you know"!
Oh where of where has my MRI report gone, oh where, oh where has it gone???
Answer: To be clipped and rewritten by a moron. Just like the police logs given to that woman judge what's her name in Plaistow. They read like a diary written by a dimwitted mo-ron with ADD.
"Old dog's breath, the lady judge, said we had to give her unredacted police logs and.... then our DIARY log is rejected and the judge throws the case out of court? How could she DO THIS to the APD? How? How? How??????"
Whadda you think is gonna happen to you with that judge next time? Ever hear of "Contempt of Court"?
Same thing.
No reason Kalman can't be taken up on ethics charges if he recommends to withhold public information.
If Bill B. cannot fulfill his responsibilities due to on-going illness, maybe he should step down.
He would not be blamed for anything that comes out of the report either.
I don't know why he is out so much but he is.
Sumnah, thanks for jumping in. U just gave us ammo we need to dump yer butt too. We'll be posting yer outrageous legal fee increases in recent years. It's public info ya know!!
How long does it take to read the MRI report? About 7 to 10 minutes.
How long does it take for town attorney Kalman to release the original copy of the MRI teport to the taxpayers who paid for it?
"Well! We were never given any original. That doesn't exist. We have a carbon copy of a draft. We have to do a forensic analysis on that. I recommend all dead reports get a colonoscopy, an autopsy, then remove the dental gold and all the viable organs and put a tag on the toe. I'd say that cadaver should be ready in.....were you talking about the new and improved MRI report or the dead one? It gets really busy in here with all these citizens suing the town."
If it goes to court, MRI can testify as to the authenticity of the report that the court gives us.
"Kalman said it's important to protect the safety of Atkinson's residents first, before releasing the report."
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Protect the safety of Atkinson's residents????
ROTFLMAO no doubt the funniest clown statement of the year.
Sumner do you realize how freakin STUPID you sound?? WE KNOW THE BOS AND PHIL COULD GIVE A SQUAT ABOUT RESIDENTS' SAFETY. Please stop trying to play the spin game for all our own sanity. We all know your crooked ways line your pockets at taxpayers expense. you could care less as long as you get your money. $$$ is all you care about. Period.
Stop embarrassing yourself.
I can smell it. Can you smell it?
I'll bet "Chief" Consentino is over at Attorney Kalman's office in Plaistow right now. Their both reviewing the MRI report, yucking it up and using one of those black Magic Markers to redact whole lines and paragraphs. Well we wouldn't want the real truth in the MRI report to come out, now would we? "Chief's" little feeling might get hurt and he might sue the town.
Can you smell it now? The smell is unmistakable.
The should have released it right away or paid for it out of their own pockets. I paid, I want to read it.
There is no way to sanitize the MRI report. MRI mode of investigation is to question many people circling the core problem areas. I read an MRI report recently regarding a NH town fire department. While complimentary on qualifications, quite brutal in criticism of the public relations disaster in that town and the political dividewithin the department, In fact ordering....(I have to stop here to protect my identity.)
After review of that report it is obvious MRI will recommend a professional, fully qualified department. That's to start. As there is a public relations disaster in Atkinson it is certain similar corrective measures would be also ordered. An MRI report is not just a series of observations. More like observations combined with recommendations for immediate corrective measures.
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