By Erica Thompson
The East Hampton Village Board
passed a resolution on Friday to suspend East Hampton Village Police Officer
Julio Galeano for 30 days without pay, pending a trial of disciplinary charges
that were filed against him on February 11.
Mr. Galeano, 31, had been on
paid administrative leave after being accused of trespassing at a Talmage Lane
home with Jennifer Rosa, a traffic control officer, on the morning of December
30. Ms. Rosa was terminated from her position after a Village Board meeting in
mid-January. Mr. Galeano, through his labor union, denied the charges,
according to the Village Board’s resolution.
“The resolution is pretty
standard,” said East Hampton Village Police Chief Jerry Larsen. “It’s just a
procedure in the law.”
East Hampton Village Mayor Paul
F. Rickenbach Jr. said the decision is a personnel issue and that he couldn’t
comment any further about whether Officer Galeano would lose his job.
“We’re hopeful that the hearing
for this will happen within 30 days,” said Chief Larsen, “and then we’ll figure
out where to go from there. But until then, it’s hard to speculate.”