The Springfield (Mass.)
Republican
HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — A Holyoke police
sergeant has been suspended for the second time in a little more than two years
for misplacing a department gun.
Chief James Neiswanger (NICE'-wong-er)
said Wednesday that Sgt. John Hart was suspended 10 days without pay for
leaving his gun in a restroom at the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside in November. The
weapon was recovered.
The Republican
(http://bit.ly/1aYZCun ) reports that Neiswanger said in an email that an
investigation found Hart ‘‘violated several rules and regulations.’’
Hart was suspended for five
days without pay in December 2011 for losing a department issued sniper rifle
in September of that year. The rifle was recovered months later.
Hart did not want to speak,
but the president of the police union said the union’s position is that the
punishment was fair.