Some parents appeared to be confused about whether faculty member Jim Berlstein’s post concerned actual safety at the school or his frustration with his own employment situation — or perhaps the employment situation of everyone on the faculty and staff.
The driver involved in the fatal crash that killed 78-year-old Gillian Seidl was Edward Carl Liebenow of 8 Dewey Way in Sheffield.
Sheffield Police Chief Eric Munson Munson said responding officers did not perform a field sobriety test because the driver showed no signs of intoxication. And there is no indication that the driver was distracted by technology.
In a statement read over the phone Town Manager Jennifer Tabakin Thursday (September 22) told The Edge that “privacy and union rules” prevent her from commenting on what consequences GBPD Officer Daniel Bartini might face. “The issue of driving under the influence is very serious,” Tabakin said, “and citizens rightfully expect police officers to be held to high standards…and have trust in public officials.”
“Massachusetts police departments have launched internal reviews at least four times in the last three years after learning that an officer or former officer was accused of drunken driving but was not arrested.”
— 2014 Boston Globe article that reviewed instances of off-duty police officers charged with drunk driving.
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