Daily News | Yeadon Borough Council votes to fire police chief
Yeadon Borough Council voted Thursday night to fire its police chief, amid resounding boos from dozens of residents opposed to what they characterized as a racially-motivated dismissal., prompted “vote them out” chants from residents and came after Police Chief Anthony Paparo and his attorney made the case for why he should keep his job, despite being faulted for a $387,000 settlement with the police union.
“You’re worth more than a bank balance,” Paparo said to the room as he explained how he took an all-hands-on-deck approach, breaking the ratio of one full-time officer to one part-time officer, always with support from Mayor Rohan K. Hepkins. For this reason, said the attorney, the four council members needed to abstain from the vote. They didn’t.Council-Harris“We hired him because we thought he was a good fit, it was not based on race, was not based on color. It was based off whether he was qualified to take the job,” said Council-Harris, adding the mayor should also resign for his lack of oversight on the matter.
“He’s been extremely involved with supporting the community at home and school, bringing some of his officers in to ensure that there was police engagement with the students,” said Donna Hunter, who has lived in the borough 14 years, and has a young daughter in the school district. Thora Warrington, a senior citizen who has lived in the community for 37 years, said Paparo’s hands-on approach has led to a real improvement in public safety.
In his public comments, former Councilmember Ronald Francis said the entire controversy had made the borough a laughingstock.Paparo’s supporters read the move as council simply carrying out a personal agenda, jeering the elected officials as they struggled to maintain order in the room and agree on something as routine as last month’s minutes.
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