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January 21, 2005
Revealing Discovery
There's been a bit of a local kerfuffle the last few days over the discovery that the Lowell Police Department had been taping all calls to the station.....even calls that were eventually transferred to other offices like the fire department and city attorney's. But I've been wondering just how this all was discovered, and especially how the news leaked out. Now I know.
Around Nov. 22, police Lt. Randy Harvey was routinely checking the department's logged calls when he discovered an "inappropriate telephone conversation" between [city attorney] Cook and [animal control officer] Cooper, according to a Dec. 16 memo written by Police Chief Joe Landers to the Benton County Prosecutor's Office.
"The conversations revealed were unethical, immoral and unprofessional in manner," Landers wrote.
Ms. Cook and Mr. Cooper allegedly were having a little office romance. Not such a big deal you say? Ah, but it seems they're married.....and not to each other. Neither apparently were aware that phone calls transferred from the police station were taped.
Oopsie.
Cook told [Police Chief] Landers she and Cooper were "in love," but Cooper told Landers he wasn't sure where the relationship was going.
We all know what THAT means, don't we? That's one of those "let's just be friends, it's not you it's me" lines. They'd been better off if they'd remembered one of life's little truisms:
Don't shit where you eat.
Posted by Rita at January 21, 2005 07:54 AM
Comments
I always heard it as, "Never dip your pen in the company inkwell," but I think I like yours better.
Posted by: Craig at January 21, 2005 12:05 PM
"Don't pork the payroll"
Posted by: Mike S at January 21, 2005 07:19 PM