In a letter, Charlotte City Manager Marcus D. Jones announced Monday that Putney will retire at the end of 2019 and return in the spring to continue his work around community policing.
Putney will officially retire Jan. 1, 2020, and following a two-month hiatus, resume his role as police chief in March.
An interim chief will serve during Putney’s short hiatus. Jones says Putney will step down from the role following the Republican National Convention (RNC) and a permanent replacement will be named at that time.
A formal public announcement from Putney is expected by the end of the week. Jones said transition plans are set to be addressed on Wednesday.
In a video on YouTube Putney addressed the police department about his upcoming retirement. “Come September 1, I’m going to really transition, truly retire and move on to the next chapter,” Putney said. “It’s humbling to come to the last chapter, the last year of my service here, but I couldn’t be more proud of the work you’re doing. This community appreciates that work, they depend on that work. Keep it up.”
Cedar's Take: The ability to shake down taxpayers and the lengths to which command will go is astounding. Meanwhile rank and file earn a wage that is far from acceptable, are routinely condemned by members of Charlotte City Council and extremist groups.
The boots on the street are under pressure to hug thugs and "deescalate" confrontation with violent offenders all the while the Meck Da, County Sheriff and Jurists within the courts are hell bent on freeing the most violent of criminals back on to Charlotte's streets.
How much worse could it get?
Cedar Update October 8 2200 hours:
Not so fast Chief! Apparently and even though this has been pretty common practice over the last several years, it seems this too good to be true plan may be just that. By the rules you really have to plan to retire. Putney's mistake was saying "I'll be back". The fleecing of taxpayers thwarted? Stay tuned!
Cedar Update October 10 0700 hours:
Seems the other shoe has fallen. Kerr Putney will postpone his retirement until a later date. This retire and hire back scheme has been going on at CMPD for years. Of course only a handful of "selected" employees have been offered the magical retirement program that allows you to "double dip".
The trouble is how bad is the mess and who's going to sort it out? The state employees retirement program is the victim, at question is does the fraud cross the line into criminal conduct or just a simple misunderstanding?
Absolute fact is CMPD's highest ranking member was getting bad advice.
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Who do you think is going to be the new Chief?
DC Foster, as there is no one better or more respected in the department!
Let the royal ass kissing begin! Should make for a good show!!
What are the odds that the white guy gets picked by Marcus Jones? 100:1?
Foster wouldn't that be just perfect?
Foster should get it.
I'm all for Foster being named the next chief. Vikki Foster as chief would be the final indignity, the last straw to force the handful of remaining intelligent career law enforcement officers out the door. She can go ahead and claim Charlotte as a chocolate city for all I care.
BTW they let Henry Black Citizens Review Board Chair and child molester out of McFadden's B&B Guest House over the weekend if anyone cares. CP?
What are the financial implications of this arrangement?
Looks like the Chief of Waklanda is going to unretire. How freaking embarrassing.
HaHa, Rodney takes off running before the Kerrick trial and Kerr hauls ass before number 100. Leadership at its finest. Number 1 leadership trait: Leadership by example. Cowards.
Retirement? This guy retired 2 years ago when they created the "assistant chief" positions for 2 people. Putney just goes around speaking to groups at churches and corporations. Is that police administration?
No.
Goid F'ing riddance. Hopefully some more of the upper tier will follow him out soon and we can get some real leadership in place. Considering the current line-up of command staff that's probably not going to happen though.
So what was he thinking? Take the holiday's off and come back and grandstand with the politicos at all big and shit and get paid twice? If I was Putney I'd keep a low profile and hope to get out of this shit storm in one piece.
I heard he’ll have to testify in that sgt list lawsuit on his way out the door. should be entertaining.
What's up with the sgt's lawsuit? Why the suit? Is it because they don't promote certain people?
They made the rule of five the rule of whatever they wanted.
So according to the WSOC-TV report, all the officers in the hire back program are “illegal”. If this is true then all the hire backs will have to leave the department, and if they leave, there are going to be a lot more man power pulls for special events and the Panther games etc etc. I guess with the department no longer having to pay the hire backs, they will be able to pay the officers that were in the police pledge fund the money they put in right???
(Putney) "On Jan 1, I'm going to retire. On Sept 1, I'm going to TRULY retire.
You either retire or you do not..........and the State Treasurer is about to make that brutally clear to all who have been playing the 'retirement-hireback' game the past few years.
Party's over, boys.
Jesus. I couldn't WAIT to file for retirement. My answer to the 'hire-back' question was to laugh like Hell and check the 'Hell No'! box on the form.
I have been retired a few years. Is this "rule of five" being used for the sergeant's list? If so, they need to go back and look at the lawsuit from the sergeant's list around 1990. I believe that year is correct. That is when some were promoted that were around 70 on the list. Nine officers, that were passed over, sued, and won. A couple of those were then promoted. Since that lawsuit, officers were promoted right down the list, in order. I'm glad I am retired.
SteveN, just shut the fuck up. You are on here defending half the shitbag officers that get talked about here on a weekly basis. If we lose our Hire Backs, who is going to work the panthers games and Hornets games?
The hirebacks are worthless, anyways.
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/charlotte-leaders-cancel-cmpd-chiefs-press-conference-amid-state-retirement-law-questions/995291343
"collecting thousands of dollars from retired officers." This is gonna get ugly.
Sounds like Marcus Jones was applying Virginia logic to a NC problem. Got to know them laws to be the City Manager. Right before the election too making council look worse than normal. KP May be staying but there may be another vacancy
When I retired from CMPD, one of the forms I was given asked if I wanted to come back as a reserve officer. I politely declined. As I understand it, the reserve officer program is no longer in effect. I wonder if the recent retirees are given a form asking them if they wish to return as a "hire-back?"
Sounds like the "Hire Back" train is finally pulling into the station. It's been a good ride for many but the proverbial shoe was eventually going to drop....
There are certain privileged retirees who are cherry picked for the hire back jobs. Positions that would not normally be available for all are magically created for a lot of them.
Gary McFadden had his own damn office on the Hire-Back program. He did nothing.
Taxpayers should be screaming at the Governor's office for the lack of fiscal oversight. This shit is on Pat McCory as well as Roy Cooper. GOP members of the state house should be up in arms as well.
More racist hate from the KKK and MAGA crowd. Cedar you and your boot licking Nazi Pig friends are going to wish you retired. Your time is up you and your ilk are now the minority. Just wait you going to see what its like to be in fear.
October 10, 2019 at 8:42 AM:
You are correct. But folks shouldn't get too pissed, though........After all, regular officers who do their time and then get out of policing enjoy the benefits of the Police Pledge $$$$$....so it's there to.......
(oh......wait a minute.........never mind.............)
But yeah it's funny how they booted out the unpaid reserve officers and ended THAT program so that they could provide a 'part-time' paid hire-back system as a reward to the 'connected'. Who don't have a life outside of the police department.
October 11, 2019 at 7:45 AM,
You are too messed up to rationalize with.
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