Thursday, April 12, 2012
After a report of a March 15 traffic stop involving the city manager surfaced last Thursday, questions of preferential treatment dogged the city.
The Canton City Council placed Scott Wood on six months probation "to evaluate his effectiveness" as city manager. "You're going to have a blemish-free record from now on is the way I see it," Council member Glen Cummins said tonight. The majority decision comes seven days after a WSB-TV report revealed that the city manager was pulled over shortly after a March 15 city council meeting. Until that report, the city said nothing about the stop. Wood, who made sure the officer knew he was not dealing with an ordinary citizen, drove off that night with a warning for failing to maintain his lane and driving 45 m.p.h. in a 30 m.p.h. zone. And Henley received a verbal warning for shutting off the audio toward the end of the stop. That violation …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The interim chief of the Canton Police Department said he can't blame Officer Daniel Henley for resigning.
Interim police chief Todd Vande Zande was on his way back to the Canton Police Department when he decided to call and make sure that everything was OK back at headquarters. Since last Thursday's WSB-TV report about a March 15 traffic stop involving the city manager, things have been stressful around 221 East Marietta St. Questions of preferential treatment surfaced. And in an instant, the perfect record—and the public perception—of an officer who the chief described repeatedly as a "good employee" had its first blemish. During today's call, Vande Zande learned that things weren't OK. Daniel Henley, the officer who pulled over City Manager Scott Wood, had walked into police headquarters, turned in his gear and submitted a one-sentence …
Until a WSB-TV report on Thursday evening, the city said nothing about a March 15 traffic stop involving the city manager.
Todd Vande Zande, Canton's interim police chief, confirmed that Officer Daniel Henley resigned today. Here's the transcript of his interview with Canton-Sixes Patch: "It's true. I found out this afternoon. I was attending a vendor demonstration and I called back here on my way back to see how everything was going and found out that he came in, turned in a letter of resignation and turned his gear in and that was it. He hasn't been back to work since the incident aired on TV. He took off. He's called in sick. And then today, he came in and turned in his resignation. To whom it may concern: Please accept this letter as my letter of resignation from the Canton Police Department effective immediately. April 11, 2012 No (I haven't spoken to him…
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
City Manager Scott Wood was stopped just after 10 p.m. March 15. At 8:30 a.m. March 16, his assistant was on the phone with the interim police chief with a request.
Less than 12 hours after a Canton police officer pulled over the city manager, the interim police chief received a call. It was 8:30 a.m. March 16. Donna Bell, City Manager Scott Wood's administrative assistant, was on the other end. She said that Wood "wished to meet with myself and Officer (Daniel) Henley in his office," Todd Vande Zande said Monday in an interview with Canton-Sixes Patch. "I told her that (Henley) wasn't working Friday and that I would get back with them in regards to when that would be possible." Henley was the officer who turned off his microphone during the last 95 seconds of a March 15 traffic stop in which Wood made sure the officer knew he wasn't dealing with an ordinary citizen. Until a WSB-TV report on Thursday …
Monday, April 9, 2012
But Mayor Gene Hobgood said the interim police chief has put to rest any questions of preferential treatment.
While it didn't serve "any useful purpose" for Scott Wood to identify himself as the city manager during a March 15 traffic stop, the mayor of Canton said today that he has reviewed dashboard video footage of the incident, and "the main gist of it didn't seem all that bad." Until a WSB-TV report on Thursday night, the city said nothing about the stop, which occurred shortly after a city council meeting ended. Wood drove off that night with a warning for failing to maintain his lane and driving 45 m.p.h. in a 30 m.p.h. zone. And the officer who pulled the city manager over received a verbal warning for turning off his microphone during the last 95 seconds of the traffic stop. That violation of police department policy and the city's silence…
Friday, April 6, 2012
When a Canton police officer pulled over City Manager Scott Wood, he made sure the officer knew he wasn't dealing with an ordinary citizen.
Not long after the City Council wrapped its March 15 meeting, Canton Police Officer Daniel Henley spotted a silver convertible speeding on Railroad Street. Henley didn’t know the man behind the wheel of the car. But when he pulled the vehicle over at the Chevron Gas Station on Marietta Highway and Waleska Street, the driver made sure that Henley knew he wasn’t dealing with an ordinary citizen. “I’m Scott Wood, and I’m the Canton City Manager," he told the officer. "And I just left a 4-hour City Council meeting.” “Mr. Wood,” Henley said, “I don’t know you, sir.” “Well, I don’t know you, either,” Wood said. “But I’m just telling you who I am and what I just left.” Much of what was said after that exchange between Wood and Henley is a mystery…
don juan
11:38 pm on Friday, April 13, 2012
This guy is the sane guy who supposedly had an independent investigation on then Chief Lance which was actually headed by one of his former superiors at his former place of employment. Also its doubtful he knew the officer that stopped him on the night in question by the officers name and assignment. His story has more holes than Swiss Cheese. more ›