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The entire idea is just another form of waste that Scott Avedisian has allowed for the purpose of obtaining votes. Last Sunday night at 8:41pm ladder one with 3 men left the Greenwich Ave. Stop & Shop with a birthday cake and candles. The new ridiculous policy set forth by the 3 member appointed board of public safety has now allowed shopping on the clock " for essentials only". The letter I sent to the chief was answered as follows:

From Mclaughlin - Mr. Cote, I wanted to provide a follow-up to you regarding the incident on March 15 at the Stop & Shop on Greenwich Avenue.I was made aware of the incident that night and I met with the personnel involved the next night, March 16, at approximately 1730 hours at Fire Headquarters. As you are now aware the Department does have a policy that was adopted by the Board of Public Safety on January 12, 2016. After investigating the facts of this particular incident I came to the conclusion that discipline was, in fact, warranted. Although I am not disclosing the particulars of the discipline, I assure you Mr. Cote that appropriate disciplinary action was given to the responsible parties by me personally within 24 hours of the time of the incident.

Thank you.

James G. McLaughlin

Chief of Department

Warwick Fire Department

Sunday Engine 6 went to Dave's Market at 10:30 purchased 2 slices of cheese and 4 slices of ham. Are these essentials? 30 minutes later ladder 3 went to the same Dave's and purchased a similar amount of cold cuts and 2 bulky rolls. Is this considered essentials?

Wen Ladder 1 goes to Stop & Shop in Meadowbrook and buys 1 bag of popcorn kernels, is this considered essentials?

On average the WFD spends 84 hrs per week at the local markets shopping. The notion that it familiarizes the manpower with the layout of the market is a statement that could only be made by an absolute moron. It infers that without these shopping trips, these men would never have an opportunity to enter a market in Warwick. Stop the nonsense already. It would be nice if the mayor grew a set of gonads and had the fiscal discipline to put his foot down on the abuse but as we all know, he is gonad less.

Each time I have documented this behavior I get a letter form the mayor or the chief telling me that the men have been disciplined. How bad can the discipline be if they keep doing it? The incident buy the popcorn resulted in the men being told to park the truck behind the building. That's discipline alright. Your kidding right? Can you imagine if we had a mayor that had to produce a payroll and justify expenses?