For your Memorial Day weekend court reading from Superior, Wisconsin, the five latest LeRette federal case filings read like somebody dropped a Roman candle into the city’s HR drawer.
The union letter to Mayor Jim Paine says WPPA Superior Local 27 believed the City was “misinterpreting and misapplying the terms of the working agreement,” and warned that trying to discipline Investigator LeRette outside Wisconsin Statute 62.13(5) was “unlawful.” That is not exactly a friendly picnic-table disagreement over who forgot the mustard.
The union also said it had “no confidence” in HR Director Cammi Janigo, City Attorney Harley Prell, former Assistant Chief John Kiel, Captain Jeffrey Harriman, or investigator Daniel Hardman to provide accurate or objective information, claiming they acted in “bad faith” and “deceptively.”
Meanwhile, Olson’s declaration says the City identified 14 light-duty officers but produced no records showing other officers were barred from carrying a firearm, driving a department vehicle, or leaving the station.
Add in the City’s admission that Captain Champaigne installed a GPS tracker on a vehicle assigned to LeRette, plus Mayor Paine’s warning letter floating “possibly falsification” and “theft of time” while still noting her positive work history, and you have one spicy holiday legal packet.
Bring bug spray, a highlighter, and maybe a fire extinguisher, because Superior City Hall’s paper trail is smoking harder than the Memorial Day grill.
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