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GENERAL INFORMATION
Supervisor: LT141 SCANLON Dispatcher: 128 VANETTEN Call Taker: 128 VANETTEN Date/Time: 04/17/13 18:01 Reported Signal: INFORMATION ONLY 04 Actual Signal: INFORMATION ONLY 04 Received By: PHONE Received: 18:01:21 Cleared: 18:33 Checked By Records Clerk: NO Vehicle Description: Plate No.: State: NY Disposition: A Disp. Date: 04/17/13 18:33 Report Taken: NO Action Taken: Reference No. 1: Reference No. 2:

LOCATION
Location Name: Address: GREENKILL AVE @ BOULEVARD Alt. Address: Apt. No.: City: KINGSTON Phone No.: (845) ___-____ Zone: 2 Direction: Intersection:

CALLER INFORMATION
Last Name: GALLO Alias/Maiden Name: Address: KINGSTON CITY HALL City: KINGSTON Phone: (845) 331-0080 Unit/Officer VANETTEN, JOHN First Name: SHANE State: NY Anonymous: NO Dispatched Middle Name/Suffix: DOB: 06/20/1959 Zip: 10401_____

RESPONDING UNITS/OFFICERS
En Route Arrived Cleared

ASSOCIATED PERSONS
Name BRIDGES, JOHN Alias DOB Address 04/30/1952 439 RTE. 28A, WEST HURLEY, NY 12401-____ 06/20/1959 KINGSTON CITY HALL, KINGSTON, NY 10401_____ Phone (845) ___-____
Inv.

PI

GALLO, SHANE

(845) 331-0080

CO

NOTES
MAYOR GALLO CALLED TO REPORT THAT NEW YORK REGISTRATION EEK-1124, RAN THE STOP SIGN AT ABOVE LOCATION AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE OPERATOR WAS OBSERVED TALKING ON A CELL PHONE DURING THIS INCIDENT. MAYOR GALLO PULLED UP NEXT TO THE SUBJECT AND ADVISED HIM HE NEEDED TO BE CAREFUL. HE STATES THE SUBJECT SOUNDED AS IF HE WAS SPEAKING FRENCH ON THE PHONE. COMPLAINANT TOLD HIM IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT HE NEEDED TO KNOW AND OBEY THE RULES OF THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE OFFENDING OPERATOR SAID THAT HE SPOKE ENGLISH AND TOLD THE COMPLAINANT SOMETHING VERY RUDE AND PROFANE. COMPLAINANT CALLED HEADQUARTERS TO REQUEST A NOTATION BE MADE TO DETAIL THIS INCIDENT. ****DATE: 04/17/13 TIME: 18:31 BADGE: 128**** AT THIS TIME, MR. JOHN BRIDGES CAME TO THE STATION TO REPORT HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WITH SOMEONE WHO SAID HE WAS THE MAYOR OF KINGSTON. HE SAID MR. GALLO PULLED UP ALONGSIDE HIM ON FAIR STREET AND YELLED AT HIM FOR GOING THRU A STOP SIGN AND ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. BRIDGES CLAIMS HE DID NOT RUN A STOP SIGN ANYWHERE. HE WANTED TO KNOW IF MR. GALLO WAS GOING TO HAVE HIM ARRESTED AND HE WAS TOLD NO, THAT MR. GALLO ONLY WANTED A NOTATION MADE. MR. BRIDGES STATED HE FELT THAT MR. GALLO WAS OUT OF LINE WITH YELLING AT HIM AND APPROACHING HIS CAR SO CLOSELY. HE WAS ADVISED THAT MR. GALLO IS THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF KINGSTON AND HAS A STRONG SENSE OF DUTY TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.HE WAS ALSO ADVISED MAYOR GALLO WAS NOT LOOKING TO PRESS CHARGES BUT WAS IN FACT LOOKING OUT FOR
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THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY HE SERVES AND ALSO LOOKING OUT FOR THE SAFETY OF MR. BRIDGES AS WELL. MR. BRIDGES ENDED HIS DIALOG BY ASKING IF HE WAS UNDER ARREST OR BEING ARRESTED AND HE WAS TOLD NO. HE LEFT WITH NO FURTHER COMPLAINTS. HE DID, HOWEVER STATE HE USED PROFANITY TOWARD THE COMPLAINANT(GALLO). HE WAS TOLD BAD MANNERS IS NOT AN ARRESTABLE OFFENSE AND LEFT AT THAT TIME.

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