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Cooney faces questions HAPPY at OCPC CANADA DAY DAY hearing
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By Richard Turtle
EMC News - Belleville - The hearing into the conduct of Stirling-Rawdon Police Services Board (PSB) Chair Greg Oliver continued this week with lengthy testimony from Mayor Rodney Cooney creating growing doubts among regular spectators the process will soon be over. So far the panel has heard from several regular attendees of PSB meetings, including both officials as well as members of the Belleville Police Service. Early this week Cooney was asked several times by OCPC lawyer Brian Whitehead exactly what he meant by different comments, relating to previous board members and their activities, made in a prepared statement delivered at the August, 2011 PSB meeting and subsequently published in the EMC, admitting the statements were his alone and not sanctioned by Oliver or the board. Asked why he chose that particular time to voice his concerns, Cooney responded, “Because I was frustrated,” noting he was, and continues to be, unable to find answers to questions relating to an amended contract with Police Chief Brian Foley that was extended beyond the current term of council. Whitehead then suggested Cooney was “frustrated before you came on the board,” to which Cooney concurred. However, throughout the questioning Cooney, when asked, would not speculate on what Oliver’s thoughts might have been, adding he was simply pursuing his election platform for more “accountability and answers.” After being asked directly if he plans to continue to pursue his line of inquiry into changes made to the chief’s contract Cooney responded, “I’m just asking questions as a municipally elected official.” Whitehead noted that Cooney had continued “raising issues that have been resolved for months,” to which Cooney responded, “it’s still an issue with me.” In closing, Whitehead noted, “you have an incredibly suspicious mind.” “I would agree,” Cooney said. To clarify, panel member Roy Conacher asked Cooney of his intentions regarding the presentation of his controversial published statement. Conacher suggested “it didn’t matter what the code of conduct was, you were going to make it (during a PSB meeting) anyway,” to which Cooney responded that was a fair comment. When asked if he thought the controversy had an impact on the board’s ability to function, Cooney replied the feedback he has heard has been “60-40 negative.” It was unknown at press time if a decision had been reached.
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