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September 21, 2007

Troopers probing Burrillville police union funds

BURRILLVILLE -- State police detectives are investigating the alleged misappropriation of money belonging to the Burrillville police union, state police Maj. Stephen O’Donnell said today.

O’Donnell did not elaborate any further on the allegations, and he declined to identify any suspects, emphasizing that troopers will look into any complaint.

“We have had information turned over to us that we’ve been asked to look at,” he said.

The town’s police chief, Col. Bernard E. Gannon, said he could not discuss any such investigation.

He clarified that no one in the Burrillville department is investigating any matter involving the union, a local wing of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers.

The union does not have an elected president who can comment on the situation at the present time.

The longtime union leader, Sgt. Robert McBrier, recently resigned from the position, Gannon said.

McBrier confirmed that he stepped down from the job, but he said he resigned about five months ago.

McBrier said he had no knowledge of the state police probe before a reporter apprised him of that earlier today. He also said he was not aware of any complaints regarding the union’s finances.

“This is all news,” he said.

-- Journal staff writer Mark Reynolds

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