Morrison city officers on Tuesday launched few particulars about an investigation into Police Chief Invoice Vinelli, who was positioned on administrative go away final week.
The investigation was confirmed by City Supervisor Mallory Nassau, who supplied a two-sentence information launch.
“Whereas the investigation takes place, the city will chorus from any extra touch upon this matter,” Morrison officers stated within the launch.
Vinelli was positioned on go away on Nov. 4 and Morrison Police Division Cmdr. Jon Manna is the appearing chief, Nassau stated.
Morrison’s earlier police chief, Misty Siderfin, resigned after three months on the job due to lack of sources and officer vacancies, the Canyon Courier reported. Vinelli was employed in January 2022, Nassau stated.
Vinelli got here underneath scrutiny in October when Morrison Sgt. Richard Norton was arrested on suspicion of home violence and youngster abuse in Longmont.
Earlier than he was employed in Morrison, Norton was the topic of an inside sexual harassment investigation on the Broomfield Police Division, which discovered he allegedly despatched “inappropriate and undesirable sexual messages” to feminine coworkers, the Courier reported.
Norton resigned whereas the case was nonetheless open, however an investigation report later really helpful his termination.
Vinelli informed the Courier he was conscious of the Broomfield investigation however “didn’t discover something in it that might preclude me from hiring him.”
Norton was additionally named in a lawsuit that accused him of injuring a 15-year-old Broomfield lady with disabilities throughout an arrest.
Nassau didn’t reply to a query on whether or not Vinelli’s suspension was related to Norton’s case, however she informed the Courier it was not.