Village correct
in firing police A federal appeals court affirmed the decision of a lower federal court last Friday in ruling that the village of Potsdam had the right to terminate their police force after returning federal grant money that supported it in 2000.
The suit was filed by then village police chief Robert Chaney along with eight former village police officers.
The nine officers were terminated in 2000 after village council returned $300,000 worth federal grant money for the village's police agency.
Chaney had applied and received the funds after he said he would merge police departments within Union Township and the village of Laura. The merger never occurred.
Potsdam is less than one square mile in size and has a population of about 300 people.
A Miami County Common Pleas Court judge ruled earlier this year in favor of council's termination in a similar lawsuit filed by the nine officers.
That lawsuit had similar claims as the federal lawsuit, including breach of contract.
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