A recent Risk Management Assessment leads to the termination of the Pawhuska, OK, Chief of Police and a police sergeant.
Issues of official misconduct were laid out in a memo by Pawhuska City Manager Jerry Eubanks. One of the incidents occurred on February 20th and involved Eubanks and Police Chief Lorrie Hennesy. Hennesy is accused of sending a photo to Eubanks that showed Hennesy holding a handgun pointed at the ground while glaring at the camera. A second incident occurred in May when Eubanks met with Hennesy, Sergeant Warren Towers, and another officer. After the meeting, it is alleged that Towers unholstered his weapon and placed it behind Eubanks' back on the chair. Towers has stated that it was intended as a joke.
The memo also highlighted other firearms policy violations, misuse of tasers, vehicle policy violations, and a lack of leadership and accountablity.
A statement from Hennesy's attorneys says they believe she was unjustly fired and called the city's investigation “a shame.”
