LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s public safety director plans to create a task force to see if the Lincoln Fire and Rescue needs to be overhauled after a report detailed retaliation against a whistleblower.
The report says Capt. Troy Hurd was disciplined by at least three chiefs four times over two years after he reported firefighters abusing recruits. The report was given to Lincoln’s Mayor in October.
Kim Taylor-Riley, a city official who wrote the report, said Hurd was blocked from a temporary promotion that comes with a 10 percent pay increase during that time. After Taylor-Riley’s report, Mayor Chris Beutler removed all disciplinary actions against Hurd from his file in November.
The chiefs involved in the case have not been disciplined and still work for the department.