AURORA | Roy Minter, one of four finalists for the Aurora police chief job, has pulled his name from the running.
Minter, the current police chief in Peoria, Arizona, and a 15-year Aurora police veteran, said in an email Wednesday that he pulled his name from the running last week.
That leaves three finalists: Commerce City Deputy Chief Fran Gomez; Seattle Assistant Chief Nicholas Metz; and San Antonio Assistant Chief Jose Bañales. Like Minter, Gomez is a former high-ranking Aurora police commander and longtime veteran of the police department.
Gomez said Wednesday that as far as she knows she is still in the running and was anxious to hear whether she got the job.
The other two finalists did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
City Manager Skip Noe said Wednesday he plans to offer the job to a candidate this week and will make an announcement after the candidate accepts the position.
“Things change, but that’s what I expect to happen,” he said.
As for Minter, Noe said he still considers him one of the four finalists, despite Minter himself saying he pulled his name from consideration. Noe, who has been tight-lipped about the search process throughout, declined to say whether any of the other candidates have pulled their name from the running.
Noe said after he makes an announcement this week, there are other negotiations that have to happen before the city council can vote on the new candidate. “There is more than just my coming to a financial agreement with a candidate,” he said.
Noe declined to say what those further negotiations could entail, but said they could mean the candidate doesn’t come before council at its next meeting Jan. 26.
“It will go to council when it goes to council,” he said.
Mayor Steve Hogan said Tuesday that he expected Noe to make a decision soon and that city council would likely vote on Noe’s choice at a council meeting in early February.
With the help of an executive search firm, officials have been looking for a new chief since Dan Oates left his post in May to take over as chief in Miami Beach, Florida.
In early December the city manager’s office — which is tasked with hiring a new chief — narrowed the finalists for the job to four.
City officials said at the start of the search that it could stretch into early 2015. The search that ended with Oates’ hiring in 2005 lasted about 8 months.
Councilman Bob LeGare, who is chairman of the city council’s Public Safety Committee said it is important that the city manager’s office and the search firm do all the research necessary before choosing a chief.
“We are talking about a police chief, so I think it is important to have all of the facts,” he said.
LeGare said that while the process might seem long to some, he doesn’t think it has been too slow.
“I personally have never felt it was too long, based on the process that was involved,” he said.
Bañales has been with San Antonio PD since 1983 and has held all ranks within the department.
Gomez worked for APD for 23 years before taking a job in Commerce City in 2013. She started as a patrol officer and worked her way up to commander of the department’s massive District No. 3, which includes all of Aurora south of East Jewell Avenue and east of Interstate 225. She was the first woman to hold the rank.
Metz has been with the Seattle PD since 1983 and also advanced through the department’s ranks before becoming assistant chief.
PEORIA POLICE CHIEF MINTER JUST PULLED HIS NAME FROM THE AURORA POLICE CHIEF JOB
We informed the Aurora City Council and City Manager, Ship Noe, about Peoria Police Chief Minter’s short coming as the Peoria Police Chief. At one time he was the front runner and a shoe-in for the Aurora Police Chief job now he has withdrawn his name. He did not want to be embarrassed when the Aurora City fathers passed on him for their new Police Chief.
Peoria Police Chief Minter had: a 90+% Non Confidence Vote by his Peoria Police Union, he had an false kind image manufactured by a PR firm, he denied two injured Peoria Policemen disability claims, and he refused to investigate Sun Grove Resort Village’s (SGRV) Elder Abuse problems. The SGRV ELDER ABUSE story is posted online and went to President Obama and the US Senate-Special Committee on Aging.
The Peoria Detective, Shari Howard, stated that the did not have the manpower or interest in stopping and prosecuting elder abuse crimes. Peoria Police failed to interview the 66 elder abuse victims, failed to read signed affidavits of criminal acts by the SGRV elders, and failed to act on the report by a retired policeman/Private Eye, Jacob Mueller, that crimes against the elderly were committed at SGRB, and now he has the blood of 36 of those dead elders on his hands for his failure as a Police Chief.
Roy Minter, Jr. should be fired from his Peoria Police job.
Reading your blurb, unfortunately, this really sounds like civil issue. I doubt any police department or district attorney would entertain the above.
Beyond the Statue of Limitations. Fifty attorneys turned us down wanting big money. The only one who helped us for free was Felecia Rotellini. She ran for Arizona AG twice and lost.
SGRV has been repossessed and is being closed by Fannie Mae because it is a dangerous property full of mold. The former SGRV manager was a 2005 Medicare Fraud Felon and we discovered his forgeries to the court so he is back in jail in Boston. The SGRV story is over and the seniors have been protected by our hard efforts. The biggest victory that we had was that we got a 43 year jail sentence for the AREI/Oakdale Heights Ponzi Crook, James Koenig, that defrauded 2,000 investors of $250 million and destroyed 23 senior living facilities (SGRV was one of those properties) hurting 2,500 elders.
However we have seen too much sadness and deaths of elders so that is why we fight elder abuse with speeches, new law ideas, and our writings.
Justice is not always achieved by the courts and lawyers.
A report of elder abuse should be treated the same way a department would look into a report of child abuse. At minimum, Adult Protective Services (APS) should be contacted and a case worker should be assigned.
Is it a process? Yes. Will it take time? Yes. However, if a police department takes a call for elder abuse, a detective wields the power to get all the right players involved.
ARIZONA: A.R.S. § 46-451 (2000); A.R.S. § 13-3623 (2001)
“Abuse” under § 46-451 and § 13-3623 means the intentional infliction of physical harm; injury caused by negligent acts or omissions; unreasonable confinement; sexual abuse or sexual assault.
Defined separately under § 13-3623: Emotional abuse means a pattern of ridiculing or demeaning a vulnerable adult, making derogatory remarks to a vulnerable adult, verbally harassing a vulnerable adult, or threatening to inflict physical or emotional harm on a vulnerable adult.Physical injury means the impairment of physical condition and includes any skin bruising, pressure sores, bleeding, failure to thrive, malnutrition, dehydration, burns, fracture of any bone, subdural hematoma, soft tissue swelling, injury to any internal organ, or any physical condition that imperils health or welfare.
“Neglect” under § 46-451 means a pattern of conduct without the person’s informed consent resulting in deprivation of food, water, medication, medical services, shelter, cooling, heating, or other services necessary to maintain minimum physical or mental health.
“Exploitation” under § 46-451 means the illegal or improper use of an incapacitated or vulnerable adult or his resources for another’s profit or advantage.
“Vulnerable adult” under § 46-451 and § 13-3623 means an individual who is 18 years of age or older who is unable to protect himself from abuse, neglect, or exploitation by others because of a physical or mental impairment.
You made my point. The elements are not met. No police department or DA will file charges on keeping deposits or alleged post move out damage.
The mold issue wasn’t being handled and it appears to have compromised the health of the elderly living there.
Thank God. It’s called: I wasn’t going to get the job so I pulled my name.
Thanks for the input LeGare, but you’re no friend to the City’s excellent police force.
Nicholas Metz has the street cred.
Assistant Chief Nick Metz commands the Patrol Operations Bureau.
Assistant Chief Nicholas Metz has been with the Seattle Police Department for 30 years. He spent four years as a patrol officer in the downtown corridor and Rainier Valley before becoming an undercover detective in Narcotics.
He was promoted to Sergeant in 1989 before being assigned to work in Internal Investigations, the East Precinct Anti-Crime and Community Police Teams and the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center (WSCJTC).read more
After being promoted to Lieutenant in 1991 he worked again at WSCJTC, then as Watch Commander at the South Precinct. He was then selected to be the Executive Assistant to the Chief of Police. Upon his promotion to Captain in 1995, he was assigned as the Director of Human Resources, Commander of both South and East Precincts and the Internal Investigations Section. Nick was promoted to Assistant Chief in October 2001. As an Assistant Chief he previously commanded both the Operations Bureau, the Employee & Community Support Bureau, and the Investigations Bureau.
To police chief candidate Fran Gomez: nos vemos más tarde