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Police chief declines to comment on use of his memo in Baughn’s letter

Posted at 1:23 am July 9, 2013
By John Huotari 8 Comments

James T. Akagi

James T. Akagi

A memo he wrote in May was used by an Oak Ridge City Council member who wrote a controversial letter that has sparked a heated, week-long debate about drugs and violence in the city’s schools.

But Oak Ridge Police Chief Jim Akagi declined to elaborate on the memo on Monday—or discuss how it was used in the letter published last week by Oak Ridge City Council member Trina Baughn. Her letter, which also relied on conversations with current and former school staff members and parents of students, alleged drugs are rampant in many schools, children are at risk of being assaulted, and a “culture of terror” has saturated the system.

Asked for his views on the letter, which was sent to new superintendent Bruce Borchers, Akagi said he couldn’t comment. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Government, K-12, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Angi Agle, assault, Bruce Borchers, crimes, culture of terror, drugs, Jim Akagi, letter, Mark Watson, memo, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Police Department, Oak Ridge Schools, ORPD, school resource officer, security, SRO, Tom Beehan, Trina Baughn, violence

U.S. Postal Service can ask for mailbox move, but can’t require it, spokesman says

Posted at 10:58 am June 12, 2013
By John Huotari 7 Comments

The letter that told some postal customers in Oak Ridge that they would have to move their mailboxes should not have been sent out, a spokesman said Tuesday.

WYSH Radio in Clinton reported last week that the letters were sent to some postal customers in Oak Ridge who still use house boxes to receive their mail. It said customers had 10 days to switch to a curbside mailbox before “mail received at the box will be returned to sender,” the radio station reported.

But on Tuesday, David Walton, spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service in the Tennessee District, said the federal agency can’t force a customer to move his or her mailbox. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: curbside mailbox, David Walton, house boxes, letter, mail, mail delivery, mailboxes, Oak Ridge, postal customers, U.S. Postal Service, WYSH Radio

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