City of New Philadelphia Greg Popham cm or Safety Director NEW 166 East High Avenue New Philadelphia OH 44663 Phone: (330) 364 4491 ext. 242 Fax: (330) 343 2489 March 28, 2002 Dear Mr. Cimpennan: On March 19, 2002, you plead guilty 1n open court to a ?fth degree felony- unauthorized use of telecommunications property_ 2913. 04 (B) Ohio Revised Code). R. C. 737. 052 provides in pertinent part:. (..2) ?The Director of Public Safety shall terminate the employment of a Chief of Police, member of the police department, or auxiliary police of?cer who does either of the following. pleads guilty to a felony;.. Because you plead guilty to a felony I am by operation of law terminating you. Further, the police department rules and regulations require police of?cers to obey all laws. You violated this rule by pleading guilty to a felony. Please consider these to be additional charges against you which will be presented to the arbitrator at you upcoming arbitration. Should you or your attorney require any further information, you may contact Attorney Robert J. Tscholl in writing. Greg opham 1y yours cc: Mike Piotrowski, OLC Representative Mayor Brodzinski