By KENNETH HART - The Independent
GREENUP — Greenup County is in the market for a new emergency communications director.
The county’s E-911 board on Friday voted to remove Scott Brown, which it indefinitely suspended last month.
However, the board also voted to offer Brown a position as a dispatcher, which he accepted. That means Brown will remain with the agency at a reduced salary.
The board will advertise for a new director. Assistant E-911 Director Sherry Chapman, appointed by the board last month to replace Brown on an interim basis, will continue in that capacity.
Board members haven’t publicly gone into specifics about the problems that led to Brown’s suspension and removal as E-911 director, a position he had held for about three years
However, the board’s action appeared to be at least partially the result of a Kentucky State Police audit that placed the ability of the county’s law-enforcement agencies to access the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) and Law Information Network of Kentucky (LINK) in jeopardy.
The audit revealed that Greenup E-911 was out of compliance with state LINK and NCIC standards in several areas. Board members said that Brown misrepresented the seriousness of the situation to them and failed to act to correct the deficiencies.
As a result, the KSP upgraded its sanctions against Greenup E-911 from Level C to Level B. Under Level B, Greenup was given six months to correct the problems, or lose its LINK/NCIC terminal.
LINK and NCIC are used by police to check for outstanding warrants, to run vehicle license tags and for other purposes.
