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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Police union vice president Dan Duffy was fired by Mayor Tony George, as the long-running feud between the union and administration seems to have reached a new low point.</p><p>George confirmed he fired Duffy on Tuesday, but did not want to say much more.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a personnel issue. I&#8217;m not going to discuss it,&#8221; said the mayor.</p><p>He also declined to say if any other firings within the police force were possible.</p><p>The termination of Duffy, a former Scranton police chief, comes on the heels of six officers being disciplined, according to the union.</p><p>Duffy and Sgt. Phil Myers found themselves in trouble for posts on the union&#8217;s Facebook page in April that reportedly disclosed confidential department policy.</p><p>Duffy was also the focus of an internal investigation for &#8220;harassing&#8221; emails he sent to the mayor and City Administrator Ted Wampole in defense of a PBA member wrongly accused by Commander of Patrol Ron Foy, the union said in a post last month.</p><p>According to a post last night on the Facebook page for the Wilkes-Barre City Police Benevolent Association:</p><p>&#8220;The mayor, who purports to be a victim and also acted as the adjudicator, claims that he and City Administrator Ted Wampole were &#8216;harassed&#8217; or &#8216;threatened&#8217; in an email sent by Vice President Duffy. The email raised concerns about the conduct of a Commander and treatment of a fellow PBA member.</p><p>&#8220;This is another example of the witch hunts that have been occurring against union officials and members within the department.&#8221;</p><p>The post goes on to say the PBA supports Duffy and will be appealing his firing and other issues.</p><p>It adds: &#8220;It is unfortunate that the current mayor and chief have not recognized the asset he is.&#8221;</p><p>Just two weeks ago, city council agreed to use the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association for a top-to-bottom review of the city&#8217;s force.</p><p>The ultimate goal is to heal some of the animosities that have developed between Chief Marcella Lendacky and the union.</p><p>The union asked for the review, and the probe had been discussed for almost a year.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Michael Reich</p><p>mreich@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre mayor fires officer who is union vice president