Police Chief Mark Kessler Gets 30-Day Suspension
A Pennsylvania police chief who recorded profanity-ridden YouTube videos in which he fired automatic weapons and railed against Democrats on gun issues was handed a 30-day suspension Wednesday night.
The Allentown Morning Call reported that Borough Council members in Gilberton voted to suspend Chief Mark Kessler for a month without pay for using the town’s guns in the viral videos.
Kessler emerged from the private meeting with council members telling a mixed crowd of gun rights advocates that the council was “bowing to political pressure” and that there are “no policies in place in Gilberton to govern” his actions in the videos, according to the newspaper.
Kessler is the only police officer in the borough of fewer than 800 residents, according to the Morning Call, and will be replaced by state police during his suspension.