STOUGHTON A police lieutenant who was the subject of a disciplinary hearing about his alleged failure to tell his bosses about a December incident at a church involving a Black man with mental health issues will receive a two-day suspension and must undergo training.
In a Tuesday letter detailing the decision, Town Manager Robin Grimm found that Lt. Daniel McGowan s actions on Dec. 27 were in violation of the department s notification to the chief policy and a prior warning by Deputy Chief Brian Holmes in August 2019 after a previous incident in which McGowan didn t notify him or Chief Donna McNamara. My goal with any decision with any department isn t to take money out of people s pockets. It s to make better employees, Grimm said about her decision. We can address the needs of the community, get a better employee, and still hold accountability for where he didn t follow a direct order.