Pacific mayor puts 2 tops cops on adminstrative leave

Controversial Pacific Mayor Cy Sun placed the City's two top cops on administrative leave on Friday. In an email sent to local media outlets Sun wrote: "...I have placed [Chief] John Calkins, Public Safety Director, and Lt. Edwin Massey on Paid Administrative Leave pending an investigation of allegations of harassment and intimidation."

By Shawn Skager • March 24, 2013 3:23 pm
Cy Sun
Cy Sun

Controversial Pacific Mayor Cy Sun placed the City’s two top cops on administrative leave on Friday.

In an email sent to local media outlets, Sun wrote:

“…I have placed (Chief) John Calkins, Public Safety Director, and Lt. Edwin Massey on Paid Administrative Leave pending an investigation of allegations of harassment and intimidation.”

In addition, Sun ordered city employees in a memo Friday to not have any contact with Calkins or Massey to protect the “integrity of the investigation.”

The memo – available here – also ordered employees to not have any contact with the media.

“I will be responsible for OR I will designate a department head to be responsible for all contact with the media.”

In an e-mail to the Auburn Reporter, Sun said he had not determined yet who will investigate the allegations.

The decision leaves the City of Pacific with just five police officers on the active roster.

Before Sun took office in January 2012 the Pacific Police Department was manned by 11 officers.