“I am not a lair. I am not a
racist. I do not tell my students to shoot people in the head.” – 11/19/16 -
Dr. Patrick Solar
Dr. Solar was ordered to remove this picture from the wall outside his door. If you would argue that this poster is racist send this webpage to two people.
A student wrote “Patrick Solar (former Police Chief of Sycamore, IL) states, “I told my officers, if they are going to fire their side arm, shoot for the head. This will lessen the chance of legal liability arising after the case. Only fire your side arm if you have no other option. Always try to create distance before discharging a round.” " (StudentRept-Solar-ShootforHead).
Dr. Solar complained about Dr. Burton, calling her a “bully,” and Dean Throop ordered Dr. Burton to apologize to Dr. Solar without ever investigating who was right or wrong. When asked to rescind his complaint, Solar refused. He went so far as to threaten Dr. Burton and her husband with “consequences of (his) choosing” (Solar-Threat).
If you don’t want Dr. Patrick Solar shaping the minds of the next generation of police officers send this web page to two people.
Dr. Solar has motive to discredit Dr. Burton. Solar took part in the retaliation against Dr. Burton. Dr. Burton complained to higher authority about Dr. Solar’s actions but they failed to investigate. Dr. Solar lied about the issue as shown in the below timeline.
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April 19, 2013 - Complaints and Grievances committee recommended, among other things, that; “the Criminal Justice department take advantage of Dr. Burton’s willingness to be more actively involved in the hiring of new faculty members.” (exhibit ZA) (Dkt 101-21) Dr. Dalecki excluded Dr. Burton from the hiring process of new members. Dr. Solar later excluded her from participating in the discussion to create the job advertisement for three new faculty members.
Aug 19, 2013 07:53 PM – Dalecki sent an email (exhibit 543a) (exhibit EZZZZT) to Solar and to me saying “I've asked Sabina Burton if she would serve as your mentor and she has agreed.”
Aug 20, 2013 10:21 AM - Dalecki removes Dr. Burton from mentoring Solar (exhibit 543). (exhibit EZZZZT-1) He gave no valid reason for this.
Jan 21, 2014 - Diana Johnson didn’t seem to know that she had been replaced as FI Coordinator until a department meeting on Jan 21, 2014. Dalecki said to Diana “we talked about this.” But that seemed to be news to Diana. I believe he did not discuss it with Diana until the department meeting. This is probably part of the reason why she left so abruptly. It seems that he lied in front of the entire department (560 - Solar assigned as FI coordntr - 1-20-14) Dalecki’s motive might have been to enrage Johnson at a public meeting to make her seem “crazy.” This action shows Dr. Dalecki’s support for Dr. Solar. Dr. Burton was better qualified to be FI Coordinator than either Solar or Johnson but she wasn’t even considered for the position.
Mar 13, 2014
– Dean Throop wrote a request to the Provost (exhibit
ZZD) also [UW-P
004000] SB000006] asking that Dr.
Burton receive an inequity adjustment of $3,732 to $56,000 to cure a pay
inversion between her pay and Dr. Pat Solar’s pay. Dr. Burton did not request
this pay adjustment. The request came
from Dr. Dalecki after he and Burton discussed the pay disparities in the
department. The Chancellor granted Burton the pay adjustment on Mar 26,
2014. (exhibit
639) Dkt
53-38. However, it did not
make the pay equal. After the inequity
adjustment Dr. Burton was still paid less than Dr. Solar. This shows that the administration unfairly
favored Dr. Solar over Dr. Burton.
May 21, 2014 3:12:14 PM - (exhibit 687)– Gibson wrote an email about how to conduct a search and gave policy directions. These directions were later ignored by Solar.
May 22, 2014
10:56:33 PM – Rex Reed sent an email to Fuller and the department members subj:
Re: EMAIL UPDATE Staff position Announcement and qualifications. (exhibit
687a) Now this is interesting: Reed's
open critique of the job announcement/hiring procedure under Dalecki that
forgoes dept support yet Dr. Burton was held to higher standards by Throop.
Reed no longer with CJ. This is interesting because it shows that there was a
problem with the process of searches before Dr. Burton complained of the
problems with Solar’s search. Reed asks “How come we were not
informed of the announcement going out without a final review by staff? Without
seeing the final announcement, how can I tell if my initial input had any
impact. It makes me wonder why I go through the process of reviewing the
initial draft if I don't get to see the outcome. Furthermore, where was the
announcement placed?
6/26/2014 10:18 PM - Dr. Burton sent an email to HR director Lohmann and DeCoste (Dalecki_issue-3-Kang). She wrote “I do regret the strong tone I used. I wish I would not have shown my anger the way I did. I do not take back the substance of what I said, as it is the truth, but I am sorry for my hurtful tone. My sensitivity comes from having been denounced, harassed and discriminated in the CJ department for years. Nobody wants to set things right and even though the bad feelings toward me are a result of lies and retaliation.” She explained concerns about Solar being made FI coordinator and other issues.
28 Jul 2014 07:50:23 - Dkt 34-4 pg2. (exhibit 531) [UW-P 000970] Here is a fairly complex issue that shows that Dr. Solar was favored over Dr. Burton. He was allowed to teach online “as part of load” but Dr. Burton’s request to do so was refused. Dkt 46-120 (exhibits 564a, 564b, 564c, 564d) (exhibit 568-3) [UW-P 000970-977] Dkt 46-123, Dkt 46-124. (exhibit 568-4) (exhibit 568-4a), [UW-P 005837], Dkt 46-128. (exhibit 620)
Aug 29, 2014 Dr. Dalecki announced that he had assigned Dr. Patrick Solar to chair three searches for new faculty members. He did not consult Dr. Burton or consider her in regard to his decision. He did not allow Dr. Burton to be a member of the committee, though she requested it multiple times. Dr. Solar violated policy (appendix XIX), lied to Dr. Burton and failed to follow directions Dr. Dalecki issued at the department meeting of Aug 29, 2014. (exhibits 565, 565a, 565b, 562c) Dr. Burton recorded the meeting - (audio exhibit A11, Partial Transcript - A11a).
9/24/14 9:11 PM – Dkt 43-6, BENSKY EXHIBIT DDDD – 001. Dkt 41-60. Dr. Burton sent an email to Dalecki claiming that he was treating her unfairly by assigning Pat Solar as the search chair for three searches instead of her. (exhibit 547) She wrote “you took the mentoring from me, didn’t ask me to be director for the FI program or to be part of the 700 hr academy project or Rockford…I believe you are treating me unfairly.” His response was weak. (exhibit 547a) Burton composed a response to Mike (never sent - 577 – My un-sent email to Dalecki 9-25-14) that I did not send (showing my great restraint). I have made updates to (interactive exhibit i577).
Sept 25, 2014
(Pay Disparity) Dr. Burton received a Compensation Analysis from Dr.
Barnet. (exhibit
563, 563a).
This shows pay disparities. According to this analysis, Dr. Reed is paid
$1,999 more annually than he should be (based on peer avg, yrs at rank, meirt
yrs), Dr. Gibson is paid $7,431 more than he should be, Dr. Solar is paid
$2,518 more than he should be, Mr. Dutelle was paid $10,017 more than he should
be and Burton was paid $1,253 less than she should be. Note: someone
deleted the email from Dr. Burton’s inbox and outbox.
The document (exhibit
563) was sent to all members of the "compensation
team" which is a subcommittee of "team destiny," a university
planning committee for the next 15 years. Dr. Burton served on both teams. Barb
Barnet, who is the chair of mathematics, seems to have grouped the
"peers" by college (LAE, BILSA, ENG).
(exhibit ZC)
shows the pay disparity as well as office assignment disparity. This pay
information from: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/99999999/WIS0110/121203045/What-We-Pay-University-Wisconsin-Systemsalaries?appSession=653412012371026&cbSearchAgain=true
Oct 01, 2014 11:43 AM (exhibit 569-fr Dalecki 10-20-10 to 10-27-14)- Dalecki emailed the results of a rigged “vote” for the members of the department curriculum committee. Members of the department were intimidated into voting the way Dalecki wanted them to “vote.” Dr. Burton was excluded from consideration for the curriculum committee. She was not at the vote. It was a “paper vote” where the results could easily be manipulated. Sabina’s votes may not have even been counted. She recommended herself and voted for herself. Dalecki claimed that “Rex and Sheri counted the ballots,” but who controlled the ballots after they were turned in? There was no accountability or transparency. Nobody recommended Solar for the committee prior to the vote but he was placed on the committee. [corrupt vote] This shows the unfair support Dr. Solar enjoys by the administration.
10-11-14 – Dr. Solar informed Burton that the job description for new
members had already been completed. (exhibit
557) She had never been shown the job
descriptions. She had never been asked for input for the job
descriptions. There had been no meeting to get the department’s
endorsement of the job descriptions. Dr. Solar violated policy by
excluding Dr. Burton from the process.
October 11, 2014 9:03:13 AM - Dr. Solar wrote: “The job description
is already out there and we have applicants.”
Oct 12, 2014 03:47 PM - Dr. Solar wrote: “We have job announcements posted, not a job description. I don't believe job descriptions are the purview of a search and screen committee.”
From this point on – the timeline is in first person with
“I” meaning Dr. Sabina Burton. Hopefully
I (Roger Burton) will get around to changing this to third person this soon.
On Oct 13, 2014 09:16
AM - Dr. Solar wrote: “This announcement
does convey much of the same information but it is not actually a job description.”
He also wrote “We began with the prior
announcement provided by Cheryl and tweaked it to cover 3 positions instead of
one.” I was not included in the discussion to tweak the announcement, so
when Dr. Solar says “we” I believe he means “the search committee.” I was
excluded from this tweaking though I tried to be involved.
Oct 16, 2014
08:56 AM– Dkt
53-14. I informed Mike Dalecki, cc
John Lohmann and Provost Den Herder, of Pat Solar’s policy violation of failing
to get a department consensus on the wording of the job description, for three
searches, before publishing the job announcement ( exhibit
571e). I also informed Pat about my notification and he
and I exchanged thoughts in (exhibit
562b) (exhibit
562c). Solar did not look for the policy until Oct 13,
2014 as his email of Mon, Oct 13, 2014 04:13 PM shows. (exhibit
562c) This exhibit also demonstrates that Solar never
sent out a job description to department members for discussion as it contains
all of the emails I have received from his zimbra account up to Oct 16, 2014.
(exhibits 565, 565a, 565b) (audio exhibits A11,
A11a) (appendix
XIX). Policy saved in (appendix
XIX). The search was never halted as I requested but instead
I was reprimanded and threatened by Dean Throop for my efforts in exposing
Solar’s policy violations. Note: Gibson had sent an email to the
department, including Solar, on May 21, 2014 3:12:14 PM that explained that a
full department vote was required (exhibit
687).
Dr. Dalecki
should have correcting Dr. Solar’s purposeful and blatant violation of law and
policy. Instead of doing the right thing he reported me to Dean
Throop who wrote me an official reprimand for my efforts to correct Dr. Solar’s
violation. Dr. Dalecki believes that my reporting of a violation is
far worse than the violation itself. He also does not see any need to ask me
for proof of my allegations.
The published
job announcement (exhibits 562d,
562d-1)
is not well written and is misleading. The description could have been
better written if it had been circulated in the department for comments and
discussion. Maybe if it had been better written we could have gotten at
least one new hire out of the search.
October 16,
2014 9:11:24 AM – Dkt
53-14. I informed Solar that I had informed
Dalecki of his violation. (exhibit
571e)
Dec 16, 2014 at
a department meeting Dr. Dalecki said that two of our three job offers were
rejected and the other is unsure. I have a proven track record of
attracting multiple candidates but I was completely excluded from the hiring
process. Dr. Solar failed all three searches. I could have done
much better. Part of the problem was probably the poor wording of the job
description (exhibit
606).
October 16,
2014 10:03:48 AM – Dkt
53-14. Dkt
42-78, Dkt 37-15 (exhibit H) Dkt
41-48. Solar wrote me an email with
lame excuses and reasons for his violation (exhibit
571e). The person who actively excluded me and
lied to me had some nerve to ask me to withdraw my allegation “in the spirit of
collegiality.”
Oct 16, 2014 10:27 AM -
Dr. Solar wrote: “Below is the agenda for the meeting where the process and the
job descriptions were discussed.” The email contained the agenda for the
department meeting of 8/29/14. (exhibit
562c) VERIFIABLE FACT: The job description was not
discussed or endorsed at the department meeting of 8/29/14 (audio exhibits A11,
A11a).
If the search was conducted in accordance with policy why did Dr. Solar feel
the need to lie to me?
Oct 16, 2014 04:34 PM
– Dkt
42-78, Dkt 37-15 (exhibit H) Dkt
53-14. Dkt
41-48. I sent an email to Solar
which started with “I’m sorry if you are offended by anything I have to say but
if you would follow policy I would not have to say these things.” (exhibit 571e)
This email was cited by Throop in her letter of direction of Oct 28,
2014. I asked for an investigation and Throop
admonished me for not dropping the accusation. There was no investigation
and Throop said I was wrong, but she couldn’t know that without an
investigation. Asking for the investigation into policy violation was a protected activity.
Rule 26 Disclosure -
35. emails between Dr. Solar, Dr. Burton,
Dr. Dalecki, Mr. Lohmann, regarding CJ search violation, dated October 16,
2014, Dkt
53-14
Oct 17, 2014 10:57 AM – (Dkt
42-78, Dkt 37-15-THROOP EXHIBIT WWW –
028) Dkt
42-78, Dkt 37-15 (exhibit H) Solar
complains to Fuller about my refusal to drop the issue of his violation.
In his email Solar writes “If I screwed up, I’ll take the repercussions and
learn.” But at the same time he is saying that he refuses to take any
repercussions for his screw up. The question whether he violated
policy is the hinge pin for this issue. The fact is that he violated
policy and I can prove it. Fuller forwarded this email to
Throop and she included it as Exhibit H in her UWS 6.01 complaint.
In this email Solar calls me a “bully.” He forwarded my email of
Oct 16, 2014 04:34 PM.
10-20-14 - I filed EEOC claim form (exhibit 567). Dkt 54-2. EEOC charge no. is 443-2015-00090C. This included Dr. Solar’s misdeeds.
Oct 22, 2014 09:10 PM - Dkt 43-13 BENSKY EXHIBIT KKKK – 001. I wrote the Interim HR director, John Lohmann an email which started with “I informed you, on Oct 16, 2014, about an illegal activity within our department search.” I explained again, about Solar’s policy violations. I complained that my grievance, filed on Aug 27, 2014 had still not been heard.
I asked for an ethics investigation into Solar’s policy violation. An investigation was never conducted.
10/24/14 - I wrote an email to John Lohmann, cc to Provost Den Herder expressing my concerns about violations of search and screen policy and asking for the search to be halted and a new search to be conducted in accordance with policy. (exhibit 565, 565a, 565b) also [UW-P 005841] I believe that Dean Throop and Dr. Dalecki are conspiring to get Dr. Dalecki selected as the next permanent chair of the CJ department while hiring three new faculty members who will be loyal to him. By excluding me from the search process, through Solar, Dr. Dalecki is better able to make the selection based on an applicant’s attitude towards loyalty rather than on the applicant’s potential benefit to our department and students. I believe it is their goal to fire me as soon as possible and, if that is not possible, to make my life at UW Platteville unbearable so I will leave on my own volition.
10/29/2014 7:59 AM – I
received an email from Throop (exhibit
570). Attached was a letter
of direction, dated Oct 28, 2014, which violated my due process rights (exhibit
570a) also [UW-P
005456 to 5458]. Dkt
42-78, Dkt 37-15 (exhibit A(pg4-6))
. Dkt
48-143, I wrote a rebuttal
- (Dkt
42-78, Dkt
37-15 pg 30(exhibit I)) (i571-DirectionRebuttal). Dr. Burton was
ordered to apologize to Dr. Solar for her efforts to expose Dr. Solar’s
violations. Dean Throop assumed Dr.
Solar’s counter allegations were true and Dr. Burton was wrong, even without an
investigation into Dr. Burton’s allegations.
Oct 31, 2014, 11:36 AM – Dkt 42-78, Dkt 37-15 (exhibit H) Fuller forwarded Solar’s Oct 17 email to Throop.
Nov 19, 2014 – Thonline.com published an article (folder exhibit 680) titled “Forum tries to make sense of Ferguson fallout.” This page had photos of key individuals which show their ethnicity so it is included as a web page. A related video accompanied the article located at: http://www.thonline.com/news/tri-state/article_45706b48-8e0c-5576-9b87-06bac69eac5c.html (a video of Frank King talking about the Ferguson issue)
After the Ferguson forum I
heard comments on campus about Solar that concerned me deeply. I was concerned
that Solar seemed to be portraying a racist view that would reflect poorly on
our department.
November 20, 2014 9:04 AM – Dr. Dalecki called Solar’s
performance at the Fergusson presentation “Masterful.” (Exhibit
657) (exhibit
587) Dr. Dalecki also called this talk with a grad
student a “mentoring session.” (Dalecki
Deposition pg 64)
12-22-14 - I sent an email to John Lohmann explaining Solar’s attempts to exclude me from search and screens and lies he told. (exhibit 605) - This has timeline of Solar’s actions. I have made updates in (interactive exhibit i605)
1-7-15 Dr. Solar sent an email in which he wrote “Attached you will find the position
announcement for your review. I've made a slight change, to make it appear as
though we filled at least one position.”
(exhibit 615,
615a) This seems to be a bit dishonest. Telling applicants we only have two slots
when we have three to make them think we were successful seems a bit shady.
On 1/17/15 Teresa Burns told
me in a phone conversation that members of the ethnic studies department shared
a similar concern about Solar and approached the dean's office in this regard.
She also asked me to send her a photo of what she referred to as an
"obnoxious" picture that was posted next to Solar’s office.
I was afraid that the poster could be interpreted as racist, or at
least reveal a high insensitivity to racial issues and that it was especially
problematic after multiple homicides of unarmed blacks by police in Ferguson,
New York and Madison. I don't think we, as CJ department faculty and staff
members, should do anything that would unnecessarily fuel the strong sentiments
in our inner-cities, especially not posting a picture with a caption in
the CJ hallway that many could easily view as racist. A former police chief
(even though from a very small department of around 5 officers) should know
better. Posting a picture with the caption " COP Beating Another Unarmed Black Man" insinuates to
me a feeling of racial superiority and sends, at least in my mind, a
racist message.
On 1-18-15 there was a picture outside Solar’s office of a white, uniformed policeman playing chess against an African-American man in civilian clothes. The caption at the top of the page was “COP Beating Another Unarmed Black Man!” (photo exhibits P2a, P2c) Dkt 41-62.
Dr. Solar was
ordered to take the picture down and he complied. (Dalecki
deposition pg195-197)
Solar was hired as a result of a
faculty search led by Gibson in early 2013 and was strongly endorsed by
Caywood. Caywood reportedly told his students that “Women do not belong in the
criminal justice field” [UW-P 004838 to 4845].
Gibson made sexually inappropriate remarks in class and “experimented” with female students. Solar’s salary in comparison to mine was
very high, reflecting the sexist standards in the department. As of fall 2016, after I was given an
inequity adjustment, his salary still exceeds equity standards.
Dr. Solar took opportunity to add to
the retaliation I have suffered as described in the timeline of events in my
case. I wonder how often he did likewise
as a police officer. I wonder how often
he “covered” for his 5 officers when he was a small town chief.
On 1/18/15 - HR director John
Lohmann wrote “I am disgusted by this picture.”
(Exhibit 657b, 657a)
1-18-15 - The department bulletin board had announcements of Solar’s Ferguson talk but nothing about anything I had done, or planned to do. Showing disparate praise by Dalecki. (photo exhibit P2f) You won’t find mention of me on the “brag-board.” That’s why I took this picture.
Dalecki mentioned in an email to Lohmann and DeCoste that he put Burton on the “brag board” but he didn’t. (email-Dalecki-Lohman- June 26, 2014 7:30:59 PM) Dalecki lied to Lohmann and DeCoste. This shows that Dalecki supported Solar but not Burton.
Mon 3/09/15 11:06 AM - I wrote an email to Madeline showing that Solar had a photo outside his office that seemed to be racist. (Exhibit 657a) The photo was there for weeks.
March 10, 2015 10:37 AM– I sent an email to John Lohmann, cc Chancellor Shields and Joe Lomax, describing Solar’s arguably racist photo outside his door. (Exhibit 657b, 657a) Lohmann responded “I am disgusted by this picture.”
3/27/2015 4:18
PM – (BurtonasksLohmann-about
Solar-Rice) I wrote an email to Lohmann asking how his
investigations were coming along. I also informed him that another
faculty member (Rex Reed) turned in his resignation. Seven department
members left in 12 months. I learned that Caywood is going into
retirement in May 2015.
April 1 through
4/3/2015 9:35 AM – (Rice-4-3-15)
Emails with Lohmann about Rice. About Solar, Cybercrime, medical
condition, Throop and Dalecki’s double standard. Chancellor’s
investigation, grievance denials.
May 11, 2016 12:08 PM - I sent an email to Dr. Strobl. Attached was a student report in which the
student wrote “Patrick Solar (former
Police Chief of Sycamore, IL) states, “I told my officers, if they are going to
fire their side arm, shoot for the head. This will lessen the chance of legal
liability arising after the case. Only fire your side arm if you have no other
option. Always try to create distance before discharging a round.” It might
seem morbid to teach this philosophy, but many people fail to understand that
police officers just want to go home to their families at the end of the day.
The general public continues to preach the method “all lives matter.’ If this
statement is held to an absolute standard, that includes police officers lives
as well.” StudentRept-Solar-ShootforHead I also attached a photo of the poster that
had been outside Dr. Solar’s door. CopBeatsUnarmedBlackMan-Solar
My email, which I had published only to Dr. Strobl, was attached
to Chancellor Shields’ letter of direction against me. (Shields-LOD-6-3-16-Attachments).
10-7-15 – I was a respondent at a conference in Platteville. The conference went extremely well and had a great turnout. Our guests were amazing. I had the opportunity to make new contacts and form new friendships with people in this field. I got a personal invitation from Herman Goldstein to Madison and work on policing issues. I got lots of praise from people in my department for my response to one of the speakers. Cheryl Fuller told me "I am glad to have you back." Pat Solar has been very friendly to me. Our new chair, Dr. Strobl, praised me several times and she and Valerie Stackman gave me big hugs. Amazing the turn-around after Dalecki left. Even Deb Rice exchanged some polite words with me.
Sept
13, 2016 - I took two pictures of a
poster outside Dr. Solar’s office door.
(PatSolar-VioencePoster1), (PatSolar-VioencePoster2). The poster says ““People sleep peaceably in
their beds at night only because rough men (and women) stand ready to do
violence on their behalf.” George Orwell.”
This seems to be a quote that is commonly misattributed to George Orwell
but was originally written by Edmond Burke 1729-1797 who wrote “"We sleep
safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence
on those who would harm us." https://en.m.wikiquote.org/wiki/List_of_misquotations Police are not military. The police are not
commissioned to fight an enemy but are to protect life and property, to enforce
the law and to maintain order in the community.
September
20, 2016 at 12:11 pm In the hallway of
CJ department not far from my office I heard Pat Solar say to David Cooper “People are shot by the police all the time
and we don’t hear about it.” This
seems to me to be a wildly irresponsible thing to say on a college campus. It is not true.
November
14, 2016 5:19 PM - Dr. Patrick Solar
emailed me asking that all references to him be removed from the website
universitycorruption.com. I forwarded
the email to Roger and Roger sent Pat an email explaining why he would not do
so. SolarAskstoberemovedfmWebsite
11/15/16
through 11/18/16 - There were several
other emails between Roger and Pat Solar.
(SolarThreatensaStep), (UniversityCorruptionMaterial)
Nov
19, 2016 – Pat Solar wrote to Roger “Your failure to comply will result in
consequences of my choosing.”
This seems to be a threat. Roger
responded “Is there anything on the website that is untrue? If so please identify exactly what you
believe to be untrue and if you are correct i will change it and issue you an
apology.” (Solar-Threat) Perhaps Dr. Solar wants to take over the
department as interim chair but the administration is reluctant to allow this
due to the comments on UniversityCorruption.com. As of 11:38 PM 12/22/16 Dr. Solar has not
pointed out any statements on the website that he believes to be untrue.
Later, in the kangaroo hearing of 5/25/17 Dr. Solar said “I asked again, very nicely, "please remove me from the university.com (universitycorruption.com) website." I follow a procedure that has served me well in the past where I ask nicely, at least once, perhaps twice, and then I make my expectations very firm, and if I still get no response, as I did in this case, then I have to act.” So, he decided that “no” was not an answer he was willing to accept. He “had to” act because Roger Burton had posted truthful content on his website. This unwillingness to accept Roger Burton’s right to publish the truth is disturbing. This is a dangerous statement. He limited his actions only by the choices available to him and not by morality, law or reason.
11/22/16
8:44 AM – Pat Solar wrote an email again asking to be removed from the
website. Solar-asksagain-11-22-16
11/22/16
(about 3:25 pm) - When I left my office for my 3:30 pm class in Ullrich I
noticed a policeman at the Ullsvik exit toward Ullrich hall. When I proceeded
to open the door the officer addressed me: Hello Dr. Burton, " I am Joe
Hallman, the new UWP police chief. Can I talk to you for a moment?" I
responded that I was heading to class and he asked to walk with me. He told me
that he read the articles and needed to talk to me. He didn't even ask if it was a good time. I was late for class and made that clear to
him. He wanted to walk with me and talk
during the walk. Then he said something
to the effect: 'You make people very uncomfortable. People feel threatened. Be
aware of that.' I responded "Well, I have been made uncomfortable for
years, I was threatened. Nobody here cared or came to my help so what do you
mean?" He didn't answer.
Hallman
was in full uniform, probably because it is more intimidating. The former
Chief, Scott Marquart, rarely wore his uniform unless it was a public function.
I didn't appreciate being approached by the Chief like that. I felt he was
there to intimidate me. I can't believe the administration sends a police chief
to me because I exercise my 1st Amendment rights after having been threatened
with job termination. Hallman didn't tell me that anything I said was
untrue. I believe he was there to put
pressure on me because corrupt people are now uncomfortable! For goodness sake
what country is this? It can't be the United States! I grew up next to
socialist East Germany. I had relatives living in East Germany. They reported
these types of harassing visits by police after receiving mail from
capitalistic West Germany. My grandfather was visited by Hitler's Secret Police
because he spoke up against the Nazi Regime. I now get visits like that too.
The chief didn't come to talk to me, nor did any of his officers, after I
reported to HR Director Crowley that Dalecki kept making threatening gestures
against me. Staff member Rice could defame me repeatedly, a crime in WI, and no
police visited with her that I know of. She lied in the accusations against me
in August 2016. She didn't even bother to submit any evidence (because there is
none) and Shields immediately threatened to terminate my job and treats me like
a criminal. I am shocked by this
treatment and want people to know about it.
Hallman
was a 27-year veteran of the Marengo Police department in Marengo Illinois and
was the police chief in that city before coming to Platteville to take the
position of university campus police chief.
The
Northwest Herald released an article on Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:29
a.m. CST titled Marengo
City Council appoints new interim police chief. (also HallmanLeavesMarengo)
According
to the article Hallman was appointed
as chief in 2012, and also held the position from 1998 to 2001 and was
acting chief from 1996 to 1998.
UW
Platteville published a news article on June 7, 2016. (Joe_Hallman-newUWPPoliceChief) (Also HallmanArrives-UWP) According to this article Hallman began his
duties as campus police chief at UWP on July 1, 2016. So it appears that the Joseph Hallman who
left Marengo Ill is the same Joseph Hallman who is now the UWP campus police
chief. The same Joseph Hallman who
ambushed me on my way to class.
Genoa
Illinois is 14 miles from Marengo Illinois according to Google
maps.
Marengo
has a population of 7,648 (2015
census).
Genoa
has a population of 5,193 (2015
census).
Patrick
Solar was hired from the search and screen conducted by Dr. Lorne Gibson in
spring 2013. He was the police chief of
Genoa Illinois before coming to Platteville.
PoliceArrests.com
still erroneously lists him as Chief of Police of the Genoa department as of
11/26/16 (also Solar-Genoa-ChiefofPD).
Solar
and Hallman were both chiefs of police of their respective small towns, 14
miles apart, during 2012.
What
are the odds that these two don’t know each other? Hmmm.
How well do Solar and Hallman know each other? Was Solar instrumental in getting Hallman
hired at UW Platteville? Was he on the search committee that hired
Hallman? How much input did Solar have
in bringing Hallman to UW Platteville?
Is this a case of cronyism? Did
the university administration ask Hallman to threaten me? Were Solar and Hallman acting
autonomously? Why did Hallman ambush me
three days after Solar threatened me and my husband for not removing his name
from this website? Did Solar ask
Hallman to intimidate to me?
11/24/2016
11:55 AM - My husband Roger replied to
Solar’s request to be removed from the website.
He reiterated the offer to remove any statements that are untrue (ReplytoSolar-11-24-16). As of
12/22/16 Roger has not received any communications from Solar specifying
any statements in the website that he believes to be untrue.
11/30/16
– Roger bought a gun (Firearmpurchase11-30-16)
in response to advice by a poster on the recent Watchdog.org article (Concerned
citizen) who wrote: “I read on
universitycorruption.com that Solar and Hallman were small town chiefs in
Illinois 14 miles apart from each other. Did Solar bring his buddy in to watch his
back? What other "consequences of his choosing" does Solar have up
his sleeve? Some kind of hit commando? Dr. Burton, better arm yourself well!
This university is a cesspit of corruption and Solar and Hallman are its
strong-arm enforcers. Scandalous that our next generation of police are
"educated" by Solar!” (Watchdogarticle-TopCop-11-29-16),
(Watchdogarticle-TopCop-11-29-16-comments).
4-18-17 – Here is the UW System employee database homepage. You can find out salary info here. Also titles of employees. Sabina’s salary (http://archive.is/cqYSX). Dr. Solar’s salary in 2015 was $67,059 (http://archive.is/8K4Em).
5/25/17 – Dr. Solar said to a kangaroo panel that Dr. Burton had called him a “liar” but Dr. Burton had not called him a liar. She said he lied on several occasions. That is not the same as calling someone a “liar.” So, again, he lied. Solar said that Dr. Burton had accused him of being a “racist,” which is not true either. She pointed out that he had posted an “arguably racist” picture outside his door. That is not the same as calling someone a racist. So, again, he lied.
Dr. Solar lies
in kangaroo hearing 5-25-17