A Connecticut firefighter who posted comments about killing pit bulls on Facebook has been demoted and is now facing organized petition drives calling for his termination.
Richard Prince was the deputy fire marshal in the Torrington Fire Department. He posted a series of comments about harming and killing pit bulls, prompting an internal investigation.
According to Fire Chief Gary Brunoli “Per our investigation, we found out that he violated city policy by using city equipment, city phone, city time to do his posting for some of it.” Prince was demoted, costing him roughly $10,000 per year.
In the weeks since the discipline was announced, a number of web sites have appeared devoted to petitioning Chief Brunoli and the town to terminate Prince. One web site, Care2 Petition, claims to have 38,863 signatures as of this date.