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PrintCOLUMBIA — Police Department spokeswoman Jessie Haden has been reassigned to the Patrol Division.
A release from police spokeswoman Jill Wieneke, now the department's primary media contact, announced the "lateral" reassignment Wednesday afternoon.
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Wieneke, Haden and Chief Ken Burton could not immediately be reached for comment.
Haden has served as spokeswoman since April 24, 2009, when she was selected* by Burton, who created the public information officer position shortly after his arrival as police chief.
She has been in the department since 1993, according to a previous Missourian report. Before serving as spokeswoman, she previously worked as an advanced crime prevention specialist in the Community Services Unit.
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After saying that people concerned by the data stored by the new automated license plate readers were "conspiracy theorists" in an interview on KFRU a couple months ago, this is an excellent move.
I don't understand why someone who is incapable of making an honest statement finds it necessary to work for the police and I don't understand why the police department found it necessary to use such a person as it's mouthpiece. But John, I am sure the reassignment had nothing to do with your crackpot conspiracy theory and everything to do with the resignation of someone who was actually respected by the community. I don't know why I enjoy seeing your comments on here as much as I do John.
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Paul, I didn't say nor did I imply I think that Officer Haden's reassignment was due to her previous comments, although I had considered filing a complaint or speaking to Chief Burton at some point in the future to discuss it. I may not agree with the CPD on certain issues, but I don't call their members pigs or jack-booted thugs, so I expect the same courtesy from them.
http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/unh...
I "predicted" in a post in the Missourian when this first came out that Jessica Haden was the female subordinate Officer that Mr. Dresner was having the affair with. I never mentioned any names, but I did indicate in a scenario that the female subordinate Officer that Mr. Dresner was having the affair with was married to or at least cohabitating with another Officer that was a Detective with Major Crimes at the CPD.
In the last paragraph of the post that I am referring to in the Missourian, I asked “has anyone noticed that Jessie Haden has not put out any press releases lately”?
MYSTERIOUSLY, that post stayed up for about 2 days, and was then deleted.. I wonder why someone at the Missourian deleted it after it being up for two days? Perhaps they may have thought that I had no “hard proof”? But the fact is, I have known about this little “tryst” and a few others at the CPD, long before it ever became public…. Still; someone should ask Scott Swafford why my post was deleted after it stayed up for two days…? Did someone at the Missourian get a call from someone at the CPD?
Ricky Gurley.