Ordinarily, the resignation of a small town Ohio police chief embroiled in controversy would not attract worldwide attention.
But we’re talking about David Oliver here, “the Internet Sensation” and Facebook star…who until Friday was the chief of the Brimfield Township police department.
And ordinarily, we wouldn’t talk about the doings of a small town police chief, but as you probably know, Oliver has been a weekend host at Media-Com talk WNIR/100.1 “The Talk of Akron”…a short drive from his now-former full-time workplace.
As far as we know, Oliver’s “Breaking Good” won’t air this weekend.
When he was issued a suspension, Oliver asked WNIR station manager Bill Klaus if he could take a hiatus from the radio show.
From a post on Oliver’s Facebook page on Thursday morning, before he retired/resigned:
A quick note to let you all know I will be taking the next few weeks off from the radio show, also. I felt is was important to have this time away from ALL work to do some reflecting and studying on how to be a better person and chief. My family is enjoying seeing me more. This was my decision and the management at WNIR is gracious enough to allow me to take the time. Don’t read any more into that than what was said.
Expect one of WNIR’s Talk Radio Network syndicated shows to run in Oliver’s time slot for the next few weeks. Jerry Doyle, perhaps?
As far as we know, what Happened in Brimfield hasn’t affected the status of David Oliver’s now-only job at Broadcast Park. Oliver’s employment at WNIR happened because of his worldwide Facebook notoriety, not because of his status as a police chief in Portage County.
The station hasn’t removed his section from its website, which has happened fairly quickly in the past. A promotion for his show was removed from the “Hot Bar” atop the WNIR site, but that was presumably since he won’t be on the air for a while.
Oliver told numerous media outlets on Friday, and yes, posted on Facebook, that he needs time to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and panic attack issues. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see him keep to that WNIR hiatus for the same reason.
We aren’t Ohio Police Watch or even Ohio Facebook Watch, so we won’t go into the widely reported details of the Oliver/Brimfield Police case.
But we will share one detail that we don’t believe anyone else has noticed.
It became known Friday that Brimfield police officer Crystal Casterline, who filed the complaint against Chief Oliver, is represented by Kent-based employment attorney Nancy Grim.
Does that name sound familiar?
Yes, if you have a sexual harrassment case against a WNIR host, Nancy Grim is apparently the woman to call…
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