Chief Ronal Serpas today informed Teamsters Local 327 that, due to the ongoing and evolving criminal investigation involving Teamster employee Calvin Hullett and potential accomplices, all communication from the administration of the police department to the Teamsters organization will be directed to Teamster attorney Jack Byrd.
In a letter sent today to Teamsters local 327 President Jimmy Neal, Chief Serpas wrote, “Please understand that nothing in this correspondence should be construed as an intent to sever the relationship between the Metropolitan Government and the Teamsters as the duly elected representative of the sworn police officers. It is, however, incumbent upon the police department, due to the above described broadening events, to evaluate our position/relationship on a daily basis. Until the criminal investigation and matters arising from it can be satisfactorily resolved, it is necessary that the administration of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department refrain from any direct contact or communication with any persons/officials employed by the Teamsters organization.”
In a related development, Officer Roy Dunaway, who was assigned fulltime as the Teamsters liaison with the police department, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the Teamsters and the city, was today decommissioned and assigned to desk duty in the police department’s Warrants Division. In his letter to Neal, Chief Serpas wrote, “Regarding Officer Roy Dunaway, the Teamster liaison, sufficient information has been received by the department to require that he be immediately relieved of any law enforcement authority and placed on restricted assignment. No police department employee will be authorized to replace Officer Dunaway as Teamster liaison during this interim.”
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