The acting Woodstock Police Chief was captured on video getting his hair cut while working last week — one of the complaints that led to the recent removal of former police chief Joe Swanson.
The video and still photographs of Acting Police Chief Chris O’Keeffe are circulating on social media, including on the Facebook account of Woodstock lawyer Nicholas Seldon, Swanson’s husband.
O’Keeffe was getting his haircut at First Impressions Salon and Spa, which is owned by Brenda Blakeman, one of the village trustees that voted 5-0 to approve Swanson’s demotion in April.
Swanson had come under fire for his management style, including a messy office, non-matching socks, and for going to Hartford to get his hair cut, possibly on village time.
The video could soon become an exhibit in the two legal actions Swanson has filed in Vermont Superior Court over his demotion.
For more on this, please see our August 21 edition of the Vermont Standard.
