Evening star., 1949-08-10
Orme 10 Make Public
Detailed Replies 10
McNayr Charges

suspended Montgomery County
police chief, plan to make public
detailed answers within the next
few days to each of six charges
made against him by County Man.
ager Irving G. McNayr.
This was, announced late yes
terday by Attorneys F. Barnard
Welsh and James H. Pugh after
Mr.. McNayr had presented the
County Council with a detailed
statement of his charges, one OF
which accused Mr.. Orme of will
full sabotage"
Mr.. McNayr relieved Chief Orme
of duty last Friday principally
because of an article in The Star
the day before in which the police
chief was quoted as criticizing the
use of one-man police cruisers.
Although the matter was sched-
uled to come before the coun-
Gil yesterday, Acting President
Thomas c. Kelley said the group
decided to defer action because
of the absence of three OF the
seven council members.
In discussing his charge OF will
full sabotage against Mr.. Orme,
Mr.. McNayr recalled in his state
ment that he and the police chief
had agreed previously that al
though the latter was opposed to
one-man police cars, he would do
nothing which would prevent the
plan from being given a fair trial.
The system, which affects only
the daytime shift, went into OPP
Grafton August / under order Of
the council for a six-month trial
period. It was recommended by
Mr.. McNayr.
Sabotage Attempt Charged.
Publicity thus given to the
view of the chief of police" Mr..
McNayr stated, three days after
the program started. that the
plan was unavoidable and danger
GUS to the welfare of the county,
constitutes nothing less than an
attempt to sabotage the plan. go
"Insubordinate action such as
this cannot be condoned in any
department head in Montgomery
County. and particularly by the
chief of the Police Depart
ment." -
The county manager also made
the following charges against the
police chief:
/. Mr.. Orme has failed to COM
ply with directives both from the
president of the County Council
and the county manager in re-
gard to attendance at meetings
of the Montgomery County Safe
ty Board and has failed to give
adequate reasons for his failure
to attend such meetings"
Failed to Obey Order"
2. Mr.. Orme failed to obey the
order of the council and the
county manager to appear at a
meeting of departmental heads
with the council June 16 to JUS
tify his budget request.
8. Mr.. Orme failed to inform
the county manager or his subor-
dinates in the Police Department
of his whereabouts between June
8 and June 20 when the police
chief was on leave Of absence)
land thus could not have been
reached in case of emergency
within the county during the
period"
4. Mr.. Orme was guilty of will ,
full neglect and extremely bad
judgment" in approving a request
by Policeman Daniel C. Barnes to
live rent-free in a cabin owned
by the Maryland-National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commits
sion in Rock Creek Park "and to
serve as custodian of such prop
erty while employed as a county
policeman"
5. Mr.. Orme "has evaded re-
sponsibility which has resulted in
extremely bad public relations in
failing to give qualified applicants |
for police positions definite rea-
sons for not recommending them
for such positions"
Mr.. Kelly said Mr.. Orme "has
not been suspended in the legal
sense" He explained Mr.. Orme |
"is of duty but is receiving his
pay" The chief receives $1,000 a |
year.