Since the Riptide thing was brought up on my thread, I thought I'd try to close it out...the "report" is here:
http://wbztv.com/iteam/state.trooper....2.823298.html
If you want to complain to WBZ:
http://wbztv.com/iteam/state.trooper....2.823298.html
Terry's official counterpoint from the reel-time forum:
"With regards to the allegations aired in the media I'd like to take this time to respond. This will be my one and only response. First I'd like to say that all of this has stemmed from an ANONYMOUS complaint letter. The letter made ridiculous claims and accusations and brought my integrity into question. Yet the complainant chose to hide their identity during an attempt to undermine 12 years of honorable and decorated service as a State Trooper and 8 years of operating a successful charter service.
The allegations made in the letter were sent to both Ch4 and also to the State Police Internal Affairs Dept. Internal Affairs has gone over my attendance for the past several years to make sure I was taking the appropriate amount of time off to cover my time away from work. In doing so they found a couple of instances where I had taken sick leave or family sick leave and I had fishing reports posted for the following day. This seems to be the crux of this entire issue. Bear in mind I work MIDNIGHTS 11pm to 7am. So I'm not out chartering all day when I'm supposed to be home sick or caring for my elderly parents. The number of days I was alleged to be out sick by Ch4 included days from this past winter where I was out injured (IOD) as the result of an arrest of an armed robbery suspect, and during this time there was no fishing done.
At this point IA has not found grounds to charge me with any wrongdoing let alone found me at fault. Rest assured that if I were to be found in violation regarding the hours in question I would most certainly be punished, very likely to a higher extent than normal due to this media coverage. I have always believed that being honest with my reports was a major factor in building a successful business. It would seem that my honesty in posting details of my daily agenda may in turn be the lynch pin in this situation. If I am charged and found at fault I will post the outcome of IA's investigation. I hope this sheds some light on what was a slanted and sensationalized report.
In closing, thank you to those that have supported me during this unfortunate period in time. Your kind words and faith in me have helped immensely. "
WBZ should have mentioned Terry works at night and a big chunk of those 30 days was from a work-related injury. Still looks like he took a few days off if they managed to match attendance w/ charter days though...if they were honest, they would have a list and put that up instead of throwing around 30 days and implying that was the total :-P