Excerpts from patch.com:
The Clarendon Hills Fire Department fired its EMS official last month, with the chief alleging violations of policies, newly obtained records show.
A public records request provided access to documents related to the ouster of the emergency medical services coordinator, John McReynolds, who holds the same job in La Grange.
Fire Chief Dave Godek accused McReynolds of trying to circumvent the lieutenant testing process by offering to switch his role as EMS coordinator for another employee’s lieutenant promotion.
The other employee was higher on the lieutenant promotion list than McReynolds, who could not be promoted unless his co-worker accepted the offer, Godek said.
McReynolds, Godek said, committed insubordination by failing to follow the chain of command in a paramilitary organization that relies on a structured hierarchy and an emphasis on discipline, and that McReynolds could no longer be trusted.
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