1 I would like to say that I am not at all shocked. I worked for a restaurant that shall reamain unnamed, and I know for a fact that Nick falsefied that restaurants inspection report. any one who knew what went on in there knew that there was no way that place was in code. but i guess having friends in high places pays off after all. im glad to see justice is being done. this city is the way it is because of people like him.

1 It seems to me there is one person ,issing from these firings and that is FM Collins. he was in charge of this group and it happened on his watch. he should also be fired for incompetence.

1 you guys are wrong, the man is down and you kick him. Remember what goes around comes around.

1 YOU'RE FIRED!!!

1 Let's all hope that Bridgeport continues to monitor city employees. And maybe, just maybe all towns and cities will do the same. It is disgusting the money wasted on these salaries when it is not earned.

1 I hear that some of the inspectors were forewarned about the global positioning on the vehicles. Maybe Rooney was targeting these inspectors because of the amount of time they had with the city. The firemen that were fired were railroaded.

1 Targeting long term employees/ Give me a break. The pension money does not come out of Rooney's budget. The FD pension is funded. Maybe the inspectord you claim were warned were actually doing their job.
In reality those fired FM's should have been arrested for fraud and for falsifying records

Why would a Public Department use GPS in their vehicles anyway?
Because...... We hired a bunch of idiots, and we need to follow them around like babies.

1 I did not read one shread of evidence against him, just that they used GPS. So some are being judge , jury and executioner, thank God some are writing on this board and have nothing to do with the process.
Now, I think most people feel if any stated a building was safe and did NOT actually inspect it, that is one thing but if they inspected it and then went to lunch or hussled somewhere else, I would not condone it but to be fired for that with no warning, does not make sense to me. With all the politics and BS in that town, God only knmows what really happened.
The first reply says he knew for a "fact" the report was "falsified" what did you do about it? So you let the publkic be in danger? What else do you know for a "fact"? What if something happened in the building that you "knew" was falsified and peoiple got hurt, would you also be responsible?
Let justice prevail!

1 Myself and my family have known Nick for over 18 years and I personaly think he is a dedicated and upstanding fireman and citizen.Best of luck to you Nick.

1 This person is being screwed after 21 years of layal work, and he actually made Captain! I would love to see the bosses GPS records, even if he knew the GPS was there, let alone not knowing. This is a tragedy for this man. I wonder if he has a family that will now suffer becuase he stopped for lunch and created a poster to enhance fire fighting in some form. Obviously Fire fighting was his life and passion. I expect he was very good at his job. Internal politics takes yet another good man down. Who ever is responsible for firing this man should be ashamed...disciplinary action of some sort, short of economic capital punishment sure makes more sense to me.

Retired wrote: Targeting long term employees/ Give me a break. The pension money does not come out of Rooney's budget. The FD pension is funded. Maybe the inspectord you claim were warned were actually doing their job.
In reality those fired FM's should have been arrested for fraud and for falsifying records

every time an officer goes out and skips a couple houses, or doesn't do them at all, records are falsified, every time an officer fails to conduct daily training, and make out the paperwork, or makes out the paperwork without conducting the training, records are falsified. Every time a firetruck leaves the firehouse and goes "driver training" and doesn't,he is falsifying information, every time a member accesses the internet, he/she could be fired, unless it is job related, and we all know it ain't. every time an officer goes to lunch, takes time to go out and smoke, do any personal businss, and we all know they do, gone! veer anywhere off the job path...it is now it is an unassigned stop. C'mon. fact is, you can fire anyone for anything, looking hard enough...not even so hard really. The sad fact is these guys will probably get the jobs back, and it will really cost the taxpayers $$$$.

1 These bums are all getting off way too easy with just a firing. How about some restitution?

only you can prevent gps in your vehical

wonder what would happen if they ever put GPS in state dept.cars!hog wash, back biters, bums,gamblin fools,lie lie lie,wha cha gonna do???TIME WILL TELL...

1 And just who will investigate Rooney? The biggest poser of them all!!!!! I can't wait until he goes done, He is nothing but a self righteous, ego chasing, uneducated scam artist on a power trip out to destroy innocent peoples lives while putting the city at great risk to weasle his way to the top. It will be a long fall down from there Mr. Rooney!!!!! You have done nothing as acting Chief other than unjusticely screw with peoples lives, What and who gives you the power to get away with that? You can't just go around making false accusations and acting on your own demented thoughts. These inspectors worked harder than you ever have!!!!! Hows the view from the cheap seats?