Ohio’s police chief is fired after the mayor accuses him of a series of violations, including smelling marijuana in the police department office when he refused to take a drug test

An Ohio police chief was fired after the mayor of a small town accused him of a series of violations, including smelling marijuana in the police department and falsifying overtime records.

When the mayor of New Miami Village in Butler County asked Police Chief Harold Webb to submit to a drug test, Webb refused, saying that the act, which was to be performed in front of a nurse, was degrading.

The New Miami City Council voted unanimously to fire Chief Webb on June 27.

The mayor of the town of 2,200 inhabitants has now addressed the public and listed a long list of alleged violations by the dismissed police chief.

These include ignoring 911 calls and even stealing hot dogs from a local gas station, even though only free sodas were allowed during work hours.

Mayor Jewell Hayes-Hensley also accused Webb of “official theft” by falsifying timesheets and “cashing his paycheck despite knowing he had to provide proof of his attendance at work.”

Hayes-Hensley suspected that the police chief had claimed he was at work when in fact he was not on duty at the police station.

At the beginning of June, the boss stated that he had worked 48 hours in a single week and yet had only been on duty two out of seven days.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Webb had only “signed up for duty” on one of the weekdays.

The mayor then requested video evidence documenting the boss at work, but none was provided. Webb also works full-time for the U.S. Postal Service.

When Hayes-Hensley visited the police station to collect the police chief’s daily timesheets, she noticed the distinct odor of marijuana.

“The first thing that came out of my mouth was, ‘Who smoked weed here? The smell of marijuana could knock you out,'” she wrote in a long, five-page letter detailing her allegations.

Webb, who had only held the position for a year, said the stench came from a raid in March in which more than 850 grams of marijuana flowers were seized.

A letter was then delivered personally to the police chief informing him that he would have to undergo a drug test.

Webb refused, saying he felt humiliated after being told he had to take the test in front of a nurse as a witness.

“You know what you are gaining. This is the third time you have questioned my integrity,” Webb wrote to the mayor, adding that he would resign “tonight.”

“Do you understand how humiliating it is to have someone watch me urinate? The reason my office smelled so overwhelmingly of marijuana is because over 850 grams of marijuana flower was found there during the search of Reiff Drive in March.

“Sorry it didn’t work out for us,” he wrote. “Hopefully you can continue to move the village forward.”

Although Webb offered his resignation, he never submitted his letter of resignation, leaving the New Miami Village Council with no choice but to fire him.

In a statement, Mayor Hensley wrote, “It is my job to ensure the safety of the residents of our community. My goal is to fix our village and make it a safe and thriving community for all.”

“The Village Council and I are working very hard to increase police presence in our village and to thoroughly improve both crime and housing. It is time for the residents of the Village of New Miami to know that they have a Mayor and Village Council that will put the needs of the community first and do everything in their power to make the Village of New Miami a safe, clean and thriving community.”

During his short time in this position, he had already clashed with the mayor and was placed on unpaid leave after allegedly misusing the police’s Facebook page.

Hensley said the police chief allowed inappropriate comments to be posted on the message board, including from his own wife. Eventually, the Facebook page was deleted.

“We will not use village land to tear down our village,” Hensley said in April of this year.

After Webb was reinstated after his suspension, more complaints were filed against him, including against some village employees, but it was only a few months before the chief was finally fired.

“Chief has decades of experience in law enforcement. He has never been disciplined, nothing to this extent. His officers love him,” Webb’s attorney Jeff Gray told Fox 19 earlier this year.

“They are willing to stand up for him. I think that says a lot about his character.”