Examples of Haman's Abuse of Power

We the concerned citizens of Bensalem township, wish to bring to your attention, the following VALID accusations of the abuse of power committed by Fred Harran:

The Director of Public Safety REFUSES to give the Bensalem Fire Service a copy of the SAFER grant. The fire service was able to obtain a copy of the Bensalem SAFER grant application. When confronted with the false or misleading information contained in the grant application, the fire marshal's office and the Public Safety Director refused to address the issue. The Director of Public Safety sat on the grant for over a year. NEVER released any information to the fire service or how the paid fire service was to interact with the volunteer fire service. The Director of Public Safety refuses to release the completed survey of the fire service to the fire service. First we were told that he could not meet with the fire service because he was reviewing the survey with lawyers (that does not make sense). Months later, we were told he was still reading it! The Director of Public Safety refuses to provide the volunteer fire service with the Standard Operating Procedures/Guidelines for the paid firefighters. This is against National Fire Protection Association standards. The Director of Public Safety created Battalion 222 but does not explain the purpose of the appointment to the fire service. The Director of Public Safety refuses to release fire inspection reports to the fire service. The fire service uses these reports to keep their personnel informed of hazards and improve fire department responses. The Director of Public Safety issued a "gag order" (which he has no authority to do) to the fire service regarding an incident involving the Union Fire Company. The Director of Public Safety threatened to arrest the Chief of the Union Fire Company for asking questions about the investigation. Despite numerous complaints regarding fire inspectors and now the paid fire service spending hours parked at fire stations in the township and not inspecting businesses, there has been no action or response to the complaints. In fairness, several of the current township councilmen said they were aware of the problem when advised of the situation. Still, there is no action. Despite the increase in personnel, the fire marshal's office continues failing to inspect all the businesses in Bensalem.

The volunteer fire service complained to the Mayor regarding the reduction in funding for the volunteer fire service. This reduction is occurring even though the Director of Public Safety stated that the call volume continues to increase. This increase is NOT limited to the times the paid fire service is on duty. The Public Safety Director violated township ordinances when he formed the paid fire company. The Public Safety Director has not provided a funding program for the paid fire service. This in spite of being asked by the volunteer fire service and the Bensalem Council. The Director of Public Safety continues to interfere with the volunteer fire services attempts to provide additional and increased service to the community without requiring additional tax support. The Director of Public Safety interfered with a grant application for the Union Fire Company on numerous occasions AFTER the grant was awarded. Despite being continuously updated on the three year progress of the marine unit project. A member of the fire marshal's office attempting to interfere with the marine unit project even though this person has little to no marine operations training. The Director of Public Safety supporting an increase in taxes to support CURRENT levels of emergency medical service. When the request for increased funding was announced at a council meeting, the funding was intended to keep current levels of service. These current levels of service required outside emergency medical services to respond into Bensalem to handle the calls not capable of being handled by the current staffing levels within Bensalem. The Director of Public Safety interfered with and attempted to sabotage an additional advanced life support ambulance in Bensalem at NO COST to the tax payer. The sudden laying off of the township fire marshal without any explanation to the fire service. The fire service was told that the fire marshal's office was now going in a different direction. We are still waiting for someone to tell us what direction it is going in. Numerous complaints about the location and capabilities of the $5,000,000.00 training center built between Street Rd, Rt 1 and the PA turnpike. None of these complaints were answered prior to the construction. Now the problems are permanent and not correctable.

AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRE SERVICE!

There are a great deal many other issues, including his failure to control the illegal actions of his narcotics squad in regards to a citizen's complaint of the police not doing their jobs and/or being there when called.

Anyone Listening????