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Bttn. Chief Faces Disciplinary Hearing for YouTube Video

When a YouTube video surfaced of Bttn. Chief John Grillone singing the national anthem in a firehouse, the Philadelphia fire commissioner charged that Grillone’s conduct was unbecoming.

From CBS Philly: When a YouTube video surfaced of Bttn. Chief John Grillone singing the national anthem in a firehouse, the Philadelphia fire commissioner charged that Grillone’s conduct was unbecoming.

Last month, firefighter Charles Tizol was suspended without pay for four weeks for posting the nearly two-year-old video on YouTube.

The disciplinary hearing panel will make a recommendation to the commissioner in the coming days. A spokesman from the commissioner’s office said the fire department has no comment. As of right now, the fire department doesn’t have a social-media posting policy in place. Read the entire article here.

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