Hobbs goes to bat for Mauro

The Police Services act hearing for Sgt. Jim Mauro is now over. It ended with surprise witness Mayor Keith Hobbs speaking in defence of Mauro. Mauro is charged with two counts of misconduct under the act for a letter he presented to an arbitration hearing. Hobbs testified for about half an hour and called the whole procedure trying to kill a mosquito with an elephant gun . Meantime Mauro's family has issued a critical statement about the procedure and what they term an abuse of power