By Jana Peterson
Pine Knot News
City drama
Former chief asks council to investigate one of their own
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Former Cloquet police chief Wade Lamirande and City Councilor Steve Langley exit the Cloquet L&M store together before continuing a heated discussion in the parking lot in July 2018 in this screenshot taken from store video. Langley filed a police report about the incident, which was subsequently investigated and evaluated for charges externally, by police in Grand Rapids and a Duluth attorney's office. No charges were filed.
After two years of attempting to get results through official channels, former Cloquet police chief Wade Lamirande finally just decided to let the world know of his concerns.
Early last week, Lamirande dropped a series of complaints on city councilors, the mayor, city staff and media, detailing eight issues each with Cloquet City councilor Steve Langley and Cloquet police chief Jeff Palmer.
The Pine Knot News explored the allegations against Langley for this story, utilizing records of the investigations regarding Lamirande and Langley, and by verifying other information contained in Lamir...
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