The details in Greenwich Township are expected to be finalized "very shortly."
A tumultuous time for the Greenwich Township police force could soon be drawing to a close.
Richard Hummer (lehighvalleylive.com file photo) Former Chief Richard Hummer -- who was fired last year by a township committee that has since mostly been replaced -- would be reinstated in a settlement that could be approved as soon as this week, according to attorneys involved.
"We are optimistic that the matter will be resolved ... very shortly," Hummer's attorney, Lawrence Y. Bitterman, said Tuesday.
Hummer, now employed in the Washington Township Police Department, was fired last summer after a series of public disciplinary hearings. He started as a Greenwich Township patrolman in 2003 and became chief in 2013.
Hummer has long sought reinstatement, including in a lawsuit filed in May against the township and three officials who have since resigned.
Ex-chief's lawsuit says firing was retaliation
A township-commissioned investigation said Hummer's department lacked leadership and accountability. A later report from a county prosecutor monitor within the department said any problems were the result of poor communication, not the chief's fault.
Mayor Will Spencer -- who was not on the committee during the proceedings against the chief -- on Tuesday deferred comment to township labor attorney Jim Pfeiffer, who could not immediately be reached for comment.
Doug Steinhardt, who is representing the former chief in the litigation against the township, said a vote could come as soon as a township committee meeting Thursday.
"Everything is pending on every side ... until there is essentially the final handshake," Steinhardt said. "Now it's just waiting on the governing body to act."
Further details of the proposed settlement were not disclosed.
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