Kelleher incident," (3) Putnam’s discussions with and testimony before the State Ethics Commission; and (4) as concerns Bisignani’s hiring decision, Putnam’s order that officers charge Selectman- Cogliano with a criminal liquor law violation. Pl.’s Mem. at 12. According to Putnam, the allegation that a police department improperly accorded favorable treatment to political figures is clearly a matter of public concern. Id. at 13; The State Ethics Commission’s investigation of the Kelleher incident, Putnam argues, is conclusive proof that the public was concerned about what Putnam disclosed. Id. Additionally, Putnam observes, Vasapolli himself testified that the Kelle-her incident and Putnam’s report on it were the talk of the town. Id.; Vasapolli De 1 U.S. at 145 n. 7, 103 S.Ct. 1684) (<HOLDING>); Wagner v. City of Holyoke, 241 F.Supp.2d 78,
holding that a public employees internal memoranda raising concerns about public corruption are protected first amendment speech because they addressed a matter of public concern holding that an employees speech which concerns the alleged abuse of public office occupies the highest rung of the hierarchy of first amendment values holding that law enforcement agents speech which raised the possibility of corruption in a public agency is protected under the first amendment holding allegations of wrongdoing by public officials are on the highest order of first amendment concern holding the strong public interest in protecting first amendment values favored preliminary injunctive relief