are uninhabitable. Typically, the mayor of Braddock holds administrative power over the Braddock Police Department. But during Fetterman's first term, he handed over those powers to the Braddock Police Chief, Frank DeBartolo, believing he could handle administrative duties more efficiently. Fetterman aimed to improve the relationship between Braddock's residents and the police by serving as a mediator during disputes. During his tenure as mayor, Braddock's homicide rate fell substantially, and for five years, there were no gun-related murders in Braddock. In 2006, Fetterman opposed the expansion of Mon-Fayette Expressway, a partially completed four-lane highway that connects Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He argued that the planned expansion of the expressway would cut straight through Braddock and destroy the town. While mayor, Fetterman had a contentious relationship with the town council. Some councilpersons viewed him with suspicion—seeing a white man serving as mayor of a majority-black town who pitched himself as the town's savior. Fetterman's tense relations with the town council have also been attributed to the fact that he did not attend many council meetings. In 2009, members of the town council attempted to have Fetterman removed from a town council meeting and arrested after he criticized a political opponent while delivering his mayoral report. The same year, council president Jesse Brown ordered Braddock's code enforcement officer to cite Fetterman for an occupancy permit violation for a building owned by Fetterman's nonprofit. A judge later dismissed the complaint. To avoid the town council's gridlock, Fetterman used his nonprofit to accomplish many of his ideas for Braddock, but that also resulted in less citizen input into the projects. Second term In November 2010, Fetterman was arrested and immediately released after refusing to leave the property of the U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh. He was protesting the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's controversial closure of Braddock Hospital; some in the community said he should have been more vocal in his opposition earlier. The Braddock Hospital employed 600 people and was Braddock's largest employer, and its closure left the town without a healthcare provider, although an urgent-care unit eventually opened in the town. Also in November 2010, Fetterman took a leading role in trying to close down Club 804, a nightclub he described as a public nuisance to Braddock after the club was the site of a shooting. During his feud with Club 804, Fetterman changed the lettering on the club's signage from