Fired Delray Police Officer in the news

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Fired Delray Beach police officer disputes sex-for-cash allegations
By Jerome Burdi | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
March 20, 2009
Delray Beach - Jonathan Taylor was still a rookie when he was fired from the Police Department amid a slew of allegations, including soliciting a prostitute later charged with stealing his pickup.

Taylor was fired in December, according to a police report obtained last week. His lawyer, Gary Lippman, said the case is the "most contrived conclusion I've ever seen in an investigation."

According to the internal affairs police report:

After she was arrested on a charge of stealing Taylor's pickup, Kathleen Delapine accused Taylor of paying her $20 for oral sex and said he had done so other times over the year. She said she asked Taylor, 24, to get her cigarettes and a drink and he pulled over at a gas station in the 200 block of North Federal Highway in Boynton Beach. While he was inside, she took off with his Nissan pickup. Delapine, 29, had been drinking and was unable to drive well, a witness told Taylor.

The witness drove Taylor, who ran out with the beer, to catch up with Delapine. As Taylor pulled her out of the truck, in the 1000 block of North Federal Highway, the vehicle was still in gear and crashed into the witness' Buick. Taylor started to drive off but was stopped by police.

Delapine, who said she did not know Taylor was an officer, ran away but Boynton Beach police later arrested her. She failed a Delray Beach police polygraph test, but investigators said they still believed her.

There was not enough evidence to prove the allegations, Police Chief Anthony Strianese wrote in a memo. No criminal charges were filed against Taylor.

But there was enough evidence to prove disciplinary charges that Taylor was untruthful, disobeyed standards, left the scene of a crash and had poor professional conduct, Strianese determined.


Taylor's story is not believable," Strianese wrote.

Lippman said it's Delapine's story that's not believable. The only mistake Taylor made was to leave his truck running while he went into the gas station to buy cough syrup.

According to Lippman: On Sept. 23, Taylor went grocery shopping. On his way home, he remembered he needed cough syrup, so he stopped at the gas station, where his truck was stolen.

Delapine's attorney, assistant public defender Yvette Farnsworth-Baker, declined to comment. The theft charge is pending against Delapine. Efforts to contact Delapine were unsuccessful. Her mother said she does not have a phone or a fixed address.

Delapine's mother, Kathleen Delapine, 53, said her daughter refers to herself as "an escort."

"She made it sound like they hung out together and partied," the elder Delapine said. "Drugs, sex and no love involved."

Charges
A police investigation found Jonathan Taylor:
Was untruthful; disobeyed standards; left the scene of a crash;
and had poor conduct.

dont waste your time Gary..we dont want him back

I was in the application process for DBPD but a lot of cops from other palm beach agencies told me there were huge problems there. No contract, city hall hates the pd, and no support from the administration. I applied to Boca and PBSO after hearing this. Can anybody tell me if this is true or just talk. I really don't want to start the hiring process all over again but I will if this is true. I just don't want to come to DBPD and have to leave shortly therafter.

Boca is down 10 but not hiring due to financial woes, while PBSO is 100 million short this budget year for not putting enough away when times were good. Roll the dice fool and pray for a seven! If you pick your career based on a messageboard you're a retard anyway and you should pick another career, like AIG perhaps....

Boca IS hiring because I spoke with them and started the process already instead of DBPD. They also pay a substantial amount more and have alot more benefits after I looked! PBSO told me they WERE hiring but not as much as before. They still have to fill retirements etc. I spoke with a few more people ref. DBPD and I don't believe I'm going to continue with the process. Especially with guidance like yours coming from the agency...

Boca is down 10 but not hiring due to financial woes, while PBSO is 100 million short this budget year for not putting enough away when times were good. Roll the dice fool and pray for a seven! If you pick your career based on a messageboard you're a retard anyway and you should pick another career, like AIG perhaps....

I wouldn't worry about the low pay (soon to be revised as lowest pay) from Delray in regards to your application. I also wouldn't worry about the supposed low moral that is claimed on this board either. It's all heresay. Delray Beach is considered an elite city with some of the finest men and women in uniform.

My point is this, it's not about you choosing Delray, it's whether Delray would choose you. Do you deserve the honor of working in a city that is rich in something other than money. I'm talking about the good stuff - culturally and historically. Where it does not matter if you are the top cop or the rookie, there is a harmony across all bounds. A brotherhood shared by administrators down to patrol. We work hard, together and have each other's backs.

If you want an incredible career at an exceptional institution, Delray is the only application you should fill out.


I am so pumped up right now, I'm going to starch and press all my uniforms even though they are already perfect.

wow!

I wouldn't worry about the low pay (soon to be revised as lowest pay) from Delray in regards to your application. I also wouldn't worry about the supposed low moral that is claimed on this board either. It's all heresay. Delray Beach is considered an elite city with some of the finest men and women in uniform.

My point is this, it's not about you choosing Delray, it's whether Delray would choose you. Do you deserve the honor of working in a city that is rich in something other than money. I'm talking about the good stuff - culturally and historically. Where it does not matter if you are the top cop or the rookie, there is a harmony across all bounds. A brotherhood shared by administrators down to patrol. We work hard, together and have each other's backs.

If you want an incredible career at an exceptional institution, Delray is the only application you should fill out.


I am so pumped up right now, I'm going to starch and press all my uniforms even though they are already perfect.

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Wow is right...Post of the year! You described the Agency to the T! LOL

boy, take it from me this place sucks. all the negative stuff you are hearing is right on the money. RUN..........

its the worst that it has ever been