Cadets walked out on SOT

I have a new group of heros. They are right to stand up to that crap. Hope they win.

I agree. It's ridiculous.

I heard some ex-military would rather go through boot camp again then to deal with SOT.

They aren't "weeding" out the weak. They are losing good people to other agencies. SOT is not going to make better "super deputies". The Academy, Module and FTO will.

WE NEED A NEW SHERIFF. THIS IS NOT THE MILITARY. KNOWING HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IS IMPORTANT. THE SHERIFF WAS NEVER IN THE MILITARY AS MOST OF HIS STAFF. THEY ARE ALL WANT A BEES. THEY LIVE IN.....THE SHERIFF WAS AGAINST GOING IN THE MILITARY NOW HE PUTS ON AN ACT.....

I have never seen Sheriff Gee as anything but a complete COWARD. Docobo is the same way as well. They hide behind their fortified walls downtown and neither spent hardly any time at all on the street before they were politically transfered to desk positions. Neither of them have any guts or courage and therefore ran away when any Military Recruiters were nearby. Now they ask their new recruits to go through a ridiculously created mini boot camp, acting like they know something about true military discipline and training tactics. Neither of them could lead a squad of troops out of a Chucky Cheeze playroom! Nothing worse then

The sot needs to get real . Would bullying be the proper word. Do some backgrounds on the instructors, not good We are starting to do backgrounds. Gee will not hire a deputy if hes been arrested for r. driving or misd. pot. Yet on some applicants admit smoking and they are hired. We know someone the sheriff knows real well that was charged with drag racing involving great body injury, yet he is with FHP with the influence of Gee. Anyway we are peace officers not SWAT military seals.I hate to say but I agree with the above post.

The sot needs to get real . Would bullying be the proper word. Do some backgrounds on the instructors, not good We are starting to do backgrounds. Gee will not hire a deputy if hes been arrested for r. driving or misd. pot. Yet on some applicants admit smoking and they are hired. We know someone the sheriff knows real well that was charged with drag racing involving great body injury, yet he is with FHP with the influence of Gee. Anyway we are peace officers not SWAT military seals.I hate to say but I agree with the above post.

Reference the FHP hiring you speak of, are u talking about his son?

The sot needs to get real . Would bullying be the proper word. Do some backgrounds on the instructors, not good We are starting to do backgrounds. Gee will not hire a deputy if hes been arrested for r. driving or misd. pot. Yet on some applicants admit smoking and they are hired. We know someone the sheriff knows real well that was charged with drag racing involving great body injury, yet he is with FHP with the influence of Gee. Anyway we are peace officers not SWAT military seals.I hate to say but I agree with the above post.

Reference the FHP hiring you speak of, are u talking about his son?

Yeah David Gee's Son did actually in fact just recently get hired by the Florida Highway Patrol. Many wondered WHY? Should have figured that there was some reason he went there instead of HCSO. I swear, if any decent news investigator began to actively look into all the questionable things that the "Above-The-Law" duo of Gee & Docobo do on a regular basis, they would open up a can of worms so large, it would leave the entire County of people & more scratching their heads in pure disbelief.

The sot needs to get real . Would bullying be the proper word. Do some backgrounds on the instructors, not good We are starting to do backgrounds. Gee will not hire a deputy if hes been arrested for r. driving or misd. pot. Yet on some applicants admit smoking and they are hired. We know someone the sheriff knows real well that was charged with drag racing involving great body injury, yet he is with FHP with the influence of Gee. Anyway we are peace officers not SWAT military seals.I hate to say but I agree with the above post.

Reference the FHP hiring you speak of, are u talking about his son?

Yeah David Gee's Son did actually in fact just recently get hired by the Florida Highway Patrol. Many wondered WHY? Should have figured that there was some reason he went there instead of HCSO. I swear, if any decent news investigator began to actively look into all the questionable things that the "Above-The-Law" duo of Gee & Docobo do on a regular basis, they would open up a can of worms so large, it would leave the entire County of people & more scratching their heads in pure disbelief.

The pure disbelief is the stupidity of you whiners, no wonder you never advanced anywhere in this agency. I know it's a shocker to you working for a LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY but perhaps he didn't get employed at HCSO because it would be illegal. So no, many didn't wonder why, most had common sense to know. PS if you're still lost look up FSS 112.3135

Looks like Docobo is violating that statute. All the whiners can use that as a reason to get him booted, so let's see you put your money where your mouth is.

[Average Joe]

Looks like Docobo is violating that statute. All the whiners can use that as a reason to get him booted, so let's see you put your money where your mouth is.

You had better reread FSS 112.3135. Jose Docobo is not in violation of this law.

It is the sheriff that signs off on all hires, promotions and terminations. The deputy chief can only recommend.

Thus the sheriff's son, who has been with FHP for at least 5 years could not he hired here.

And the deputy chief was not in his current position when his son was hired.

Looks like Docobo is violating that statute. All the whiners can use that as a reason to get him booted, so let's see you put your money where your mouth is.

You had better reread FSS 112.3135. Jose Docobo is not in violation of this law.

It is the sheriff that signs off on all hires, promotions and terminations. The deputy chief can only recommend.

Thus the sheriff's son, who has been with FHP for at least 5 years could not he hired here.

And the deputy chief was not in his current position when his son was hired.

(c) "Public official" means an officer, including a member of the Legislature, the Governor, and a member of the Cabinet, or an employee of an agency in whom is vested the authority by law, rule, or regulation, or to whom the authority has been delegated, to appoint, employ, promote, or advance individuals or to recommend individuals for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement in connection with employment in an agency, including the authority as a member of a collegial body to vote on the appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement of individuals.

(2)(a) A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, or advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a position in the agency in which the official is serving or over which the official exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in or to a position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual or if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement is made by a collegial body of which a relative of the individual is a member.

Looks like Docobo is violating that statute. All the whiners can use that as a reason to get him booted, so let's see you put your money where your mouth is.

You had better reread FSS 112.3135. Jose Docobo is not in violation of this law.

It is the sheriff that signs off on all hires, promotions and terminations. The deputy chief can only recommend.

Thus the sheriff's son, who has been with FHP for at least 5 years could not he hired here.

And the deputy chief was not in his current position when his son was hired.

(c) "Public official" means an officer, including a member of the Legislature, the Governor, and a member of the Cabinet, or an employee of an agency in whom is vested the authority by law, rule, or regulation, or to whom the authority has been delegated, to appoint, employ, promote, or advance individuals or to recommend individuals for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement in connection with employment in an agency, including the authority as a member of a collegial body to vote on the appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement of individuals.

(2)(a) A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, or advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a position in the agency in which the official is serving or over which the official exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in or to a position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual or if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement is made by a collegial body of which a relative of the individual is a member.

Sounds like a certain cpl shouldn't have been promoted either.

[Average Joe]

Looks like Docobo is violating that statute. All the whiners can use that as a reason to get him booted, so let's see you put your money where your mouth is.

You had better reread FSS 112.3135. Jose Docobo is not in violation of this law.

It is the sheriff that signs off on all hires, promotions and terminations. The deputy chief can only recommend.

Thus the sheriff's son, who has been with FHP for at least 5 years could not he hired here.

And the deputy chief was not in his current position when his son was hired.

(c) "Public official" means an officer, including a member of the Legislature, the Governor, and a member of the Cabinet, or an employee of an agency in whom is vested the authority by law, rule, or regulation, or to whom the authority has been delegated, to appoint, employ, promote, or advance individuals or to recommend individuals for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement in connection with employment in an agency, including the authority as a member of a collegial body to vote on the appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement of individuals.

(2)(a) A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, or advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a position in the agency in which the official is serving or over which the official exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in or to a position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual or if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement is made by a collegial body of which a relative of the individual is a member.

This is a prime example of what is wrong with today's deputy, they have no common sense.

All one has to do, in this case the chief deputy, is remove himself from the process when it comes to the hiring or promotion of a relative. The same goes for any other person that can recommend one for promotion, like a sgt, lt, cpt or major that turns in a list.

The sheriff, who is the leader of the agency, does not have the ability to step aside.