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There is an interesting article in a Longboat Key paper. Go to Yourobserver.com.

And I quote" Hogle said those two firings were appropriate and that Tokajer’s past incidents were not fireable offenses. "
“Those incidents (concerning Tokajer) were dealt with at the time and resolved appropriately,” Hogle said. “Capt. Tokajer is another valuable addition to the department.”


Not fireable, what a joke. What happened to the PCA for lying under an offical investigation, or witness tampering? It is amazing what happenes when you are buddy buddy with a powerful Mayor. He was promoted while this went on to Captain and then was suspended for 2 weeks. The kicker is, he got to work to make up the hours, what kind of suspension is that? Be glad Longboat has him now!

And I quote" Hogle said those two firings were appropriate and that Tokajer’s past incidents were not fireable offenses. "
“Those incidents (concerning Tokajer) were dealt with at the time and resolved appropriately,” Hogle said. “Capt. Tokajer is another valuable addition to the department.”


Not fireable, what a joke. What happened to the PCA for lying under an offical investigation, or witness tampering? It is amazing what happenes when you are buddy buddy with a powerful Mayor. He was promoted while this went on to Captain and then was suspended for 2 weeks. The kicker is, he got to work to make up the hours, what kind of suspension is that? Be glad Longboat has him now!

Sad but true. BPD is much better off without him.

Police chief defends hire of captain
Date: April 13, 2011
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Longboat Key Police Chief Al Hogle hired last month a police captain with more than 20 years with the Bradenton Police Department, whose service includes two suspensions and a demotion for improper conduct while on the job.

Bill Tokajer retired from the Bradenton Police Department in early March as the department’s deputy chief after more than 20 years of service with the department. On March 14, Hogle hired him as a police patrol captain, with a salary of $73,185.84.

In November 1990, Tokajer didn’t report an argument he witnessed between a detective and the detective’s wife that allegedly involved a gun being pointed at her. Tokajer was suspended for two days and demoted after an investigation was performed regarding the incident.

In August 1996, Tokajer witnessed a patrolman strike a Bradenton citizen with a metal flashlight. Tokajer, who denied participating in a cover-up and falsifying a police report regarding the incident, failed a polygraph test during an investigation about the incident. Tokajer received a two-week suspension and a six-month probation period for that incident.

Hogle served as Bradenton’s police chief for a year-and-a-half starting in 2002; at that time Tokajer was a major.

“Frankly, I don’t think the incidents deserve press,” Hogle said. “Bill Tokajer is a good guy, a supervisor who’s been shot in the line of duty, and I strongly defend him.”
Hogle noted the last incident occurred 15 years ago and that Tokajer’s record since then has been exemplary.

Tokajer has served as a patrol officer, detective, patrol sergeant, lieutenant, captain, major, accreditation manager and a deputy chief with the Bradenton Police Department. Hogle also notes that Tokajer received both a Medal of Valor (for disarming a suspect and saving other officers’ lives) and a Purple Heart after being shot in the chest during a search warrant for a narcotics investigation.

“He’s done everything he’s been asked to do through three different Bradenton police chiefs and worked his way up the ladder there to deputy chief,” Hogle said. “He retired in extreme positive standing.”
Bradenton Police Chief Michael Radzilowski confirmed Hogle’s assessment of Tokajer.

“In my nine years as chief here, Bill Tokajer has been an outstanding officer, supervisor and manager,” Radzilowski said. “I wasn’t here when he made his mistakes, but he obviously learned from them. We were very sorry to lose him.”

Hogle called the hire “a no-brainer” and told the Longboat Observer that he has access to internal affairs files that were reviewed closely before Tokajer was hired.

Longboat Key Human Resources Manager Lisa Silvertooth said the town’s police and fire rescue departments perform their own background checks.

Silvertooth only has access to police officer files for pre-employment physicals and drug tests.

Hogle said Tokajer passed both psychological testing and a polygraph examination “with flying colors.”
In October 2009, Hogle fired Longboat police officer Jessica Anderson 48 days after she was placed on unpaid leave while the department investigated an arrest that did not meet professional standards.

Hogle’s announcement came six days after his termination of former police officer Patti Beardsley, who waved her department-issued handgun at a motorist in front of her Sarasota home Sept. 16, 2009.

Hogle said those two firings were appropriate and that Tokajer’s past incidents were not fireable offenses.
“Those incidents (concerning Tokajer) were dealt with at the time and resolved appropriately,” Hogle said. “Capt. Tokajer is another valuable addition to the department.”

Tokajer was hired as a junior captain, to replace the opening left by retired Deputy Chief Martin Sharkey, and will supervise one of the police department’s shifts.

Since when is lieing not a fireable offense. How long will Mr BIll be allowed to whore out his daughter's illness? How did the arrest by Ofc J Anderson not meet professional standards? How many chances did Mr Bill get? How many did he give other officers who made mistakes, who were good officers and now can't get hired with another agency? LBKPD will suffer now. My LBKPD brothers and sisters there are people out there who are doing everything they can to shine a true light on this person to prevent him becoming your next chief.

Bruce St Denis is who needs to be looking in to this totally inappropriate hiring of a fellow "buddy". Hopefully this will be Al Hogles Last mistake!

Firefighter Matt Taylor spent months documenting his suspicion that the town's pension plans are badly mismanaged

He says he also found "what I thought to be a crime, and proof of it."

But when he asked Longboat Police Chief Al Hogle to investigate, Taylor did not get the reaction he anticipated.

Hogle met with Taylor for 90 minutes in January. After it was over, Hogle sent an email to two top city officials saying Taylor has "very serious mental health issues."

By the end of the day, the town had forced Taylor to take a drug test, which he passed. Before allowing him to return to work, his bosses also ordered him to visit a psychiatrist.

Taylor, 27, kept his job and is now suing Town Hall for defamation of character in a case that underscores the rancorous struggle between the Town of Longboat and its firefighters over their pay and benefits.

Taylor's lawyer, Michael Laurato, says Hogle's diagnosis was "recklessly false."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article...expected-twist

Incredible. Try to bring a complaint to the Police Chief and he sends you for drug and mental health testing.

Sounds like Hogle needs a drug test and Mental Health Evaluation after what he did to this guy. Especially after his hiring the new junior Captain.

Their pension is only 45% funded and that's ok?

I''m glad I don't live out there.

I never realized what a POS Al Hogle truly is! After hiring that disgrace toejacker I do believe a mental Eval and a drug test is in order for Hogle! People need to notify the Town Manager Bruce St. Denis and enlighten him! ops: