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    Groveland spend $5,000.00 on Soap Box Derby cars. 9/27/2014 they closed Wilson Lake Parkway Paid 2 to 3 police officers over time, along with several city employees paid overtime to give hay rides maintain the closed road to run the soap box derby races on the closed roadway.
    Police department has no accountability for hours worked for the Chief of Police, the Deputy Chief, the two Commanders, or the three (Soon to be four) Detectives. They do not call out on the radio, which all radio traffic is recorded. They do not punch a time clock. Sgt's and below have to call on radio when they leave home coming to work, when they get to the PD, when they leave work and when they get home. All is recorded and can be verified. There is no way to verify what hours the admin and detective staff work.
    Officer are no longer required to call out on the radio when they get out of their vehicles to go in a store or for a meal break. if they stay in a restaurant of the RaceTrac for several hours there is no way to verify the hours they were there. They are being paid to patrol and do their job even though they might be spending several hours a shift not doing what they are being paid to do.
    The chief just promoted the three administrative positions from Commander and two lieutenants, to a deputy chief and two commanders. He claims it is name only at this time with no increase in pay. Even though he created two new lieutenants positions that he has not filled until the population boom happens, he has created a new sergeants position to handle crime watch, explorers and other administrative duties that will be fill ASAP. Once he feels the need he will fill the two lieutenants positions and give the other three pay raises. There are still only going to keep four officers on the road to patrol the city and respond to calls in the entire city each shift. There will be more administrative positions working each day than officers on the road.
    City manager hired his friend from IOWA to run the CRA, and titled the position as community development director. He has just created a new position of parks and recreation director. (maybe he has another friend in need of a high paying job). Parks and streets have always been one department, they are not hiring anymore employees to do the work only more high paying bosses.
    One year the city paid Anita Gerica, contract city attorney that works part time for the city as she has a full time law practice in Clermont $208,000.00. Her base contract is for $75,000.00.
    chief of police has been made aware of a sergeant violation policy and probably unethical sexual activities while on duty. nothing is being done.

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    Unhappy Not a safe city to be in?

    After reading this post, I was shocked by its content. Groveland Florida is growing in size, only have 4 patrol officers in such a big city does not seem safe at all. If this is true that only 4 patrol officers are on per shift, and two of the officers are always hanging out at the Race Track talking to each other, non police people, and not doing their job. Take a trip to the Subway by publix supermarket to find two officers joking around with females, not doing their jobs again leaving the city with no patrol. Seeing two uniformed officers kissing and hugging in a public place while on duty is another thing that has been seen over and over. Just wrong!
    Residents need to speak their minds at the city's meetings about their so called police officers doing personal duty while being on the clock.

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    Groveland spend $5,000.00 on Soap Box Derby cars. 9/27/2014 they closed Wilson Lake Parkway Paid 2 to 3 police officers over time, along with several city employees paid overtime to give hay rides maintain the closed road to run the soap box derby races on the closed roadway.
    Police department has no accountability for hours worked for the Chief of Police, the Deputy Chief, the two Commanders, or the three (Soon to be four) Detectives. They do not call out on the radio, which all radio traffic is recorded. They do not punch a time clock. Sgt's and below have to call on radio when they leave home coming to work, when they get to the PD, when they leave work and when they get home. All is recorded and can be verified. There is no way to verify what hours the admin and detective staff work.
    Officer are no longer required to call out on the radio when they get out of their vehicles to go in a store or for a meal break. if they stay in a restaurant of the RaceTrac for several hours there is no way to verify the hours they were there. They are being paid to patrol and do their job even though they might be spending several hours a shift not doing what they are being paid to do.
    The chief just promoted the three administrative positions from Commander and two lieutenants, to a deputy chief and two commanders. He claims it is name only at this time with no increase in pay. Even though he created two new lieutenants positions that he has not filled until the population boom happens, he has created a new sergeants position to handle crime watch, explorers and other administrative duties that will be fill ASAP. Once he feels the need he will fill the two lieutenants positions and give the other three pay raises. There are still only going to keep four officers on the road to patrol the city and respond to calls in the entire city each shift. There will be more administrative positions working each day than officers on the road.
    City manager hired his friend from IOWA to run the CRA, and titled the position as community development director. He has just created a new position of parks and recreation director. (maybe he has another friend in need of a high paying job). Parks and streets have always been one department, they are not hiring anymore employees to do the work only more high paying bosses.
    One year the city paid Anita Gerica, contract city attorney that works part time for the city as she has a full time law practice in Clermont $208,000.00. Her base contract is for $75,000.00.
    chief of police has been made aware of a sergeant violation policy and probably unethical sexual activities while on duty. nothing is being done.

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    who cares

    Seems like your sorry ass has way too much time on your hands

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    This is a great argument just to get rid of all municipal police in south lake county and go with the Sheriff's Office already.

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    The fact is that Groveland seems to be spending money paid by the tax payers in ways that it benefits certain individuals of the police department where as they should spend the money on more patrol and those who just sit around on their asses or don't do the job their suppose to do should be released of their duties

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    [QUOTE=Unregistered;2036817]This is a great argument just to get rid of all municipal police in south lake county and go with the Sheriff's Office already.

    Not in any way am I saying to get rid of the Police Department, the department is a necessary protection of the city if properly run right. Before the new chief came into play and the old chief was doing his job, there was in fact better patrol for the safety of the city of Groveland, tax payers funds were used to enforce safety within the city and not to create new jobs with non patrolling officers. The prior police department when ran by previous employed chief of police, and officers did their jobs compared to how things are being done now, such as a married officer having relations with another officer while on duty and being paid by the city, along with officers having a social hang out while on duty socializing but not patrolling, and certain new created employees not punching a time clock or logging their hours to show exactly how many hours they did work. The residents need to bring this to the attention of the city council members along with why are in fact the residents paying for the chief and his selected few to use police vehicles to commute to and from work when they live outside the boundaries set forth and approved by the city? No record showing funds being paid back to the city out of those who take home the vehicles?
    The city itself already has a huge debt with the water meter issues, residents are fuming over this and taxes will sometime raise again to cover this expense, so let's just keep digging a hole in the the city funds, allow the chief and selected few to drive wherever and whenever they want off duty at the cities and tax payers expenses? I think not!
    Residents of Groveland need to press this issue and should in fact get a bunch of people together and attend a meeting, start a petition to stop the police department from useless spending and get the city back to a protected city by reviewing the jobs that were created and why don't the police department hire more patrol officers.

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    Groveland Hiring

    Does anyone know if Groveland is hiring at this time. I am certified and have a clean background. Looking to move north someday.

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    Groveland is better than Mascotte PD

    Living between the two cities of Groveland and Mascotte Florida, i would say that even though Groveland has issues stated here, i would like to say that the Groveland PD does work like a police station should, they arrest criminals, they get out of their cars and write tickets, they listen to the citizens complaints and investigate, on the other hand you have the Mascotte PD, a few of the officers there are just plain lazy and don't want to get out of their cars, or off their rested asses to write a ticket, instead they look the other way, one of those officers is a real piece of work, he drives around to his chosen spots to hang out, flirt around with women and under aged females, using the tax payers squad car as a toy and tool to get the attention of those females described above. And respect of the citizens is not in his mind as he speaks freely aloud with nasty and vulgar sayings.
    I wish i had the Groveland Police responding to a call instead of the lazy Mascotte Police . The big guy in charge also has issues that needs attention, and if Lake County was to take over the Mascotte PD, it would in deed become the Friendly City, but until changes are made and lazy cops are gone, it will remain as the city of no hope, a drug dealing paradise.

  9. #9
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    Mascotte PD

    Groveland PD's facebook page shows more arrests from this year than Mascotte PD has in the last 3 years, it should be called THE LAZY CITY
    Mascotte PD is not growing in strength like Groveland Police department and last but not least, what about officer FRIENDLY whose job is to cruis(e the city looking to flirt, not to protect.
    If you want to get away with a crime or want to deal drugs and get away with it, move to Mascotte Florida
    #CrimeCityAndLazyCops
    #NoPoliceWorking
    #FlirtingCops

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    Chief Shawn Ramsey will have to answer some criminal questions soon. If you think our last Chief was an issue this will shock our town.

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