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r officers under investigation over an incident in which a man died after being stunned by Tasers represent a wide variety of skill and experience.

Personnel and discipline files reviewed by the Sun Sentinel show the officers experienced the full gamut of police work, from pulling an autistic boy from a murky canal, to being censured for excessive leave due to rehab for alcohol abuse.

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In the episode that sparked the investigation, Calvon Reid was stunned repeatedly by the officers on Feb. 22. Two days later he died. The Police Department at first refused to acknowledge the incident ever happened. But within weeks Police Chief Michael Mann agreed to retire and three of the four officers under investigation were taken off road patrol.

The inquiry into Reid's death continues, and police have ordered the Broward Medical Examiner's to seal their toxicology and autopsy results.

The reports show:

• Sgt. Darren Karp was criticized in job evaluations for a stern demeanor. He "needs to show more empathy and patience when attempting to solve a citizen's issue," a supervisor wrote in 2010.

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But he was also praised as employee of the month in July 1998 for busting 14 DUI drivers. He tracked suspects off duty, and in May 2009 caught two women who had pilfered goods from a Walmart. "You are to be commended for your outstanding performance and removing more 'bad guys' off our streets," former Chief George Raggio, Jr. wrote.

Karp, 42, worked for the agency from 1996 to 2001 and returned in 2006. He earns $97,122.

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• Sgt. David Freeman has a list of accomplishments: In 2000 he helped deliver a baby; in 2005 he jumped into a canal to pull out a lifeless six-year old boy who later survived. Two years later Freeman received a Lifesaving Award after performing CPR on a woman.

But he was also suspended for a day for accessing a police-only database to get personal information to help a friend. He was criticized in job evaluations for taking an excessive amount of time off, and even suspended for a day over it. Chief Mann said his absences were so extensive — 100 hours in one six-month period — that he threatened to fire him. In one response, in 2003, Freeman said he had good reason.

"We all know where I was," he wrote. "Alcohol rehab ... is a medical condition."

Freeman, 54, was hired in 1986 and earns $106,011.

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This article is nothing but bullsh**. The media keeps making the suspect (not victim) out like he walked on water. Regardless of how many pictures of the man and his family that the Sun Sentinel continues to print, he was a known drug dealer and user who has a history of numerous arrests over...
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• Officer Daniel Rush had a previous involvement with Taser use. While personnel records don't say who pulled the triggers, Rush received a letter of commendation in 2012 from the former police chief for being part of a group of officers who stunned a murder suspect at a mobile home park. The first stun gun round didn't work, so a second one was fired, bringing the man to the ground.

"It is only through you and fellow officers' heroic actions that this homicide suspect was quickly arrested without any additional loss of life," Mann wrote.


But Rush didn't just win praise. Superiors lambasted him for getting a visible tattoo which was a "blatant disregard" of agency policy.

Rush, 25, was hired in 2011 and earns $57,351.

• Officer Thomas Eisenring, a rookie, has little history with the department. He was praised by superiors in his personnel file as being a fast learner.

Eisenring, 26, was hired March 2014 and earns $56,216. According to his file, he was once placed on an eligibility list to work for the Broward Sheriff's Office but was not hired because of an "unsuccessful psych exam."

Tony Alfero, the defense attorney representing all four men, called Eisenring's pysch exam and Freeman's rehab experience non-issues. He also said Karp — the only officer not reassigned to inside duty — wasn't even on the scene when the Tasers were turned on Reid.

Alfero called the four excellent officers "and collectively they have virtually no disciplinary history whatsoever. People are losing sight what this case is about. It is not about the officers' histories. It is about this individual who thrust himself into this situation with the officers ... and acted aggressively and inappropriate that evening and resulted in an unfortunate and unforeseen tragedy."

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Just another newspaper rag on the take.
All 4 good officers.

Now print michael mann's personnel file. And the survey we all did 4 years ago. See what his closet holds.

Bs papers, slanted and nose-blind to the truth.

Tanya=lisa=glenn beck=o'reilly

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/br...424-story.html

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http://www.floridabulldog.org/2015/0...th-questioned/

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Great articles from a couple of fish wrappers.

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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/br...511-story.html

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"Cuts all over his body" and yet his own father gave public statements that the guy didn't have a mark on him. Then is was said they used a batons. Batons that left no marks. Evidently the father is not a reliable source. Can't wait for all the facts to come out.......cause the ONLY screw up that occurred in this case was DE's. Guess misery loves company.

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"Cuts all over his body" and yet his own father gave public statements that the guy didn't have a mark on him. Then is was said they used a batons. Batons that left no marks. Evidently the father is not a reliable source.

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"Cuts all over his body" and yet his own father gave public statements that the guy didn't have a mark on him. Then is was said they used a batons. Batons that left no marks. Evidently the father is not a reliable source.

And how do you know this??? Never mind, I forgot the department is a giant sieve when it comes to so-called confidential information. I have never seen such an unprofessional organization.

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And how do you know this??? Never mind, I forgot the department is a giant sieve when it comes to so-called confidential information. I have never seen such an unprofessional organization.

You dumb f#ck, it was printed in all the Sun Sentinel and the public statements the father gave......just like the poster said. Nothing confidential about what the father is trying to publicly sell.
But Dan, I think you're probably more pissed about all your screw ups leaking.