3 Lt's

Unregistered · 06-21-2018, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

They would have fired my pink Irish ass so fast for any one of these offenses. At least now I know what I can get away with and not get fired. Might go cruise 34th street after work.

I would suggest you try 33rd or 35th Streets...

Unregistered · 06-22-2018, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

required restitution? criminal charges for theft/felony theft? any follow-up scrutiny for Cyn, Clev? FDLE cert pulled? allowed to keep their take home vehs?

http://tbo.com/news/publicsafety/Inv...ords_169351839
"claimed work time even when they were outside their assigned work areas and when they were driving to and from their homes"

You left out collect $$$$$ in DROP.

Unregistered · 06-22-2018, 12:18 AM

Why do they have to go back through any kind of training. I use this term loosely, but weren't they "lieutenants"? How were they able to supervise patrol officers, evaluate their performance, reprimand people for mistakes/errors, tell them what they should have done to handle a call - if they have no idea how to do the job? If they have to be retrained then obviously they were SHI^&T promotions to start with.

Oh Wait... they were supervisors. At SPPD you don't have to know anything about what you're doing you just have to have the right "qualifications" or else have one of the other incompetent staff members pulling for you. That's right. My bad. Sorry.

Unregistered · 06-22-2018, 01:06 AM

Can anyone confirm the story about Bolender screaming for help because he leaned over the counter into the equipment room and got stuck? His belt got caught and he was kicking his legs yelling for someone to get him down.
“Leader” 👆

Unregistered · 06-22-2018, 03:22 AM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can anyone confirm the story about Bolender screaming for help because he leaned over the counter into the equipment room and got stuck? His belt got caught and he was kicking his legs yelling for someone to get him down.
“Leader” 👆

I would rather gear about the property room.

Unregistered · 06-22-2018, 05:50 AM

I worked at SPPD about 18 years ago. CD was my sergeant and she didn’t have a clue. The whole squad loathed her and couldn’t stand to be near her. She could never make the right decision, and most of the time make the situation worse. She would always complain that the squad was up to no good and plotting against her. She was very close to GD when he was the chief, and he is the initial reason for her climbing the ladder. The woman did one year on the road after FTO and spent next four years as a recruiter before she made sergeant. As a sergeant, she was clueless. Doing this job for twenty-five years, she can’t hide her incompetence. It doesn’t surprise me or shock me that she finally got demoted. Karma is a B*tch.

Unregistered · 06-22-2018, 02:35 PM

I'm retired from the SPPD shit hole. Is Puke Williams and Stink ass Wyatt finally gone?

Unregistered · 06-23-2018, 06:49 PM

More about lying:

A St. Petersburg police officer who was fired for not obeying instructions, adjusting his schedule without permission and allegedly lying about getting his car washed was reinstated with back pay after secret audio recordings of meetings with his supervisors surfaced, according to internal affairs records.

Officer Richard Miranda also filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a whistleblower lawsuit against the City of St. Petersburg, Police Chief Tony Holloway and four supervisors.

Officer Richard Miranda fired Feb. 23, since reinstated
Bay News 9 obtains audio recording through public records request
Miranda believes he was the target of retaliation
PDF: Read the lawsuit

Miranda was fired on Feb. 23 by Chief Holloway for falsification and insubordination.

"You said you did not tell your supervisor you did PM on your vehicle, you only did maintenance on your vehicle," Holloway said at the Command Review Board hearing. "To wit: you washed your vehicle but those two supervisors swear under oath that you did tell them that you did PM service."

Officer Miranda told Chief Holloway that he never used the term PM, which stands for Preventative Maintenance. It's a scheduled time to drop off police cruisers for work to be done by a city mechanic. Instead, Miranda said he used the term MRS, which stands for Mechanical Rail Services. That's the facility where PM is done. It's also where officers wash their cruisers and fill up with gas.

"I did not say anything about doing PM to my vehicle sir," Miranda said.

That's the same thing Miranda told internal affairs Det. Annetta Perry during an interview last November.

"Do you have any idea why they would assume you were having your car PM’d rather than just," Perry asked.

Miranda interrupted, "I did not use that term, so I don't know. Why their assumption is strictly to that, I don't know.”

"No one asked me why was I at MRS… I went to MRS, part of the maintenance of the vehicle is (to) wash it and I washed the cruiser."

Sgt. Candace Marklin and acting Lt. William Burris told Perry during their interviews that Miranda said he came in early on March 30, 2016, without permission, to PM his cruiser.

"He told me and Lieutenant Burris at that point that he had to PM his car," said Sgt. Marklin.

"He said without hesitating, he said, ‘Well, I had to get… PM'd,'" said acting Lt. Burris. "I specifically told him, 'Look, if that's what you have to do, you just ask and we will nine times out of 10 tell you 'No problem.' But you have to ask, you can't just make up your own schedule."

"In no uncertain terms, he lied to both of our faces."

"No one asked me why was I at MRS… I went to MRS, part of the maintenance of the vehicle is (to) wash it and I washed the cruiser." - Officer Richard Miranda during recorded conversation

At the time, those two supervisors did not realize that Miranda had secretly recorded their meeting. Through a public records request, Bay News 9 obtained that audio recording which proves Miranda never used the term "PM."

The conversation happened in a meeting room at district headquarters on April 7, 2016.

"Last extra night, everybody was working an 8-to-6," Marklin said. "And you came in and worked a 7-to-5."

"Yeah, I had to go to MRS," Miranda replied.

That was the only exchange where the maintenance term came up during the 50 minute secretly recorded conversation between Miranda, Marklin and Burris. The City decided to reinstate Miranda after his attorney, Patrice Pucci, presented that recording at a grievance hearing in April.

"The supervisors were not aware that grievant recorded those conversations," hearing officer Kristen Mory wrote in a letter. "The audio recordings were presented as evidence to demonstrate that Officer Miranda did not provide false testimony at the Chain of Command Board hearing related to vehicle maintenance."

Mory's letter went on to state, "The resolution includes removal of the falsification rule violation from the previous employee notice, reinstatement effective July 31, 2017, and back pay from the time grievant was terminated up until his reinstatement."

In an effort to keep his employees from secretly recording each other again, Chief Holloway amended the general orders in July to state: interception and disclosure of wire, oral or electronic communications (is) prohibited.

"It's easier for employees now to audio or video record at work to try to get evidence of an employment law claim. I think we're going to see this not just in the law enforcement setting, not just in the public employer setting but also in the private employer setting." - Stetson University College of Law Professor Jason Bent

Even though Miranda got his job back, he was still found to be insubordinate for not following his supervisors' instructions and adjusting his schedule without permission.

According to the public records, Miranda believes he was the target of retaliation for filing a discrimination complaint against Lt. Karen Eichler. That supervisor had Miranda inactivated from the field training unit for declining to teach a class about runaways. An emotional Miranda admits in the secret recording that's one reason he was being difficult with his supervisors.

"Just deal with it. If it pisses me off and it makes me act up, deal with it," Miranda said. "I have never been so stressed in my life with this bulls**t. I don’t give a s**t. I come here because I have a family and I love my job."

An internal affairs investigation found there was no evidence to support the allegation of racial discrimination against Lt. Eichler and the case has been closed per the Chief. Miranda’s attorney filed an amended lawsuit on Friday alleging retaliation in violation of Florida’s Public Whistleblower Act, negligence, tortious interference and race discrimination under Florida's Civil Rights Act against the City of St. Petersburg.

Pucci said Mayor Rick Kriseman was served on Friday and Chief Holloway along with Karen Eichler, Candace Marklin, William Burris and Luke Williams will be served this week. Police spokeswoman Yolanda Fernandez said Holloway declined a request for an interview.

"The Chief would like to speak with you about this matter. However, there's a pending lawsuit and legal has advised him not to say anything at this time," Fernandez said. "However, once all of that is resolved, he’s willing to sit down with you and answer any questions you might have."

Miranda also declined a request for an interview but his attorney released a statement.

"Officer Miranda's reinstatement was agreed upon to minimize the damages," Pucci stated. "And does not affect/settle Officer Miranda's other claims against the City."