What's up with the Civilian/Commander/Division Chief?

1 less Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant and Officer since this was done.

And keep shredding away baby.....

BJ should worry about this and not his car being towed for illegally parking in the police station.

We will see which Sgt. & which Ofc. will die #1 on the promotional list. Then we will hear complaining. Of course it will be too late.

We will see which Sgt. & which Ofc. will die #1 on the promotional list. Then we will hear complaining. Of course it will be too late.

And Lieutenant, Captain and Major. This guy is tying up 5 spots. Where's the FOP?

The more things change here. The more everything stays the same.

He's coming to the FOP meeting on 5/21 to get permission to wear a uniform.

He's coming to the FOP meeting on 5/21 to get permission to wear a uniform.


Yeah. Like he got PERMISSION to be a Commander.

We are lucky to have him where he is. You people have no idea how loyal he is to this agency and to every officer in this Dept. You have no idea how he fights for this Dept behind the scenes, he is a cop's cop. I am sick of people complaining about him as if he is not one of us. AND if you say he is not one of us, I will challenge that fact with 150 other examples of officers who transferred here from somewhere else.
Also, If you died on the list, you won't be the first or the last. Deal with it.[/b]

Cousin Vinny,
That is not who the original poster referred to:

I Believe it was in reference to this person.....


Beach officer files whistle-blower suit
Posted on Thu, Jun. 05, 2008Digg del.icio.us AIM reprint print email
BY DAVID OVALLE
dovalle@MiamiHerald.com
A high-level Miami Beach police commander has filed a whistle-blower lawsuit against the city, claiming he was demoted after exposing abuses, including an overtime scam that cost taxpayers $500,000.

In a lawsuit filed last month, Cmdr. George Navarro, 48, says Chief Carlos Noriega, 48, retaliated against him for exposing wrongdoing, much of it when Noriega was a high-ranking assistant chief.

Navarro wants back pay and to be reinstated to the rank of major, according to the suit.

Noriega could not comment because of the pending suit and internal investigation. In a statement, he described the suit as ``a misguided crusade by a disgruntled employee.''

The lawsuit, filed by attorney Isaac J. Mitrani, describes Navarro as having a ``record of impeccable integrity, loyalty and professionalism.''

Navarro is well-known in Miami Beach. He was the lead supervisor on the 1997 Gianni Versace murder investigation and a former department spokesman.

Bypassing the lieutenant rank, Navarro in 2000 was promoted to executive assistant under then-Chief Richard Barreto and retained the role under Chief Donald De Lucca.

In 2004, De Lucca proposed promoting him to captain but held off when the police union raised objections.

However, Navarro was later promoted to patrol division chief in April 2007 when De Lucca was set to retire and Noriega was soon to take over. He was demoted in December.

Mitrani did not return repeated calls from The Miami Herald.

Among the allegations in the lawsuit:

• In September 2007, Navarro discovered that a group of Crime Suppression officers were using a defunct overtime code to get paid for work ``they may have never done (which would be stealing).''

No radio activity was found for the times the officers were supposedly working and no paperwork existed to document what they did in those hours, according to the suit.

The ''questionable'' payments totaled $500,000 over two years, the suit said.

Navarro stopped the practice and reported the findings, but Noriega delegated the investigation back to the patrol division, the suit said.

Miami Beach police declined this week to say whether there was an open internal affairs investigation into the allegations.

• Navarro also said that in November 2007, he reported the practice of patrolmen using laptops to sign themselves in to calls that did not exist.

''The situation obviously created a danger for the officers who respond to legitimate calls and need backups, and hard-working officers regularly complained when backups were not available,'' the suit said.

• The lawsuit also said that in 2003-2004, midnight shift officers under Noriega, then overseeing the patrol division, were heading home early without logging out.

One squad would leave at 3 a.m., though the shift didn't end until 9 a.m., and ''they continued to collect pay checks as if they worked a full shift,'' the suit said.

Then-Chief De Lucca stopped the practice by creating a shift that overlapped both the midnight and day shifts.

• Navarro, at the behest of the city manager, also reported that officers under Noriega's command were congregating in restaurants and parking lots, not patrolling.

• Navarro said he also had highlighted Noriega's tardiness to work, meddling in internal investigations and drinking with other cops in his office after work hours.

Noriega was later transferred to the Technical Services Division, which oversees records, the 911 call center and the accreditation unit. According to the suit, he blamed Navarro for his transfer.

Navarro, after his demotion, now oversees the Technical Services Division.



WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The nerve.... Like he was never seen getting 35 down back in his days in SIU.......... Wasn't he DD's pimp?

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