Merino allowed to investigate Medley as an Extra Duty Job

In the event you didn't know , it's only proper that Benito "Mussolini" Merino was involved in the I/A that caused the improper termination of three officers. His findings were so inconclusive that it required a special hearing by a judge to determine whether it not his findings were accurate. The County Judge is still looking into this.

Has he ever spearheaded the termination of other officers in Hialeah?

Able, I heard he was making $50.00 an hour is that true? He has F--d so many people here I dont know where to begin!

In the event you didn't know , it's only proper that Benito "Mussolini" Merino was involved in the I/A that caused the improper termination of three officers. His findings were so inconclusive that it required a special hearing by a judge to determine whether it not his findings were accurate. The County Judge is still looking into this.

Has he ever spearheaded the termination of other officers in Hialeah?


Where do you get all this bad 13?

He is involved because the medley cops ask us for assistance. He had to investigate a Hialeah officer. By the way the Hialeah officer was QRU did nothing wrong.

It is there legal wright to fight the allegations, but don't confuse that with his findings not being accurate.

You should read the IA complaint before you start running your mouth. Ask the medley cops why they all 3 lyied and gave conflicting satements during the investigation and threw each other under the bus.......

In the event you didn't know , it's only proper that Benito "Mussolini" Merino was involved in the I/A that caused the improper termination of three officers. His findings were so inconclusive that it required a special hearing by a judge to determine whether it not his findings were accurate. The County Judge is still looking into this.

Has he ever spearheaded the termination of other officers in Hialeah?


Where do you get all this bad 13?

He is involved because the medley cops ask us for assistance. He had to investigate a Hialeah officer. By the way the Hialeah officer was QRU did nothing wrong.

It is there legal wright to fight the allegations, but don't confuse that with his findings not being accurate.

You should read the IA complaint before you start running your mouth. Ask the medley cops why they all 3 lyied and gave conflicting satements during the investigation and threw each other under the bus.......




NO MORE POSTINGS FOR YOU THERE MR./MRS./MISS ILLITERATE!!!

Now that you are being dubbed illiterate, here's some truth for you.

You and the complaint are a total farce!

This investigation was based not on the crash in question, which is a seperate matter all together, rather on the Medley Chief's concerns on being removed from her post for her general and flagarant incompetence.

What is unfortunate is that this whole case revolves around a Cop's Cop. The very same police administrator that had the Chief in "check" for the majority of her career at Medley. This untested Chief has been able to arrange for her appointment to Mayor's "Personal" Assistant, Captain and Chief of Police in a 4 year period.

When you, as a competent police administrator, casts a shadow on an administration of total incompetence, stand by for heavy rolls! That's what these guys got, the heaviest roll of all. FIRED as a result of a concocted and one sided investigation created by the Medley CHief and led by Extra-Duty Fee Paid Merino ($50.00/hr), who mostly worked on this case on his days off. What does this say? It says that there was really no real intent, on behalf of Medley, for REAL inter-agency cooperation in this case. If the request were REAL, Merino would have worked this case on duty as a recipient of public funds, pursuant to a REAL inter-agency reuqest.

When you pay an officer off duty fees, he is acting for a personal employer, to act in favor of his client and that's what Merino did.

The intent of the Chief was not to use a REAL inter-agency aggreement, rather utilitize an outside puppet to control his, (MERINO's), actions to sway the invetigative writings to relfect what "SHE" wanted the report to say.

There's no more truth than this and any cop who posts here in contravention of this post, is definately a Jeanette crony. No P.O. wants to have the maximum penalty imposed on them, based on speculative findings.

NUFF SAID!


BY the way, were any of you offered this Extra-Duty Job? Wouldn't this violate the PBA contract? I'm sure that many of you have more experience investigating cases than Merino does. Just a thought. :D

Able Archer, if your long critique is grounded in fact, at the appeal hearing that information may prove to be damning for the Medley chief’s case. If so, the terminated officers may have a chance to get their jobs back with back pay and attorney’s fees reimbursed. Surely the incisive and sagacious “Pepe” Herrera, Esq. will ask Medley’s chief why she did not, ask MDPD, Public Corruption Investigation Bureau or FDLE to conduct the investigation. A municipal police chief with an iota of investigative acumen would have!

Able Archer, if your long critique is grounded in fact, at the appeal hearing that information may prove to be damning for the Medley chief’s case. If so, the terminated officers may have a chance to get their jobs back with back pay and attorney’s fees reimbursed. Surely the incisive and sagacious “Pepe” Herrera, Esq. will ask Medley’s chief why she did not, ask MDPD, Public Corruption Investigation Bureau or FDLE to conduct the investigation. A municipal police chief with an iota of investigative acumen would have!

Dear Guest, I must say that I have to agree with you 100%.

And,,, that is a very good point in fact. Why would she (Jeanette Said), contract the neighboring PD (Hialeah) to re-investigate the crash? Even after this botched and one sided investigation concluded wrogdoing, so much of her concern was for the supposed victim that the crash report has not been amended by Medley PD and resent to HSMV. So where is her concern for doing the right thing for the public? Honestly speaking, it was never her concern to do the right thing, if it was, she would have repaired Fraga's vehicle and that's that, but she chose to hire Merino as an Extra-Duty Officer, just like the ones that work at the mall or at a supermarket or wherever, for the Town of Medley. Again, and I must reiterate this, Merino was hired as a private off duty investigator, through Hialeah PD, without any regard for the Hialeah PBA article concerning extra duty jobs. Her decision was just wrong on so many levels. She could have given this case to a detective at Medley. Indirectly she smacked her own investigators in the face hinting that Medley Detectives are incompetent. She can use her allegation that the insurance company complained all day long, but you know what, the insurance company cannot dictate policy for the Medley PD. She did. Erroneously too! She, along with her counsel (A.J. and M.P.) made these independant decisions. She made them and now she has to live with them as the Town has to pay for her mistakes.

Now, back to the crash. I am completely sure that if she had requested it, the Highway Patrol and/or FDLE would have looked into the crash and recreated a crash report or updated the one that was "maybe" in question. Truth is, her fear lies with FDLE's involvment. This would have created a nexus of authority to enforce Town Ordinance as well. "Her" (THE CHIEF OF POLICE) reasoning behind not contacting the State or the County to look into this was because the State and the County have jurisdiction over her actions as a municipal officer and the Hialeah PD Off Duty officer (paid by the Town of Medly) Benito Merino does not.

Another issue is that if the FHP or the FDLE would have sided with LT.O. or SGT.P., she would have had to explain her malfeasance to the Town Council and suffer termination for incompetence anyway. Tick Tock, that theatre of combat is merely around the corner anyway under D.O.D. Operation New Dawn. Tune in Nov 7th.

Now, if you ask me, Fraga ran the red light while Officer Romero turned left with a green arrow. :cop:

Dear "guest" (Merino)

you should know better than to say that the 3 officers gave conflicting stories and threw eachother under the bus. Shame on u. First of all i'm sure these interviews were being recorded (unless that was yet ONE MORE mistake they made in this whole investigation process). Should any of these officers have conflicting stories, that would have come out and if they would have "thrown eachother under the bus", would they have stood by eachother the way they have been? Ive seen them on the news together, i heard they spoke on the radio together and from my understanding they are sueing your a$$ TOGETHER! Get your story straight, didn't u investigate it??? oh wait! That's right, this is the reason, it's gotten so out of hand bro, you don't know HOW to investigate. I thought that you would have gotten a real good grip on this case being that u "worked" on it for an ENTIRE year. They have basically solved the hialeah fatal accident involving one of your own, in a matter of a couple of weeks, yet this ridiculous fender bender with NO COMPLAINTANT took a year. what a way to spend city funds. I can't wait to hear the conclusion of this story, bro. GOOD LUCK getting out of it.... p.s. have u found your notebook yet?????? LMAO

FRAGA RAN THE RED LIGHT! OFFICER ROMERO TURNED ON GREEN ARROW!! NOW WTF???

WHERE's THE HIGHWAY :cop: PATROL WHEN YOU NEED THEM?

In the event you didn't know , it's only proper that Benito "Mussolini" Merino was involved in the I/A that caused the improper termination of three officers. His findings were so inconclusive that it required a special hearing by a judge to determine whether it not his findings were accurate. The County Judge is still looking into this.

Has he ever spearheaded the termination of other officers in Hialeah?


Where do you get all this bad 13?

He is involved because the medley cops ask us for assistance. He had to investigate a Hialeah officer. By the way the Hialeah officer was QRU did nothing wrong.

It is there legal wright to fight the allegations, but don't confuse that with his findings not being accurate.

You should read the IA complaint before you start running your mouth. Ask the medley cops why they all 3 lyied and gave conflicting satements during the investigation and threw each other under the bus.......

Dear GUEST,

Are really this dumb or are you making extra effort today? whoa!

FRAGA RAN THE RED LIGHT! OFFICER ROMERO TURNED ON GREEN ARROW!! NOW WTF???

WHERE's THE HIGHWAY :cop: PATROL WHEN YOU NEED THEM?

Pulling over marked police cars at gunpoint for speeding. :devil:

Merino by the time Pepe Herrera is finished your investigation will look like Swiss cheese. I underestimated Pepe Herrera and got bite in the ass. I didn’t listen to other cops who warned me not to screw with him or taught him. I was told how he rattled Carlos Alvarez when he represented a popular Miami-Dade Chief who Carlos Alvarez wanted out because the Chief was in contention with Alvarez to replace Fred Taylor. I thought all these guys were full of it. Bennie I was so f-ing wrong. This guy digs up details to pick you apart. He digs up crap that even you forgot. This a- - hole pulled all my dailys, my reports and the citations I had written for almost a year. He had some a-holes ex-Fed contact subjects and witnesses. He contacted my former employer and even my ex wife. He pulled my divorce file. He picked my job application apart and spotted some crap that he kept calling “oversights” sarcastically saying crap like you just did not think it was important, right officer, it is understandable. By the time this guy was through I looked like a liar who falsified reports, made crap up and had left things out of my job application. At the very least I was made to look like an idiot who could not write an accurate report or remember things. Since then I decided it is better to be on this guys good side than have him against you. He is actually god guy, but can be as aggressive as a rabit dog specially when you screw with his friends. If you want a suggestion Merino tell the truth sooner than later.

FRAGA RAN THE RED LIGHT AND HIT ROMERO

FRAGA RAN THE RED LIGHT AND HIT ROMERO


2 separate issues....

First.. Did the officers just mess up due to lack of training or was it malicious intent on there parts to cover this up..

2nd did they have there rights violated.

Does City hall know about this?

I mean, did Rocky approve this or not?

I know that the Chief is having heartache over it, that's for sure.

If Merino was being paid by Medley did he do any of this work while on the clock with Hialeah. Does anyone know? Does anyone know if that would be some sort of a violation? How does the Chief feel about having our department involved in this Medely thing. I have a feeling it is going to spill over to the Somariba 17.

:devil: Hidden cameras capture Merino during his Medley assignmnet :devil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64yianfG ... ure=relmfu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64yianfGvzc&feature=relmfu)

Wait until Rocky gets the two lawsuits filed against Merrino and the city for destroying public records and for getting involved in the Medley case. How can this department allow this guy to investigate anyone after he himself was asked to resign from his former employer FHP for shoplifting at the K Mart on SW 8 street while working an extra duty job? How did our department allow him to violate our PBA contract? Merrino put on some comfortable shoes because you will be walking the beat on palm ave soon if you dont get fired.

Wait until Rocky gets the two lawsuits filed against Merrino and the city for destroying public records and for getting involved in the Medley case. How can this department allow this guy to investigate anyone after he himself was asked to resign from his former employer FHP for shoplifting at the K Mart on SW 8 street while working an extra duty job? How did our department allow him to violate our PBA contract? Merrino put on some comfortable shoes because you will be walking the beat on palm ave soon if you dont get fired.

What did he violate on the contract?

Wait until Rocky gets the two lawsuits filed against Merrino and the city for destroying public records and for getting involved in the Medley case. How can this department allow this guy to investigate anyone after he himself was asked to resign from his former employer FHP for shoplifting at the K Mart on SW 8 street while working an extra duty job? How did our department allow him to violate our PBA contract? Merrino put on some comfortable shoes because you will be walking the beat on palm ave soon if you dont get fired.

What records did he destroy? He investigating a Hialeah officer the medley officer were witnesses. What part of the contract did he violate?

As for that 27 Did he get 39 in trouble fired. He's been a Hialeah cop for what 17 years.

Please give facts ....

Wait until Rocky gets the two lawsuits filed against Merrino and the city for destroying public records and for getting involved in the Medley case. How can this department allow this guy to investigate anyone after he himself was asked to resign from his former employer FHP for shoplifting at the K Mart on SW 8 street while working an extra duty job? How did our department allow him to violate our PBA contract? Merrino put on some comfortable shoes because you will be walking the beat on palm ave soon if you dont get fired.

What records did he destroy? He investigating a Hialeah officer the medley officer were witnesses. What part of the contract did he violate?

As for that 27 Did he get 39 in trouble fired. He's been a Hialeah cop for what 17 years.

Please give facts ....

Ask the highway patrol. Or his ex-FHP , ex-key biscayne partner Jackie Gipson.

Why can't you answer it? You posted it...

Dont pretend you dont know about your missing spiral notebook BM and the missing attachments to all of your e mails back and forth to the Medley police chief and your lack of a SWORN WRITTEN complaint. Your going down Bro.

Dont pretend you dont know about your missing spiral notebook BM and the missing attachments to all of your e mails back and forth to the Medley police chief and your lack of a SWORN WRITTEN complaint. Your going down Bro.


The notebook. Ok.
The emails are on both Hialeah and Medley server.
What sworn written complaint??????? He was investigating a Hialeah officer for missing DUI paperwork!!!!

Next???

Missing DUI paperwork in Hialeah say it isn't so. It's common practice in Hialeah just ask the Chief.

Fired police officers suing Town of Medley

By THEO KARANTSALIS/Gazette Writer

River Cities Gazette


Three Medley police officers accused of a traffic accident cover-up have filed a lawsuit against the town after being fired in late September.

Lieutenant Joe Olmedo, Sgt. Jorge Perez and Freddy Romero have asserted that only the town council had the authority to terminate them and point to a collective bargaining agreement between Medley and the police union.

“(Police Chief Jeanette) Said-Jinete was willfully violating the town charter by terminating Perez, Olmedo and Romero, without any power to do so under the town charter,” according to the wrongful termination lawsuit filed on behalf of the officers on Oct. 16 which names Medley, Said Jinette, John Doe, Esquire, and unknown others as defendants.

The three officers allegedly pinned the blame for an August 2011 accident involving Sgt. Perez on the other driver involved and falsely arrested him for DUI.

Leovigildo Fraga, 49, was driving his Dodge Caravan to work when he was involved in the accident with Sgt. Perez at the intersection of Northwest 72nd Avenue and South River Drive. Fraga later was arrested and taken to a Hialeah police station, where a Breathalyzer test revealed that he had no alcohol in his system.

Miami-Dade prosecutors said they could not prove any criminal wrongdoing by the three Medley officers, but the town police department fired Romero, Perez and Olmedo for allegedly writing false police reports and other misconduct.

Perez wrote in the police report that Fraga was traveling at approximately 60 mph, which surveillance video of the crash did not support.

Fraga was cited for failing to yield, but the video shows that it was Perez who failed to yield.

According to the police report, Fraga admitted to having two large beers earlier, had alcohol on his breath, bloodshot eyes and a suspended license.

A field sobriety exam was administered by Officer Fernando Perez, which Fraga failed, the complaint shows. Officer Perez is not related to the sergeant but is Chief Said-Jinete’s ex-brother-in-law.

Fraga failed the roadside sobriety test. Since Medley does not have a breathalyzer, Fraga was transported to the Hialeah Police Department to “blow,” said Lt. Olmedo.

During that time, the sergeant determined that Fraga’s eyes were bloodshot because of continuous night-shift work and fatigue. The conclusion: Fraga was impaired from exhaustion and lack of sleep. He was cited for failing to yield the right of way and driving with a suspended license, then released.

Medley submitted a claim to Fraga’s insurance company which was denied. Then surveillance video of the Aug. 8, 2011 crash surfaced.

“They were terminated after an independent investigation by another city and based on the surveillance video, which is not consistent with their reports,” Said-Jinete wrote in an e-mail to the Gazette. “The facts and the video speak for themselves.”

Said-Jinete added that any other allegations are simply a result of the terminated officers trying to divert attention from their behavior.

“On the advice of counsel, no further comments at this time,” she said.

Olmedo sat down with the Gazette last Saturday to address what he calls the crux of the case.

“Medley’s insurance company sent an e-mail to Chief Said-Jinete informing her that she should change the department policy on handling crash investigations or contract an outside agency to investigate all police-related crashes,” said Olmedo, a 21-year veteran of the department who said he was forced to file a lawsuit to protect his rights. “Only one side of the story has been told, so far, and we want residents to be aware of all the facts surrounding this case.”

Olmedo added that Medley has no written policy on how to conduct a traffic crash investigation, but rather only “when” to do so.

“The department has no policy on how to handle a DUI arrest or how to investigate a drunk driver,” said Olmedo, who is being backed by the police union, which thinks the town reacted much too severely.

“There are stages of progressive discipline, but they went straight for the kill,” said John Rivera, president of the Police Benevolent Association, which represents Olmedo and Romero. “Their due process has been trampled on.” The PBA does not represent Perez because he is not a dues-paying member of the union. However, Perez is still covered under the department’s collective bargaining agreement.

Rivera added that the State Attorney’s Office has reviewed the case and that no criminal action has been taken against the officers.

Medley faces an additional lawsuit claiming that it has violated the Florida Public Records Act.

On Sept. 20, 2012, the town notified Romero, Sgt. Perez and Lt. Olmedo at 12:46 p.m. that a unilaterally scheduled predetermination hearing would take place at 1 p.m. The town also gave the officers documents that they had sought earlier to aid them with their disciplinary cases and exonerate themselves.

“Any delay or hindrance is considered a failure or refusal,” Jose M. Herrera, the attorney representing all three officers, wrote in a second lawsuit filed on Oct. 16. Herrera also serves as town attorney for Virginia Gardens.

The officers believe that records pertaining to the case were altered, destroyed or sanitized at the direction of the police chief and John Doe, Esquire, according to the complaint. John Doe has not been identified.

“A substantial amount of documents within the parameters of the request were not produced at all,” the lawsuit shows. “Other documents were only partially produced.”

E-mails obtained by the Gazette show a heated exchange taking place earlier in the month between Herrera and Medley town clerk Herlina Taboada.

“You are the records custodian,” Herrera wrote in an Oct. 1 e-mail to Taboada. “Why is the town attorney involved in responding to the public records request? Is the town attorney or anyone else selecting what public records you will produce pursuant to a proper request pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Public Records Act?”

Less than one hour later, Taboada responded.

“You have sent an e-mail accusing myself and the Town of Medley of violating public records laws and suggesting criminal behavior,” Taboada wrote back to Herrera. “I am seeking legal counsel because you are accusing me of breaking the law.”

Hialeah Police Detective Benny Merino is also named as a defendant in the case.

“It is my understanding that you were involved in what purports to be a capacity outside your position with the city of Hialeah Police Department in an investigation involving Town of Medley Police Department Sergeant Jorge Perez and Lieutenant Joseph Olmedo,” shows the complaint.

Hererra has asked for a list of records from Merino, including notes made in connection with the investigation and all communications from any town officials or any attorney representing the Town of Medley.

“The town clerk and the police department have always fully complied with all public document requests in a timely fashion,” said Medley town attorney Michael Pizzi. “Some of the requests are massive, which includes documents going back 30 years and thousands of pages.”

Medley would respond in a reasonable fashion, as it does with all public records requests, Pizzi said.

Hererra sent the Gazette copies of all public records requests sent recently on behalf of the officers.

“As you can see, the only records which would date back 30 years, if any, as Mr. Pizzi disingenuously claims, would be the personnel files, and obviously all of these personnel files should be kept together collectively within the ‘personnel file’ and be easily accessible,” Hererra wrote in an Oct. 29 e-mail to the Gazette. “I stand by the allegations that the town is intentionally obstructing access to public records.”

These records should be easily accessible and readily available, said Herrera, assuming the town has a proper public records archival system as required by the public records act.

The officers’ public records case should move swiftly through the court system, according to a public records expert.

“The law requires that a court set an immediate hearing on actions filed to enforce the provisions of the public records law,” said Barbara A. Petersen, President of the First Amendment Foundation.

“It stipulates that the courts must give such cases priority over other pending cases.”

On Oct. 23, just one week after the case was filed, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge granted Herrera’s motion to expedite discovery.

As the litigation wheels turn, Olmedo, who also served as the department’s public information officer, said he has a message for the community.

“I want to thank all the residents and business owners who have called to lend us their support,” said Olmedo. “Our goal now is to return to protecting the town of Medley.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/09/v ... rylink=cpy (http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/09/v-fullstory/3086322/fired-police-officers-suing-town.html#storylink=cpy)

Merrino Did you find the lost notebook yet? I heard our legal department is scrambling trying to produce it for the next court date. :devil:

And he thought he was an accident expert, you are going to learn not to say sh-- without know.

Merrino being SUED check out case # 2012-40773-CA-01 in Miami Dade Clerk of Courts Civil Probate case search. :oops:

Merrino being SUED check out case # 2012-40773-CA-01 in Miami Dade Clerk of Courts Civil Probate case search. :oops:


So what! I have been sued 4 times. Not one penny!!!!

How are the lying Medley officers doing? They will get there jobs back because the city of Medley violated there rights. Not because they didn't screw over an old man......

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Winston Churchill

Dont worry we wont get anything from your broke a==. The City of Hialeah has deep pockets my friend. Bend over and say ahh ... The Pepe train is coming thru>>>> :evil:

Benny we know your severe shortmans complex wont allow you to realize you made many mistakes while investigating the medley officers. Dont worry they got real experts in internal affairs and crash reconstruction to make you look like the incompetent investigator that you are. Your so consumed about an old man that was drving with a suspended DL instead of worrying how stupid your going to look in court. Im glad those guys are sueing you its about time you get whats coming to you. Merry Christmas

Benny we know your severe shortmans complex wont allow you to realize you made many mistakes while investigating the medley officers. Dont worry they got real experts in internal affairs and crash reconstruction to make you look like the incompetent investigator that you are. Your so consumed about an old man that was drving with a suspended DL instead of worrying how stupid your going to look in court. Im glad those guys are sueing you its about time you get whats coming to you. Merry Christmas


Wow!!! So your saying the Medley cops did nothing wrong... It's all Benny's fault? If the Medley cops did nothing wrong there would be no issue. Get your facts straight!

There are many issues with your corrupt investigation skills such as missing public records to include your investigative notebook and the lack of a sworn complaint. Thats why your being sued. Get it??

There are many issues with your corrupt investigation skills such as missing public records to include your investigative notebook and the lack of a sworn complaint. Thats why your being sued. Get it??


So your saying its ok to deprive a citizen of his rights. I can accuse anyone of being drunk. I can Handcuff them, transport them to a police station. Have them blow into a intoxilzer. Get 2 readings of .000. Then handcuff them again, transport them to my station. Detain them in my holding cell for 2 hours. Then let them go free.


Please explain that first....

There are many issues with your corrupt investigation skills such as missing public records to include your investigative notebook and the lack of a sworn complaint. Thats why your being sued. Get it??


Hey Law101 you must not be a Police officer. We get sued all the time. Does not mean we did anything wrong.

Can you find me where it says that you need a sworn complaint to conduct an investigation.i was curious about that. I could not find anything in writing.

There are many issues with your corrupt investigation skills such as missing public records to include your investigative notebook and the lack of a sworn complaint. Thats why your being sued. Get it??


So your saying its ok to deprive a citizen of his rights. I can accuse anyone of being drunk. I can Handcuff them, transport them to a police station. Have them blow into a intoxilzer. Get 2 readings of .000. Then handcuff them again, transport them to my station. Detain them in my holding cell for 2 hours. Then let them go free.


Please explain that first....


All of u with ur ridiculous opinions don't know the facts. the man (he wasn't old) had a suspended DL. He lied to the police saying he didn't know, when in fact he knew for several months. He FAILED the road side. Proper protocal after failing roadside and admitting to having 2 large beers, is to transport to the station to blow. He agreed to it. proper protocal to protect the officer and the guy was to be handcuffed since he was being transported in the back of a police car. He was informed of the reason why he was being handcuffed and the man understood. After blowing a 0, further investigation and interviewing revealed that he was impaired not due to alchool but due to fatigue. He said he had not slept in over 18 hrs. He should have been arrested for driving with a suspended DL. If anythign the officers did him a favor, in giving him the benefit of the doubt.

At the end of the day, this was all a weak political move by the chief, to get rid of her competition. she wasted the city's money to conduct an investigation (over $500,000 and still counting....), she violated the police officers rights. If she were smarter, this bad deed would have been done much cleaner. but of course she is so sloppy that she didn't cover her tracks. this is the reason why these officers have such a good case. Lesson learned... Don't do bad to others, it'll come back to you 10 times worse) If i would be them, i wouldn't even bother going back to that dump of a department. I would cash out BIG TIME. they deserve it after everything them and their families have been put through. this was a ridiculous excuse to fire veteran officers. so many worse things have happened inthat dept. under that chiefs clock or the chief was actually involved in herself and NOONE has ever been fired. but this??? this is ridiculous. And merino is an idiot. He doesn't have a clue what he is doing. Never has. NEver will

There are many issues with your corrupt investigation skills such as missing public records to include your investigative notebook and the lack of a sworn complaint. Thats why your being sued. Get it??


So your saying its ok to deprive a citizen of his rights. I can accuse anyone of being drunk. I can Handcuff them, transport them to a police station. Have them blow into a intoxilzer. Get 2 readings of .000. Then handcuff them again, transport them to my station. Detain them in my holding cell for 2 hours. Then let them go free.


Please explain that first....


All of u with ur ridiculous opinions don't know the facts. the man (he wasn't old) had a suspended DL. He lied to the police saying he didn't know, when in fact he knew for several months. He FAILED the road side. Proper protocal after failing roadside and admitting to having 2 large beers, is to transport to the station to blow. He agreed to it. proper protocal to protect the officer and the guy was to be handcuffed since he was being transported in the back of a police car. He was informed of the reason why he was being handcuffed and the man understood. After blowing a 0, further investigation and interviewing revealed that he was impaired not due to alchool but due to fatigue. He said he had not slept in over 18 hrs. He should have been arrested for driving with a suspended DL. If anythign the officers did him a favor, in giving him the benefit of the doubt.

At the end of the day, this was all a weak political move by the chief, to get rid of her competition. she wasted the city's money to conduct an investigation (over $500,000 and still counting....), she violated the police officers rights. If she were smarter, this bad deed would have been done much cleaner. but of course she is so sloppy that she didn't cover her tracks. this is the reason why these officers have such a good case. Lesson learned... Don't do bad to others, it'll come back to you 10 times worse) If i would be them, i wouldn't even bother going back to that dump of a department. I would cash out BIG TIME. they deserve it after everything them and their families have been put through. this was a ridiculous excuse to fire veteran officers. so many worse things have happened inthat dept. under that chiefs clock or the chief was actually involved in herself and NOONE has ever been fired. but this??? this is ridiculous. And merino is an idiot. He doesn't have a clue what he is doing. Never has. NEver will

This man was under arrest!!!!!!

Spin it how ever you want... Not arguing that there rights were violated. The officers will get there jobs back and some money, but so it the civilian .....

All of u with ur ridiculous opinions don't know the facts. the man (he wasn't old) had a suspended DL. He lied to the police saying he didn't know, when in fact he knew for several months. He FAILED the road side. Proper protocal after failing roadside and admitting to having 2 large beers, is to transport to the station to blow. He agreed to it. proper protocal to protect the officer and the guy was to be handcuffed since he was being transported in the back of a police car. He was informed of the reason why he was being handcuffed and the man understood. After blowing a 0, further investigation and interviewing revealed that he was impaired not due to alchool but due to fatigue. He said he had not slept in over 18 hrs. He should have been arrested for driving with a suspended DL. If anythign the officers did him a favor, in giving him the benefit of the doubt.

At the end of the day, this was all a weak political move by the chief, to get rid of her competition. she wasted the city's money to conduct an investigation (over $500,000 and still counting....), she violated the police officers rights. If she were smarter, this bad deed would have been done much cleaner. but of course she is so sloppy that she didn't cover her tracks. this is the reason why these officers have such a good case. Lesson learned... Don't do bad to others, it'll come back to you 10 times worse) If i would be them, i wouldn't even bother going back to that dump of a department. I would cash out BIG TIME. they deserve it after everything them and their families have been put through. this was a ridiculous excuse to fire veteran officers. so many worse things have happened inthat dept. under that chiefs clock or the chief was actually involved in herself and NOONE has ever been fired. but this??? this is ridiculous. And merino is an idiot. He doesn't have a clue what he is doing. Never has. NEver will[/quote]


You must have knowledge that your license is suspended for it to be criminal. He lied to the police about it. Lmfao did you really write that.....

He failed roadsides.....Officers said that he admitted to drinking 2 beers. Maybe they lied about that.. I wasn't there. The point is, once you handcuff and transport to another location he is in your lawful custody "arrested". You put he agreed to it. Like he had a choice. Still lmfao

Once he blew .ooo the investigation revealed he was fatigued not drunk . Rothflmfao...... So if he blew .08 they were going to let him go because it was voluntary....


That man was under arrest without any criminal charges. They will get there job back becase the city violated there rights Don't forget about fDLE Certificate revoked or on probation.

Never arrested. he was only given tickets. That jerk should have been arrested and these poor cops would not be going thru this nightmare. he had no bussiness driving. the city even rejected his claim to fix his car. its a good thing this nightmare will pay off $$$

Never arrested. he was only given tickets. That jerk should have been arrested and these poor cops would not be going thru this nightmare. he had no bussiness driving. the city even rejected his claim to fix his car. its a good thing this nightmare will pay off $$$


So you would arrest the man that was not drunk and give him a DUI. Just to cover it up.

WOW !!!!!! Talk about being dirty, hope your not a cop.....


Why couldn't he drive?
He did not know his license was suspended, and he was not drunk..

it's not even worth discussing the case with u. u aren't aware of the entire case. and it's noone's job to inform u. just stay posted. the truth will come out. this was ALL a political and b.s. move. everyone knows it.
end of story.

it's not even worth discussing the case with u. u aren't aware of the entire case. and it's noone's job to inform u. just stay posted. the truth will come out. this was ALL a political and b.s. move. everyone knows it.
end of story.


Yoy refuse to hear the full story. Your stuck on there punishment. I fully agree they will get there job back. I know the city violated there rights. That does not change the fact of what they did was wrong. So when the guys also get paid What will be your reasoning for that..

You can not deprive someone of the liberty and say they were not arrested, regardless if you wrote an arreste form. This is why they got it trouble. Don't stay stuck on the politics. That man could have been a family member or a friend to you.

Why didnt the city pay for the poor guys car to be fixed???? Ironically the guy's license was suspended for not paying a traffic ticket issued in Hialeah. You for got plead guilty and didnt pay the fine on time. He lied to the police that night and knew heis license was suspended.