There’s all manner of inconvenience to having body cams on the Sheriff’s deputies, calling minorities the “N” word would be recorded, all manner of talk about how to get those nasty Simons kids to let Sheriff’s Shack Job Sherry off that pesky burglary charge, drunk officers who go to rehab, officers behaving badly, on and on. WE don’t have a Sheriff’s department that has bodycams cause our Sheriff doesn’t want them.
This ladies and gentlemen of the county is bullshit and corruption at its finest right in your face.
Here he is seventy six years old getting bank loans to redo the old McNamara place, supporting antique cars, RV’s, horses that just wander up, Char’s many plastic surgeries, vehicles, and a grand lifestyle.
You think you won, don’t ya, old buddy, well, your ass ain’t gonna be on YELLOWSTONE anytime soon now is it? xoxoxo H
A Florida police chief who flashed her badge and asked to be let go from a traffic stop has resigned, Tampa officials said Monday.
“Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has requested and received the resignation of Police Chief Mary O’Connor, following the completion of an Internal Affairs investigation into a recent traffic stop involving O’Connor,” according to a statement from the mayor’s office.
Assistant Police Chief Lee Bercaw will serve as interim police chief, the mayor said.
O’Connor was put on administrative leave after body camera footage taken from a traffic stop last month revealed she told a sheriff’s deputy she was “hoping that you’ll just let us go tonight” and showed her badge, CNN has reporte
O’Connor was a passenger in a golf cart that was pulled over for driving on a road without a license plate tag, according to footage of the November 12 incident from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
Tampa police chief placed on leave after flashing badge during traffic stop
As the deputy explained why the couple was stopped, O’Connor asked if the deputy’s body camera was operating and then identified herself as the Tampa police chief. She then asked him to let her go and showed him her badge.
O’Connor apologized to the deputy and then gave him her business card. “If you ever need anything, call me. Seriously,” she said.
O’Connor and the deputy thanked each other for their service, and the couple was allowed to leave.
The mayor admonished O’Connor’s actions in a statement released Monday.
“The Tampa Police Department has a code of conduct that includes high standards for ethical and professional behavior that apply to every member of our police force. As the Chief of Police, you are not only to abide by and enforce those standards but to also lead by example. That clearly did not happen in this case,” Castor said.
“It is unacceptable for any public employee, and especially the city’s top law enforcement leader, to ask for special treatment because of their position.”
O’Connor was sworn in as Tampa’s police chief in March, CNN affiliate Bay News 9 reported at the time, noting she had served the department for 22 years, rising to the rank of assistant chief before retiring in 2016.
Over that time, O’Connor worked with a police chaplain to implement a post-trauma training and retreat program to help officers cope with symptoms of stress associated with first responder careers, Bay News 9 reported. She also helped launch the Resources in Community Hope House program as a safe-haven in a high-crime neighborhood, the station said.
She also has served as an instructor for the FBI’s Law Enforcement Executive Development Association, her LinkedIn profile states.
The mayor on Monday recognized O’Connor’s contributions as police chief, including “reducing violent gun crime, proactively engaging with our community and focusing on officer wellness,” Castor said.
“But these accomplishments pale in comparison to the priority I place on integrity.”
In a Monday resignation letter, O’Connor wrote she “would never want my personal mistake to stand in the way of the progress I have made in mending relationships between the police department and the community, so for that reason, I am resigning.”
The mayor expects the national search and hiring process for a new Tampa police chief to take several months, she said.
In interim chief Bercaw, “we have a thoughtful and highly regarded leader in progressive policing,” Castor said. “I am grateful he can hit the ground running and continue working with our community to keep our city safe.”
CNN’s Keith Allen and Holly Yan contributed to this report.
Recent state law requires the body cams to be left on for the duration of the investigation.
Be kinda awkward to have all those favors on video.
It’d make that Tampa story pale in comparison.
The other employees might also have body cams and see those sex acts and goings on in the parking lot………..
Someone needs to force the Sheriff’s department to wear body cams!! Ridiculous! What an embarrassing situation at the County Jail! 90 employees short?? That is dangerous to everyone, the inmates, the jailers..ect. Maybe dementia is setting in on the Sheriff, time to resign.
Sheriff can’t manage money, can’t exist, blow and go unless he has graft and corruption, the man doesn’t even pay restaurants for his meals. He’s a crook and needs that job.