According to news reports, a source is saying that the Administrative Review Board or ARB, that heard the case of the 4 deputies fired for ‘extreme loafing’ actually voted to suspend the deputies for 5 days, not fire the deputies. The Sheriff changed the punishment to termination. It is also being reported that the 4 deputies are supporters of the Sheriff’s opponent in the upcoming election. For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please access the links below:
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department Message Board
05/02/2012 – Source: Pinellas deputies “were supposed to get suspended, not fired”
05/01/2012 – Pinellas sheriff fires 4, suspends 2 for loafing on the job
05/01/2012 – Pinellas sheriff fires four for ‘extreme loafing’
05/01/2012 – Pinellas Sheriff fires 4 for ‘extreme loafing’
Wow! The media can talk and print anything they want, but make a few comments about Everett Rice on leoaffairs that are 100% !!! accurate and factual and get banned for 2 weeks! It’s actually funny that the administrator tipped his hand like that to show this site supports Rice and that this is not a forum for the” voice of law enforcement”.
This site does not support either candidate. You were banned for making improper allegations about a person. It doesn’t matter who those comments were made about, you would of been banned making those allegations against anybody.
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