[DuffMan]

Just some info on the Sanford police dept. the one that handled the initial Martin murder case.

Press reports have indicated a number of cases of misconduct by officers of the Sanford Police Department.

In 2010, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report noted that Sanford police Officer Christopher McClendon had misused his official position by helping a car dealer recover cars from delinquent customers in exchange for having his own car payments forgiven.[22]

In February 2010, press reports indicated one officer was fired, and another, Ned Golden, Jr., was suspended for two weeks[23] after sending sexist and racist text messages on a department computer.[24]

In January, 2011, the same Officer Golden was assigned to retraining after approaching a car of people at a gas station with a drawn gun. Officer Golden grabbed the car when it pulled away. He then claimed the driver of the car tried to kill him by driving away while he held on to the car.[25] No charges were filed in the case. In August 2011, after an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Golden was fired. The state report recommended he be charged with filing a false police report, official misconduct and assault with a deadly weapon.[26] No charges were filed by the State Attorney's Office.[27]

Officer Golden is the son of the head of the local police union.[24]
In that same month, the chief of the department, Brian Tooley, took an early retirement as a result of an incident involving one of his officer’s sons. Justin Collison was involved in a fistfight caught on video tape. Press reports indicate Collison, the son of a police lieutenant, may have received preferential treatment by the Sanford Police Department.[28]

In April 2011, Officer DeAnthony Shamar was fired when it was discovered he had used a boy scout as a proxy buyer in a drug investigation. In his nine years as a Sanford police officer, Shamar had been investigated by the department 25 times.[29]

In December 2012, Officer Stephan Santiago was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after a chase that culminated with him driving his car the wrong way on the street, bumping off the curbs several times. Santiago passed a field sobriety test and the police department promised an internal investigation. The same officer had been involved in a barroom brawl in 2008.[30]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford...tment_(Florida)

A bit more on the Justin Collison

Justin Collison, the son of a Sanford police officer, was caught on camera sucker-punching homeless man Sherman Ware on December 4th in 2010. The officers on the scene did not arrest him that night. (An internal investigation cleared all of the officers of any wrongdoing, according to the Orlando Sentinel)

watch the video and tell me you think the police officers son should not have been arrested immediately and charged with assault. But he was not even with the video out. why do you think that was? because the victim was homeless?


Ah Florida Justice, you so wacky.