In the name of SECURITY, you will now be groped at all Buccaneers games at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, even though these pat-downs don’t work. In the name of SECURITY, x-ray photos of you will be taken at the Tampa Airport beginning next Friday, even though these create images of you [...]
Which is worse, driving drunk or letting a cop get away with driving drunk? The St. Pete Times article asks: Did deputy show favoritism to fellow lawmen? I say yes. As Sgt. John Daniels pulled up, the passenger stood outside the Dodge’s door, urinating. The driver admitted he had been drinking and declined a breath test. The two [...]
Pasco Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Tallie Gainer III for check fraud. He didn’t do it. The real criminal used Gainer’s name, but left his own thumbprint on the bad check. Eight months passed before the Pasco Sheriff’s Office decided to compare the thumbprint to Gainer’s. EIGHT freakin’ MONTHS. In the meantime, Gainer and his wife missed work to attend [...]
You will remember the quadriplegic dumped from his wheelchair. According to an independent panel, it was an “anomaly” — a shocking moment uncharacteristic of the overall detention system. American Civil Liberties Union of Florida board member Lorie Fridell was on the panel: “We are well-known for calling it like we see it, and we are well-known for looking [...]
Former Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Lawson is in Vermont, serving a 15 year prison sentence for sexually abusing young men. Lawson used his authority as a cop to “examine” his victims. According to the St. Pete Times, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) knew Lawson was doing creepy things on May 16, 2002. Between midnight [...]
St. Pete Times Editorial – Tampa’s firefighters are asking too much Tampa Tribune Editorial - City Council That Won’t Say No Falls Over Self To Spend Even More: Mayor Pam Iorio offered the [firefighters'] union a 6.5 percent average raise, a generous offer in tough economic times. Even a magistrate who scrutinized the impasse said the city’s [...]
Tampa Police Chief Stephen Hogue says Tampa’s crime rate dropped 12 percent in the first six months of 2008 compared with last year. During the first six months of this year, 9,126 offenses were reported in seven crime categories, 12 percent less than the 10,367 reported in these categories from January to June 2007. The biggest statistical [...]
St. Pete cops call Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO): Get this illegal immigrant guy, he’s a suspect in a rape in St. Pete. HCSO Deputies get the guy on a misdemeanor. Meanwhile, St. Pete cops called Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) asked for permission to hold the illegal immigrant further. They get no response. So the HCSO [...]
Back in the early ’80s, civic leaders branded Tampa “America’s Next Great City”. Since then, we’ve been on a quest to gather as many sports franchises, high profile events, aquariums and streetcars as possible in an effort to legitimize that claim. Another brick in that wall was added this week when it was announced a [...]
