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A former Youngtown police officer has been barred from wearing another police badge after investigations revealed that he accessed porn on a town computer for about two hours a week during a seven-month period.
Nearly nine months after Gabriel Hernandez resigned from the Youngtown Police Department, the Arizona Peace Officers Standards and Training Board has ruled to revoke his right to work as a police officer in the state.
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03 December 2006
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Surfside police chief reviews
Though by definition he's only Surfside's top policeman on a temporary basis, Miami Beach Police Maj. David Allen has been putting his stamp on the department, said town officials.
Allen, who heads the Miami Beach department's crime scene investigations unit, has served as Surfside's interim chief since Oct. 23. The town's previous chief, Shawn O'Reilly, a 15-year veteran of the department, had previously been demoted to deputy chief.
''Allen's looked at staffing, met with all the officers and researched personnel files to review everyone's work,'' said town manager W.D. Higginbotham.
Allen is on loan to Surfside from the Miami Beach department for 90 to 120 days, Higginbotham said. During that time the town must pay his salary -- valued at $131,090 annually -- and benefits.
Allen, 50, who has been with the Miami Beach department since 1982, said his first order of business was to meet with Surfside's 28 officers.
''I sat down and talked with the officers one-on-one,'' he said. ``I wanted them to know my door is always open.''
Allen said the open-door policy extends to residents as well.
``We've begun distributing surveys so they can let us know what they think of the police department.''
Allen also wants to start a citizen's police academy in 2007, similar to an academy now offered by Miami Beach.
''The courses are taught by the Police Department and are similar to the hands-on training police officers undergo,'' Allen said.
Currently, Allen said the department is reviewing the department's policies and procedures. ''The officers are reviewing procedures like use of force, high liability, nonlethal weapons, and firearm training,'' Allen said. ``All things vital for the department to function in the best capacity.''
Allen said that, while serving as chief, he wants to teach officers in Surfside what he's learned over the years. ''I want them to know the importance of integrity, accountability, quality, and courteousness,'' he said.
O'Reilly was demoted in October. ''To his credit O'Reilly is a longtime employee of the town but it was an administrative decision we both made,'' Higginbotham said.
In early November, a letter signed by officer Orlando Laso, treasurer of the Fraternal Order of Police lodge for Surfside, expressed the lodge's support for O'Reilly and urging the town to reinstate him as chief.
Higginbotham said the letter was ``a nice gesture but it doesn't change things.''
The demotion came nearly two months after two Surfside police officers were accused of conspiring to frame a town official and resident.
Sgt. John Davis, who is president of Surfside's FOP lodge, and officer Woody Brooks have been on administrative leave with pay since Aug. 28. The investigation was turned over to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. That agency's spokesman, Ed Griffith, said Thursday the matter is under investigation and cannot be commented on.
Allen said he sees great potential in Surfside's police department. ''I'm impressed. They are a solid core of dedicated police officers,'' he said.
Higginbotham said he would start accepting applications for a new chief after the holidays. The salary will range from $78,000 to $117,000, he said.
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