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The Chief of the Corman Park Police service is under investigation following a complaint laid by one of his constables.
The Corman Park Board of Police Commissioners has not suspended Chief Wayne McGillvray, but it has hired an interim Deputy Chief to handle all issues that may involve the complainant during the investigation. Board Lawyer Mitch Holash says Robert Fitches is a police consultant who has acted for other provincial police services in the past. He says Fitches has a solid background in policing ethics and operations, and will report to both the Board and Holash. Neith... Read more
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09 January 2007
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Former Boca police chief admit
Former Boca Raton Police Chief Andrew Scott admits he misused his power in August 2005 when he asked a probationary sergeant to pull over a contractor so a Miami TV reporter could spring an ambush interview, according to a proposed settlement agreement with the state's Commission on Ethics.
Scott's agreement won't be final until it is reviewed by the commission's nine-member panel during a public session meeting March 2, according to complaint coordinator Kaye Starling. The panel could agree to accept the settlement or they could decide to have Scott defend himself in a public hearing.
In response to Scott's admission of wrongdoing, commission advocate James H. Peterson III of the state attorney general's office recommended that a second allegation ñ that Scott used his position to wrongly interfere with the Sept. 24 arrest of a wealthy developer friend ñ be dismissed.
Peterson also recommended that Scott receive "public censure and reprimand" and pay a $5,000 fine, according to the agreement.
Scott's Tallahassee-based attorney, Albert T. Gimbel, declined to comment until the commission makes its decision.
In April 2006, following the investigation of two complaints regarding Scott's conduct, Peterson determined that the former chief ignored department policy and state law to benefit developer Greg Talbott.
The commission agreed, ruling that Scott violated a state law forbidding any public officer or employee from using his official position "to secure a special privilege, benefit, or exemption for himself, herself, or others." That went against the previous findings of the city and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which cleared Scott of any wrong done by ordering his officers to release Talbott from a holding cell after his arrest on charges that he battered his wife, a police officer and a restaurant manager in a drunken ruckus at Luna Pazza.
After his officers disagreed with him, Scott was overheard calling his decision a "potentially career-ending" move.
He resigned two months later.
Talbott, 52, pleaded guilty to assault on a police officer and resisting arrest without violence in September. Three other misdemeanor charges of domestic battery, battery and disorderly intoxication were dropped.
Former Deputy Police Chief Philip Sweeting, who filed the complaint about the improper traffic stop on Boca Raton resident Henk Schiffer, said he finds it unfortunate that a citizen had to report Scott's conduct to the commission before any disciplinary action was taken.
"With this agreement, hopefully Andrew Scott, along with every public employee, will come to the realization that unethical conduct, especially in government, is a matter not to be taken lightly," Sweeting, who retired from the police department in 1999, said Tuesday.
Sweeting sued Scott and the city in 2004, claiming he was slandered in job references Scott gave to a prospective employer.
Officer Dave Skrabec, president of the Boca Raton's police union, which almost unanimously rejected Scott's leadership in a no-confidence vote after Talbott's release, declined to comment Tuesday.
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