Sanford board rejects police chief's resignation

[maddezmom]

Source: USA Today

Update at 5:06 p.m. ET: In a reversal, the commissioners vote to reject the resolution accepting Chief Bill Lee's resignation.

Update at 4:59 p.m. ET: Commissioner Velma Williams said that she supported the "no confidence" motion in March "because the way the investigation was handled brought national shame to this city," and that her vote wasn't based on violations of state laws orcity policies.

Update at 4:52 p.m. ET: Mayor Jeff Triplett asks whether an outside evaluator could come in over "three or four months" to decide whether Lee could continue to serve or has become too polarizing a figure.

Update at 4:56 p.m. ET: Mayor Jeff Triplett says "the bottom line .. the crux" of "this whole dog-and-pony show" over past two month is "where was ...policy, procedure, state statute violated" by Chief Bill Lee in the investigation of Trayvon Martin's killing.

"If there were missteps," commissioners Mahany and Jones


Read more: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/04/report-sanford-police-chief-to-resign-permanently-today/1?csp=hf

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Sanford Commission votes against police chief's resignation

SANFORD, Fla. -
The Sanford City Commission has voted to deny the resignation on Monday of Police Chief Bill Lee Jr., who temporarily stepped down from his position in connection to the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett called the special meeting with city commissioners Monday afternoon. Commissioners voted 3-2 against the resolution, which would have allowed City Manager Norton Bonaparte to execute the separation agreement for Lee. Under the agreement, Lee would have resigned from his post, effective at midnight.

Lee will stay on administrative leave until the outside investigation is completed, officials said. It's not clear when that will be.

Two of the commissioners that voted against the agreement, Commissioner Patty Mahany and Commissioner Randy Jones, spoke highly of Lee in a heated debate.

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[leveymg]

1. Weasels. Everyone involved is going to weasel out without a scratch. It's a national sickness.

No accountability for acts of violence against minorities and regular people. That goes for Washington, Wall Street, and now Sanford, FL.

Disgusting.

[Justice wanted]

2. Of course. They have the "Dog and Pony" show going ie the Trial So why punish the people that

was basically going to let Zimmerman get away with murder.

[Iliyah]

3. Well when you have a governor

that appoints nothing but true supporters of the "stand your ground" law and absolutely denying other parties to at least particapte in the reviewal of the law then what can you expect from Sanford? Its like the Wild Wild West all over again.

[marshall gaines]

4. ???

some people out here have very long memories, and original reports. no contact with the family of the murdered young man. zimpunk released almost immediately and the litany could go on. I will never forget police CULPABILITY in this matter because it was just a dead black. What do they have to do with white male entitlement TO KILL.

[dipsydoodle]

5. As an indication of the rate at which news spreads and how

Mamie Van Doren posted this on FB even before this was posted on DU. One of her friends added the note "The former police chief resigned because of a scandal involving a cop.s son who beat up a homeless man."

[DallasNE]

6. This Shows That Stupid Has No Limit

Sanford has hired an executive police search firm for a new police chief at the same time they refuse to accept the resignation of Chief Lee. Jon Stewart will have fun with this one.

[cstanleytech]

7. The cynic in me wonders if they rejected it as part of a strategy to combat a potential lawsuit

against the city.
You know where the lawyer for the city argues to the jury that the city only acted with honorable intentions yada yada and that they have complete faith that the department did no wrong yada yada and that the commissioner need not resign yada yada so they rejected his offer.