Florida police chief loses job teaching ethics over racist emails made public.

[madfloridian]

At least he still has his job as police chief in Wilton Manors, Florida. Florida blogger, The Reid Report, has some of the emails at her blog site. I will not post any of them, as the content is pretty ugly.

Reid Report exclusive. The Chief Perez Emails

The Wilton Manors, Florida police chief whose official email account was used to send racist, offensive emails, some directed at President Barack Obama, escaped accountability again last night, as he failed to show up for a city council meeting where the issue of his conduct was then not raised. In an exclusive to The Reid Report, reporter Elgin Jones of the South Florida Times (read his original report here) has provided TRR with some of the emails that could yet cost Chief Richard Perez his job.

In one of the emails, sent to two city employees on July 23rd, it is implied that President Obama’s father was a canine, and which goes after his inter-racial background.

The emails are posted at her website.

The South Florida Times posts that Chief Perez lost his job teaching ethics to police recruits as a result of these emails.

Offensive Emails Get Police Chief Sacked from Teaching Job

Offensive e-mails that have been circulated within the Wilton Manors police department have led to the police chief being put on hiatus from his teaching job at the police academy.

“Wilton Manors Police Chief Richard Perez is currently not on the teaching schedule of the Institute of Public Safety and will not be placed on the schedule until all outstanding issues have been resolved,” said Rivka Spiro, media relations specialist for Broward College, where the academy is housed.

The decision not to place Perez on the teaching schedule was made Saturday, Sept. 11, a day after the South Florida Times broke the story about the e-mails sent from Perez’s city e-mail account. Perez could not be reached for comment and has not responded to phone calls and questions sent by e-mail. He has not indicated if he sent the controversial e-mails or if someone improperly accessed his account.

For several years, Perez has moonlighted at the college’s Institute of Public Safety, which includes the police academy. Perez is certified to teach by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, on whose board he also sits as chairman. He earned $32.50 per hour to teach several courses at the academy, including ethics.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Shining light on the roaches

Watching them come out of the woodwork.

[madfloridian]

2. There are a lot of them down in Florida.

Roaches that need to have the light shined on them that is.

The Reid Report is waiting to hear if Crist will suspend this guy as chief. I will be curious. There is so much of that kind of racism around here. I guess it has been lurking, but it is really becoming ugly and noticeable now.

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3. Clearly they're suppressing his first amendment rights.

At least according to the people in those koran burning threads.

[demosincebirth]

4. some people are, just, so stupid. Nothing you write is private. Dumb!

[madfloridian]

5. And using office mail to send that stuff. Not very smart.

Some of the stuff in those emails is really raunchy.

[madfloridian]

6. He will chair a panel set up to discipline 30 fellow policemen

Interesting.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Controversial-Police-Chief-to-Chair-Discipline-Panel-102878779.html

"A South Florida police chief in hot water over racist and obscene e-mails may be getting a prelude of things to come when he chairs a state panel Tuesday to decide the fate of 30 cops who have been accused of misconduct.

Wilton Manors Police Chief Richard Perez will head the Florida Department of Law Enforcement disciplinary hearings Tuesday, less than a week after it was revealed he may have a disturbing taste in humor.

An investigation of his city e-mail account found dozens of racist and offensive e-mails, which Perez often forwarded to his command staff and other police officers in the city."

That's really reassuring. :eyes:

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7. According to Keith Olbermann, and several DUers, this guy can't be fired.

Because he works for the government, and he was exercising his first amendment rights.

[madfloridian]

8. Update: Chief is suspended for the racist emails.

http://blog.reidreport.com/2010/09/wilton-manors-police-chief-suspended-over-racist-emails/

"WILTON MANORS- Richard E. Perez, chief of the Wilton Manors Police Department has been suspended over the circulation of offensive emails from his city computer, which the chief admitted to circulating, during a city investigation.

Wilton Manors city manager Joseph Gallegos made the announcement today. Perez will start serving the 30-day suspension without pay on Monday, Sept. 20.

Perez had come under fire over the emails, some of which contained nudity, a racial slur and more.

“Due to the derogatory, culturally insensitive and racially charged content of the emails, the City Manager has imposed the maximum for Group III offenses, outside of immediate separation, and will suspend the Chief of Police for 30 days without pay, starting on Monday, September 20,” wrote Gallegos in a statement released Thursday, Sept. 17. “During that time, the Chief will be required to undergo racial and cultural sensitivity training and complete an effective management development course identified by the City’s Human Resources Director. Any failure to complete the recommended regimen will be cause for immediate separation.”