FL- Kenneth city mayor Teresa Zemaitis calls sheriff on the local police department's practices.

The mayor finally had had enough.

For months, Teresa Zemaitis had been frustrated by the Kenneth City Town Council's refusal to listen to her complaints about problems in the Police Department.

So the mayor of this town of 4,980 sicced the sheriff on her own department.

The findings, contained in a 110-page report, were eye-opening. Among them:

• Police Chief Douglas Pasley used his town-owned car to visit such places as Orlando, Ellenton and the State Fair.

• Pasley and two of his officers regularly spent time on duty having breakfast at the Bob Evans restaurant across from Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg. The two officers did not have their computer/GPS systems turned on when traveling to and from the restaurant even though they were on duty.

• Kenneth City police officers frequently venture out of Kenneth City on duty.

Deputies also pulled computer records on one Kenneth City officer who "spent long periods of time stationary in one location." They found he used the department computer to log onto dating sites (such as match.com), Craigslist, and nutrition and bodybuilding sites, among others.


Link:http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/article1165250.ece