Florida cops drank Coronas at city hall 'hurricane party' ...

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Florida cops drank Coronas at city hall ‘hurricane party’ instead of responding to calls for help

North Bay Village police ignored a flood of emergency calls reporting medical emergencies, fire and burglar alarms sounding, and other issues, according to police report, but officers remained in the conference room drinking, reported the Miami Herald.

Lt. James McCready, the shift commander on duty, brought the cooler into a City Hall conference room at 11:23 p.m. on Sept. 9, 2017, and then set a red cup in front of a surveillance camera to block his actions. He and Tim Smith, the public works supervisor, pulled some beers out of the ice, and half the members of the 12-person “landfall team” were drinking Corona Light and talking football by midnight.

Six officers stayed in the conference room drinking instead of answering phones or patrolling the streets in special high-water vehicles, after their commander gave them permission to party.

Officer Walter Sajdak:
“I was upset about lives being put at risk, lives being put in danger,” Sajdak testified during an internal investigation. “Lt. McCready, who was in charge of our landfall team, had jeopardized the lives of the officers that were working and the residents by drinking alcohol.”

full story at:
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/revealed-florida-cops-drank-coronas-city-hall-hurricane-party-instead-responding-calls-help/

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1. Florida. Enough said.