Recently obtained financial records detail $264,000 commissioners agreed to pay their former top staffer for resigning amid the Medstar controversy.
The deal commissioners struck in the waning moments of former County Manager Karen Hawes’ tenure cost Lee County about $36,500 more than her employment contract provided.
A dollar value was never attached to the separation agreement commissioners approved Oct. 23. Full Story–>
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Southwest Florida law enforcement agencies serve an increasingly diverse population, but their 2,142 sworn employees don’t reflect it.
The News-Press analyzed statistics from four agencies: Fort Myers Police Department, Cape Coral Police Department, Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Collier County Sheriff’s Office, to see how their personnel measures up in race and gender against the populations they serve.
They’re overwhelmingly white, ranging from 72 to 88 percent, the numbers show. They’re overwhelmingly male, ranging from 80 to 90 percent. The Southwest Florida populations they serve also are largely white, but in two cases — Fort Myers police and Collier County sheriff — the number of white officers is 18 percent higher than the population served. (Read More)
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Brian Bigelow’s arrest mug from Jan. 20, 2012.
But the former Lee County commissioner’s legal troubles and questions about possible substance abuse continued to mount early Friday when Fort Myers police arrested Bigelow, 49, after they reported finding 11 small bags of cocaine on him. Read More
If a family member or loved one has recently been arrested, you can be certain that your incarceration shall not get better as time passes hence the need for A Way Out Bail Bonds of Fort Myers. After you have been booked and placed in a holding cell, you will have to face the judge when they are arraigned in a court of law.
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