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DEPUTY TRAVIS DEANE'S PERSONNEL BOARD HEARING MANY ISSUES CONNECTED TO THIS ONE DEPUTY'S BOARD HEARING One of the County Personnel Board member walks out during Deputy Travis Deane's Personnel Board hearing. Did County staff engage in Ex Parte communication with the Personnel Board? |
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Recommendation Not to Terminate Deputy Travis Deane On February 22, 2013 - the Personnel Board regarding VCSO Deputy Travis Deane was held in DeLand, Florida. VolusiaExposed.Com attended and recorded the entire board hearing. We invite you to review the entire board hearing via the below listed 33 video clips. engage in an Ex Parte Q&A session? In the second video clip to the right of this webpage, County Attorney Nancye Jones, Personnel Director Tom Motes and the Personnel Board can be observed engaging in a Q&A session, while Deputy Deane and his attorney, Mr. Blitch are outside the hearing room. According to page 15-16 of the Personnel Board rules, Ex Parte communication is forbidden. Did the Q&A session equate to Ex Parte communication? VS Binding Arbitration The following are observations and opinions of VolusiaExposed.Com 1. This particular board hearing, along with other past hearings, give clear indications that the current Personnel Board is not capable of hearing personnel hearings involving law enforcement officers. Florida Statutes grant law enforcement and correctional officers certain rights and protections that this board is either unwilling or unable to honor, let alone understand. 2. Assistant County Attorney Nancye Jones' participation in a Personnel Board hearing involving a Volusia County Sheriff deputy is a conflict of interest. Attorney Jones is married to VCSO Major Robert Jones - third in command of the VCSO. 3. That this current Personnel Board is operating under a pro-county bias, in direct contradiction to its own mandates, and the County Charter. With those observations and opinions in mind, we believe that the Teamsters Labor Union would better serve their membership within the VCSO, by seeking an agreement with county officials, that future personnel hearings shall be processed though a binding arbitration process. In the end, the County Personnel Board voted 3-0 to uphold the sustained charges against Deputy Deane. However, the board voted 2-1 in favor of Deputy Deane, to recommend to the County Manager that Deputy Deane's termination was too severe. The board only makes a recommendation - the County Manager can accept or reject their recommendation. So Stand By to Stand By - there is more to come. CLICK HERE TO EMAIL US |
The Entire Video Record of the Deputy Travis Deane Hearing
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If you found this article to be thought provoking, we (VolusiaExposed.Com) invite you to review, the below linked, Special Investigative Report, exposing law enforcement corruption with the State of Florida. SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE SERIES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION by Matthew Doig and Anthony Cormier Volusia County Sheriff's Department  Drop us a line to let us know what you think.  EMAIL US |
and VCSO Press Releases The VCSO issued a press release on the Stewart-Marchman molestation incident - but did not issue a press release of a jail rape - why not? No VCSO Press Release on Jail Rape? Rape at the Volusia Jail INFLUENCE THE JAIL'S RAPE INVESTIGATION? Nancye Jones' husband, VCSO Major Robert Jones, supervises the deputies that investigate possible criminal violations within the county jail. We have concerns that several criminal investigations have been possibly manipulated, in order to reduce the County of Volusia's civil liability. Our concern includes this particular in-custody sexual battery investigation, and the below listed situations. We invite you to review our concerns. Falsification of Documents by County Officials  |