Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino resigns
Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino has announced her resignation, to take effect at 5 p.m. Friday.
City Manager Marlon Brown accepted the resignation Wednesday and executed a separation agreement on behalf of the city, according to a news release.
DiPino will receive five months’ pay, a sidearm and a badge, according to the agreement.
“I’d like to express my sincere thanks to the chief for her eight years of service to the city of Sarasota,” Brown said in the release. “Through her leadership and dedicated efforts with community policing, she helped reduce crime by nearly 40% and strengthened trust between residents and officers through extensive community outreach initiatives from the Citizens Police Academy to Coffee with a Cop and family movie nights on the SPD lawn. SPD has many initiatives ahead, including the implementation of body worn cameras, and I will immediately begin the process of appointing an int
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Bernadette DiPino, right, announced she is stepping down as Sarasota police chief effective Jan. 29, 2021.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports a fellow officer recently filed an anonymous complaint against Chief Bernadette DiPino over comments she made about a homeless man. DiPino s resignation goes into effect Friday.
There s more information coming out about some of the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino that was announced Wednesday.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports an officer recently filed an anonymous complaint against DiPino.
The chief reportedly asked officers if anyone had a taser she could use against a mentally ill homeless man who heckled them at an outdoor performance by the Sarasota Opera.
1 month ago Share Bernadette DiPino will depart her position at the end of the week, and city administration has begun the process of selecting an interim chief.
Sarasota Police Chief Bernadette DiPino has submitted her resignation to the city and will depart her post at 5 p.m. Friday, the city announced Wednesday.
DiPino’s resignation came after the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported earlier this month about a November incident in which the chief of police joked about using a stun gun on an individual who was homeless. In the wake of the report, both city administration and a police union leader criticized DiPino’s conduct.
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