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TAMPA, Fla. The school resource officer at Middleton High School was fired Tuesday after his body-worn camera captured him using the n-word multiple times, according to the Tampa Police Department.
Officer Delvin White was fired for “violations of policy that prohibit discriminatory conduct,” said a news release. He was an eight-year veteran of the department, Tampa Bay Times reported.
A disposition letter released by police about White’s actions said he used the racial slur while on the phone and directly to a suspect while making an arrest Nov. 30.
The officer is black, Tampa police spokesman Eddy Durkin confirmed to the Times.
A Black resource officer at a Florida high school was fired after a random audit of his body-worn camera captured him using a racial slur multiple times, police said.
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Delvin White, main, was fired Tuesday for violations of policy that prohibit discriminatory conduct , Tampa Police said. He was a resource officer at Middleton High School, inset.