You pay this clowns salary ..............you put it up with it, they get away with it, its that simple.
NAPLES, FL -
A Naples Cop is under investigation for improper conduct for
a fourth time.
15-year veteran Officer Ryan Schickfus was suspended in
November after an internal investigation found he let an impaired driver off
the hook because she was a former colleague of his.
Witness testimony and dash cam video from back in May
revealed the woman was stumbling down Fifth avenue before getting into her car.
She ended up driving the wrong way down the road, hitting a pedestrian and two
cars.
The investigation found there was probable cause to arrest
the driver, but Officer Schickfus let her go.
As a result, Officer Schickfus was suspended for 10 days
without pay and taken off the night DUI detail.
While he was out patrolling on Monday, he hit a pedestrian
on US-41.
A Collier County Sheriff's Office investigation found he was
at fault for not yeilding. Now the Naples Police Department has opened another
investigation into the officers behavior.
Schickfus was also suspended back in 2006 for improper
conduct during a traffic stop. That same year he was investigated for speeding
down Fifth Avenue to pull someone over, putting public safety at risk.
We asked Naples Police Chief Tom Weschler why Officer Schickfus
hasn't been fired.
"That's one of the frustrations of police chiefs
throughout the state of Florida," said Weschler.
"When you deal with these things you have to deal with
progressive discipline, you have to deal with contracts, you have to deal with
the Florida officers bill of rights and there's different levels that you can
take on that and that's where we are in this situation."
Officer Schickfus has filed a grievance-- which is an appeal
denying wrongdoing.
We reached out to him but he declined to comment.