A Naples, Florida police officer has been suspended for two days after the police chief reviewed the dash-cam video from the officer's patrol car.
Police Chief Tom Weschler was reviewing in-car videos to check a problem with the sound when he stumbled upon an officer making derogatory comments about a fellow officer.
"That kind of behavior will not be tolerated. The citizens deserve better than that," said Chief Weschler.
The chief was reviewing video from Officer David Spearman's vehicle.
The 20-year veteran of the Naples Police Department was responding to a call at the Gordon River Apartments in July 2009.
In the video, Spearman curses several times when talking about the apartment residents and how he is repeatedly being called to the same area.
"I'm glad Schickfus decided to clear his 40 and come down. [Expletive deleted] weasel. He's nothing but a pansy [expletive deleted]. He takes three or four a shift," Spearman said on the video.
"I was concerned when I first started to watch it. The level of stress that he was showing in his voice and knowing Officer Spearman, that's not normally how he reacts. But it was enough of a warning sign that I knew I had to look into it a little further," said Weschler. "We have to hold everybody accountable for their actions here."
The chief says he reviewed about 10 more of Spearman's calls and found his conduct to be much more level headed and professional.
However, the chief says Spearman provided inaccurate information to dispatch and did not take the appropriate enforcement action in one of those calls.
Spearman was suspended for two days and is back on duty.
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