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		</div><h6><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Florida city commissioner slams deputy &#8211; &#8216;You&#8217;re a bad police officer and you don&#8217;t deserve to be here&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Tamarac city commissioner ambushed the deputy at &#8216;Officer of the Month&#8217; ceremony, confronting him for falsely arresting him four years earlier on &#8216;bogus&#8217; charges</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Tamarac City Commissioner Mike Gelin did his best to shame sheriff deputy Joshua Gillardo on Wednesday for the alleged false arrest in 2015</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Gillardo was receiving an award for excellence in policing when the confrontation occurred on Wednesday night</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Gelin said Gillardo &#8216;lied&#8217; on a police report about him &#8211; Deputy rode the snub, smiled and nodded awkwardly before giving a thumbs up and walking away</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Gallardo did arrest Gelin for resisting arrest without violence in 2015. The charge was later dropped after body camera evidence didn&#8217;t back up the deputy&#8217;s version of events</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Tamarac Mayor Michelle Gomez condemned Gelin&#8217;s remarks and said she is looking into whether he violated the city&#8217;s ordinances regarding civil discourse</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #3b3030;"><strong>Two days later, Broward County&#8217;s police union withdrew its earlier endorsement of Gelin </strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="" src="https://i2.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Commissioner-E.-Mike-Gelin-told-Deputy-Joshua-Gallardo-Youre-the-police-officer-who-falsely-arrested-me-four-years-ago-1.jpg?ssl=1&#038;w=627" alt="Commissioner E. Mike Gelin told Deputy Joshua Gallardo 'You're the police officer who falsely arrested me four years ago' 1" width="730" height="619" />Just desserts? <span style="color: var(--color-text);">Broward County Sheriff Deputy Joshua Gallardo [right], was set to receive public praise and an accolade on Wednesday during a commission meeting in the South Florida city of Tamarac when Commissioner E. Mike Gelin [center], confronted him on the chamber floor and chided him for an arrest on bogus charges, in 2015</span></strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A Florida politician couldn&#8217;t resist the urge last week to embarrass the sheriff deputy he says booked him on bogus charges four years ago right when the officer was getting an award for excellence in policing.<br />
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Broward County Sheriff Deputy Joshua Gallardo was set to receive public praise and an accolade on Wednesday during a commission meeting in the South Florida city of Tamarac.<br />
Officials were giving Gallardo the city&#8217;s Deputy of the Month award for his arrest of a gang member wanted for murder earlier this year.<br />
But instead of bathing in a shower of compliments, Gallardo was forced to endure a tongue lashing from Tamarac City Commissioner E. Mike Gelin.<br />
&#8216;Joshua Gallardo can you come down for a second?&#8217; Gelin said, beckoning Gillardo to the commission chamber floor.<br />
&#8216;It&#8217;s good to see you again. You probably don&#8217;t remember me,&#8217; he continued. &#8216;You&#8217;re the police officer who falsely arrested me four years ago.&#8217;</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331423" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/E.-Mike-Gelin-3.jpg" alt="E. Mike Gelin 3" width="671" height="375" />Deputy Joshua Gallardo did arrest Gelin [seen left in 2015 mugshot], for resisting arrest without violence in 2015. The charge was later dropped after body camera evidence didn&#8217;t back up the deputy&#8217;s claim. The Commissioner [right] got his revenge when he chewed out the cop publicly</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-331417" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Commissioner-E.-Mike-Gelin-told-Deputy-Joshua-Gallardo-Youre-the-police-officer-who-falsely-arrested-me-four-years-ago-2.jpg" alt="Commissioner E. Mike Gelin told Deputy Joshua Gallardo 'You're the police officer who falsely arrested me four years ago' 2" width="890" height="697" />Did he violate the city&#8217;s civility code? Tamarac city commissioner E. Mike Gelin [center], slammed deputy Joshua Gillardo as having &#8216;lied&#8217; on a police report. The deputy smiled and nodded awkwardly before giving a thumbs up and walking away, Mayor Michelle Gomez [left], clearly was not smiling</strong><br />
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">&#8216;You lied on the police report,&#8217; Gelin added as Gillardo smiles awkwardly and shakes his head up and down. &#8216; I believe you are a rogue police officer. You&#8217;re a bad police officer and you don&#8217;t deserve to be here,&#8217; Gelin concluded.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Public records obtained by <a class="class" href="https://miami.cbslocal.com/2019/09/26/tamarac-city-commissioner-under-fire-for-comments-to-a-bso-deputy-during-city-meeting/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WFOR-TV</a> indicate Gallardo did arrest Gelin for resisting arrest without violence in 2015. Gillardo was investigating a battery case at the time.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">The arrest report states he &#8216;advised the [Gelin], to move back, that this was a crime scene. </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">He advised that he was recording the incident and that he did not have to move.&#8217;<br />
</span>In his report, Gillardo said Gelin &#8216;failed to comply with my commands to move from the area. I repeatedly requested that he leave the area and and not continue to approach me from behind.&#8217; In response, the deputy arrested Gelin, who had not been elected city commissioner at the time.<br />
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County prosecutors eventually dropped the charges against Gelin after viewing his cellphone video of the incident.<br />
&#8216;It has been determined a strong likelihood of conviction is not present as images in the video do not support conviction,&#8217; the county district attorney&#8217;s wrote in a closed memo.<br />
The city attorneys noted in their document that the remarks Gillardo said Gelin made, &#8216;were not observed to have been made by either party,&#8217; but added that, &#8216;the audio from the video footage is sometimes inaudible.&#8217;<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Gillardo gave Gelin a thumb&#8217;s up before walking off the chamber floor on Wednesday. Moments later, the city&#8217;s stunned Mayor, Michelle Gomez, took the microphone back from the brazen Gelin.<br />
</span>&#8216;We appreciate as a whole [Broward County Sheriff&#8217;s Office] and everything you do for us,&#8217; she said as the clip came to an end. &#8216;Thank you for your service to our community, we appreciate you. Please take that away from here today. Thank you very much, be safe out there.&#8217;</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331420" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Michelle-Gomez-1.jpg" alt="Michelle Gomez 1.JPG" width="677" height="369" />Tamarac Mayor Michelle Gomez condemned Gelin&#8217;s remarks and said she is looking into whether he violated the city&#8217;s ordinances regarding civil discourse </span></strong></h6>
<p>Her remarks didn&#8217;t stop the local law enforcement community from erupting in outrage in the incident&#8217;s aftermath.<br />
Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony met with Gelin later the same day, telling the city commissioner that, &#8216;the venue and the comments and the way they were presented in a public setting was inappropriate.&#8217;<br />
&#8216;We talked to him about it, about how I was disappointed with his behavior and it was unacceptable,&#8217; Tony told WFOR. &#8216;Surprisingly, the commissioner was very receptive to it and understands he could have took a different approach and we&#8217;re gonna work together to make sure this kind of thing doesn&#8217;t happen again.&#8217;<br />
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On Friday, Broward County&#8217;s police union withdrew its earlier endorsement of Gelin.<br />
&#8216;As a public official, Commissioner Gelin&#8217;s behavior towards a Broward Sheriff&#8217;s Office deputy is unacceptable,&#8217; Broward County PBA President Rod Skirvin said in a written statement on the matter.<br />
&#8216;The Broward County PBA will not endorse any elected official who treats law enforcement officers with a complete lack of respect and common courtesy the way Commissioner Gelin did in his official duties representing the city of Tamarac.&#8217;</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"> <img class="alignnone wp-image-331431" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Broward-Countys-police-union-withdrew-prior-endorsement-of-Comm-E.-Mike-Gelin-1.jpg" alt="Broward County's police union withdrew prior endorsement of Comm E. Mike Gelin 1" width="836" height="477" />Instant retribution: By Friday Broward County&#8217;s police union withdrew prior endorsement of Comm E. Mike Gelin </span></strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mayor Gomez said she was also taken aback by Gelin&#8217;s remarks, which she said may have violated the city&#8217;s civility code.<br />
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The transgression could lead to Gelin being censured, suspended or even removal from office by the Governor, she said.<br />
&#8216;We have to look at the teeth in our civility code and see what we have available,&#8217; The mayor said.<br />
Gelin told local news on Friday that he&#8217;s ready to move on from the incident.<br />
&#8216;I had a productive meeting with Sheriff Tony yesterday afternoon and we will move forward in a positive and constructive manner,&#8217; he said.</p>
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Retribution! Florida city executive ambushes cop at ‘Officer of the Month’ ceremony for bogus arrest, ‘You’re a bad police officer and you don’t deserve to be here’ – Commissioner E. Mike Gelin confronts Dep. Joshua Gillardo on honor podium for falsely arresting him four years earlier
