Osceola sheriff needs internal probe of shooting

The recent deputy-involved shooting in Osceola County has many people concerned as to what actually happened in the Target parking lot, and there hasn’t been much of a response coming out of Osceola County Sheriff Marco Lopez other than the comments, “We do things a little bit different here in Osceola County.” He has shifted the entire responsibility to provide information to the FDLE.

What is most alarming in this situation is that the sheriff has given no indication that an internal affairs investigation will be conducted into possible policy violations after the FDLE is through with its investigation. There may have been a number of possible violations of protocol by deputies and others. The Osceola sheriff should take this matter a step further and assign this to the Internal Affairs section immediately for investigation to show the citizens that he really does care. Dennis Warren Longwood

Dennis Warren retired from the Orange County Corrections Department in 2013.