Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition
Officials stand behind Hillsboro police chief
County and state agencies investigated 18 complaints and found they were all unfounded, the town officials said at the news conference.
Beach Mayor Richard Maggiore and the newly minted Town Manager Robert Kellogg presented a stack of documents at a news conference Monday, to say that they have full confidence in longtime Police Chief Thomas Nagy’s abilities.
The Broward County Office of Inspector General, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Broward County State Attorney investigated 18 complaints and found they were all unfounded, the town officials said at the news conference.
Among the allegations contained in a list distributed to the news media:
Nagy bought an unmarked police cruiser without authorization. Even though he should have gotten specific authorization for the purchase, it did not rise to the level of wrongdoing because it was in the town budget.
Providing personal poward.” lice protection for a commissioner.
Improper handling of a gun in the evidence room.
The details behind each of the investigations were in a foot-high stack of documents that town officials said would be available to the media at a cost of about $225.
“I am completely satisfied with the thorough investigation done by these three agencies,” Maggiore said, adding that he has “full confidence” in Nagy. “We can now put this behind us and move forHillsboro Nagy, who earns $114,524 a year in his job, started with the town police department in 1992. He declined to comment, except to say he intended to stay on in his job.
Some of the incidents contained in the allegations were found to have occurred, but they didn’t rise to the level of wrongdoing.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement did forward one complaint of worker’s compensation fraud to the Florida Insurance Commission for further investigation. That complaint is still pending.
Resident John Carlson had filed a complaint that police were driving all-terrain vehicles in violation of Florida law with pictures of tire tracks in the sand. The findings discussed at Monday’s press conference didn’t convince him that no police misconduct has occurred, he said.