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Jones and Martinez said they don't plan to fill the vacant position opened with the firing of Capt.
Randy Burke after an internal investigation this month. Instead, they're eliminating the post and
creating a new, lesser-ranked position of lieutenant. Burke was fired after an investigator found
he misappropriated $100 that employees had collected for a former police officer in 2007,
according to Martinez and a report.
And with the demotion of Cpl. George Hristokopolis to the rank of officer, a corporal position
will be dissolved. In its place, a new sergeant post will be added. Hristokopolis was demoted
after complaints about a lack of patrol visibility on shifts he supervised, Jones said recently.
The changes do a few things, Jones and Martinez said. First and foremost, they put into place
more supervision in the agency. They also balance the chain of command from its previously
lopsided structure, Martinez said.
For the public, the reorganization will mean more uniform patrol visibility on Bunnell's streets
all hours of the day, Jones said, with more "knocking on doors and talking to the community."
And it relieves an overburdened sergeant who has been on call 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, until now.
Martinez said the changes won't cost a single cent to taxpayers and it won't change the Police
Department's fiscal year 2008-09 budget of $1,053,601.
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