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City Manager Wayne Saunders said no complaints have been filed with the city. A complaint
against one Clermont officer was made to FDLE by "an outside source," and that was being
investigated, Saunders said.
Saunders said he didn't know anything else about the investigation and was waiting for FDLE to
issue a preliminary report. Council member Lester Cole was shocked about the allegations.
"I can't even believe this is happening," Cole said.
Mayor Bob Pool was angry.
"Could this be coming from a former disgruntled employee?" Pool asked.
He said he suspected this was being brought up by a former employee in an attempt to discredit
Tyndal, who is to retire at the end of this week.
Pool said that he had been told of the probe, and that it did not involve allegations of wrongdoing
by Tyndal.
Council members and Saunders all said they believe the allegations are unfounded and that
Clermont's officers will be exonerated. The Clermont Police Department has been the focus of at
least one other FDLE probe. In 1986, Clermont city officials asked FDLE to investigate
allegations against Officer Lee Bullard.
The state agency's report criticized a Clermont police probe of a shooting involving Bullard. The
officer had fired a shotgun at a fleeing suspect in an assault case and missed the suspect but
wounded a bystander. The FDLE report said that investigation was started too late and ended
prematurely. Tyndal said his probe showed Bullard had followed department policy on the use of
firearms.
FDLE agents asked the state attorney's office to prosecute Bullard on charges of grand theft,
corruption and perjury. Prosecutors said they did not file charges because the allegations in the
FDLE report were not strong enough to stand up in court.
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