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Officer Snider Did he receive special treatment? Why no criminal charges? Are there any more felons working as officers at VCDC?

Updated April 26, 2010

“Volusia County Division of Corrections - Where a felon can even apparently wear a badge? ”





UPDATES ARE DATED AND IN BLUE FONTS

Officer D. Snider started with the Volusia County Division of Corrections back in 1987. Apparently per the below linked documents he was charged and convicted of a felony in 1989 (see Snider's CJSTC 78 form). Further, this felony conviction apparently went unreported by Officer Snider as well as undetected by the administration of VCDC.



This website will not explore the merits of Officer Snider's apparent felony conviction - but rather how this conviction went undetected for nearly 20 years (1989-2009) by the administration of VCDC. The purpose of this particular web page is NOT to demean this particular officer, but to question how the Volusia County Department of Public Protection's internal affairs section was unable for 20 years to discover that an apparent felon was wearing a badge. These questions and concerns are important to the safety of the entire Volusia County community given that this very same IA section has been entrusted with such past investigations as the deaths of jail inmates and the recent allegations that Beach Patrol Officers were engaging in underage sex (statutory rape). Can the citizens of Volusia County even trust the professional abilities of this IA section? Was this matter handled appropriately? Was there a cover up? Were the taxpayers of Volusia County defrauded? We ask you to review the attached documents and to draw your own individual opinions.

Also, in our review of the documents surrounding the Snider matter there appears to be some contradictive statements on the manner of his separation from Volusia County employment. In short, was he terminated or did he resign / retire? In the above CJSTC 78 report it appears to have been reported to FDLE / CJSTC that Officer Snider was "terminated" (see line 14 of the CJSTC 78 form). However, in the below attached CJSTC 61 form / Affidavit of Separation, it appears to document that he "voluntarily resigned / retired in lieu of termination...". Which was it?



Further, did Officer Snider realize he was an apparent convicted felon? If so, did he conceal this fact from the division of corrections? Did he have a responsibility to report it. Was his failure to report this conviction another criminal violation? In short, did he commit fraud against the taxpayers of Volusia County by maintaining a position that he was not legally able to hold? Did the internal affairs investigation even explore these possibilities? If not, why not? The below CJSTC 61A form indicates that "NO" additional criminal charges were filed against Officer Snider (see line 7 of the CJSTC 61A form).



Here is what appears to be Officer Snider's resignation letter. Officer Snider does not give any insight of whether he had knowledge of his apparent felony conviction. Also, this resignation letter appears to have been immediately accepted by jail director M.C. Ford.



Doesn't county merits rules restrict an employee fired for misconduct from receiving only 20% of their accumulated vacation and sick leave? Apparently Officer Snider was allowed to receive 100% of his accumulated leave time (see below attached personnel forms). It appears the value of his leave time was over $3000.00 dollars. Doesn't it appear in the documentation, that a convicted felon was able to secure both a Florida State Law Enforcement retirement AND receive his full leave benefits?



UPDATE April 26, 2010 -- FDLE has refused to investigate our concerns in refer to the Officer Snider situation - apparently to include whether any other felons are currently working within the Volusia County Department of Public Protection -- we ask you to compare how FDLE handled the Fruitland PD Police Chief case of alleged fraud with that of Officer Snider's case.

If all of this is accurate, is it so hard to believe that other law enforcement officials in the Volusia County Department of Public Protection were committing alleged felonies while wearing he uniform (i.e the Beach Patrol Sex Scandal)? What can be done to stop this? Are these matters that can only be properly addressed by an outside investigation, such as the Statewide Grand Jury on Public Corruption?