VOLUSIA EXPOSED

According to an - the recent situation with the evidence room was discovered during a September 21, 2017 audit. The audit indicated that the missing or improperly filed evidence involved 185 cases. While OBPD gave assurances that "no current active criminal investigations are compromised by the missing items" - we (VolusiaExposed.Com) are left wondering how many past (closed) criminal cases were affected - that led to either charges being dropped or the offering of a very sweet plea bargain due to missing evidence?

In an - VolusiaExposed.Com inquired whether ANY criminal cases / prosecutions had been affected by the concerns attached to the OBPD evidence room scandal. As of the publication of this article - the State Attorney's Office has not replied to our email.

As many of our readers may know - VolusiaExposed.Com maintains a . Brady Cops (or some call them Giglio Cops) get their name from two U.S. Supreme Court decisions ( AND )

In Brady - and as later updated by Giglio, the court ruled that the prosecutor has the responsibility to give the defendant any and all (evidence that tends to prove the suspect not guilty). This exculpatory evidence includes, past histories of police officers, whereas, the veracity of those officers has come into question. In short, if a police officer makes an arrest, the defense has the right to know, if that arresting officer has moral character skeletons hiding in his / her career closet. A past history of providing false or misleading statements, or excessive use of force would be reportable under Brady / Giglio.

VolusiaExposed.Com now adds the Ormond Beach PD's evidence room to our list of local Brady Cops. We do this for the following reasons.

1. This is the second time since 2012 that the OBPD evidence room's veracity has come under attack. During the 2012 incident - OBPD lost their law enforcement accreditation over it's evidence room scandal. Apparently proper corrective measures were not taken in 2012 - and have revisited the OBPD in 2017-2018.

2. The State Attorney's refusal to address our email (concerns) - leaves us wondering if there is more to this scandal then is currently being released.

3. It is unknown to the public - and maybe even to OBPD officals - how long the OBPD evidence room has been in disarray. Has there been cross contamination of evidence, missing evidence, broken chains of custody of evidence, etc. for weeks, for months, for years? We hold the belief that the State Attorney should be making Brady notifications to all present and past defendants of criminal prosecutions that were attached to the OBPD since 2012.

Given the local State Attorney's Office (SAO) rather high tolerance for both questionable practices (Our OPINION - see below linked examples) & out right misconduct - we have little faith that the SAO will proceed in an ethical manner.

Prosecutor Received Disciplinary Action By The Florida Bar / Florida Supreme Court
Defendant's Conviction Reversed

After Several Years - and Many Plea Offers - State Attorney Abandons Prosecution