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Jacksonville PoliceDepartment

MemoTo: P atro lm a n J are d D eG ro otFrom: C h ie f A n th on y G ro ote ns ~Date: 12123/2009Re: L ette r o f R e prim a nd

I h ave rev iew ed an in te rna l in qu iry o f a n a lle ge d v io la tio n of th e Jacksonvi l le piolice D ep artm en t P olic yand P rocedure Manua l: .G eneral O rder 14 - C onduct1 4.3 .1 2 - U nb ec om ing C on duc t

I h ave de te rm in ed tha t ju st c aus e e xis ts to su pp ort the a lle ga tion that you actEk l ih a m anner tha t isc on tra ry to c on du ct e xp ec te d o f a J ac ks on ville Police Officer.S pe cific ally y ou w e re :1 .) D elin que nt o n p aying y our u tility b ill2 .) W ent to the S uperin tendent of U tilities res idence a t 11 :00 p .m .3.) U se d d epa rtm en ta l rec ords to ob ta in in fo rm atio n fo r p ers ona l b usin es sY du are a dv ise d th at a ny futu re v io latio ns o f d epa rtm en tal po lic y w ill lea d to p rog re ss ive dis cip lin e. T oavo id fu ture problem s concem ing th is specific vio la tion you need to conduct yourse lf both on and o ffdu ty In a cc orda nce w ith th e d irec tio ns s pelled o ut in th e J ack so nville P olicy a nd P ro ce du re M anu al.Th is m em o w ill ac t as a le tter o f reprim and and w ill rem ain in your personne l file fo r one (1 ) year. A fterthe year has passed you m ay subm it a w ritten request to have it rem oved from your file . .cc : P lI, Jared DeG rootJ erry U eb r: F OP L ab or C oun cilP ers on ne l F ileL t. J o e T a ps c ot t

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Jacksonville PoliceDepartment

MemoTo: .Ch ie f A n th o ny G ro o te nsFrom: C pt. R ex G in de rDate: 12/21/2009Re: PH . J ar ed D eG ro ot

December 14 , 2009 I was to ld o f an inc ident wh ich invo lved P t I . Jared D eG root. The In form ation Irece ived was tha t DeG root was de linquent In h is U tility b ills and subsequen tly the wate r to h isres idence a t was shu t o ff. Fu rthermore, I w as to ld when D eG root d iscove red h is wa terhad been shut o ff he went to the res idence o f the U tilities Depa rtm en t Head , _at 11 :00 p.m . Iw as a lso to ld w hen D eG roo t w ent to the U tilitie s D epartm ent to add ress the s itua tion som eone in theo ffice m ad e a co mm en t so me th in g like "I th ou gh t th e P olice D ep artm en t h ad ra nd om d ru g te stin g;':A fte r I lea rned th is in fo rm ation I c on tac ted , S uperin tendent o f U tilit ies , to set a m ee ting , I m etw ith on Wednesday 12116/2009, approx imately 2:00 p .m . I e xp la in ed th e co mp la in t a ndasked if she wou ld be w illing to ta lk w ith me about it. agreed to speak w ith m e . exp la ined tha t on Monday 12107/2009, a p pr ox im a te ly 1 1 :00 p.m . Ja red D eG root cam e to herres idence, DeG roo t to ld he r that h is water had been shu t o ff.and he needed the wate rturned back on for h is 3 yea r o ld daughte r. sa id she d id not recogn ize DeG roo t as aJacksonville P olice O ffice r. S he d id say th at b y the tim e he le ft she kne w he w as a Jackson ville P oliceO ffice r. S he w en t onto sa y in the p ast w he n the re Is an issu e w ith a ny C ity em ployee and th eir a bility topay the ir u tility b ills she has worked w ith them to reso lve the p rob lem . . sa id she wou ld havebeen w illing to do the sam e for D eG root if he w ou ld have com e to speak w ith her about it. reported she agreed to ca ll ou t one of he r em ployees to tum D eG roo t's w ate r back on. He w as to ldthe re w ou ld b e a $55.0 0 ca ll o ut fe e to cove r th e cost o f o vertim e w hile a re in sta tem ent o f h is serv icesduring no rm al business hou rs wou ld on ly cost" $15 .00 .' sa id he wan ted h is wa ter tu rned backon and agreed to pay the ca ll ou t fee. sa id she 'to ld DeG root he needed t o com e by the W aterD ep artm en t to co mp le te p ap er w ork a sso cia te d w i~ h th e re in sta te me nt o f h is w ate r se rv ice . S herep orted th at D eG ro ot dropp ed off a che ck fo r the se rv ice bu t he fa ile d to show up ' in 'a t im ely m an ne r tocom ple te th e requ ired pa per w ork a nd h e w as sche du le d to ha ve h is w ater shu t o ff ag ain . D eG ro otfin ally sh ow ed u p o n M on da y 12114/2009 to com ple te the req uire d pap er w ork . sa id when DeG root cam e to her house on D ecem ber 7 1 h he w as ve 'ry p olite bu t she d id n otfe el th at h e re pre se nte d h im se lf, th e p olice d ep artm en t o r th e c ity ve ry w ell b Y,d oln g s o, S he a lsoadd ed the u ne xpec ted vis it to her horne at 11 :00 p.m . w oke up he r 10 -ye ar-o ld da ug hte r an d ca use dher fam ily concern . .

! sa id afte r DeG roo t le ft she checked he r ce ll phone and found em ployees from the wa tertreatm en t p lan t ha d ca lled he r ce ll b ut sh e h ad m isse d th e ca ll. S he sa id she \Vasn 't righ t ne xt to he rphone so she m issed the ca ll and wasn 't ab le to respond imm edia te ly . sa id accord ing to herpho ne re cords th ere w as le ss titan a n h our be tw ee n the tim e she g ot the ca ll from the w ate r tre atm entp lan t and w hen D eG root show ed up a t he r doo r.

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I asked_ if she was lis ted in the phonebook or h o w D eG roo t m ay have ob ta ined her address . 1 i I sa id she was no t lis ted in the phonebook and d id no t know where he wou ld have found heraddress; she assum ed he go t it from the P o lice D epartm en t. .I rece ived an em a il from on T hursday 12117 / 2009 , w hic h s ta te d s he .,h ad ta lk ed to h erem p loyees abou t the drug tes ting comment. She sa id , , U tilities .pus tom er Serv iceR epresen ta tive , to ld her "he seem ed k ind o f g iddy or extrem ely happy a nd it re a lly d id n't fit th e s itu at io n- m aybe he was jus t ne rvous ." A copy o f th is em ail is a ttached . to ld m e she d id rece ive an em a il from DeG roo t apo log iz ing fo r s topp ing by her house . A copyo f the em ail is inc luded w ith th is docum ent. It w as a response to an em ail sen t as a rem inder fo rD eG ro ot to g o to th e U tilitie s D ep artm e nt to c om p le te th e T ra sh S erv ic e V erifiC atio n c ertific ate .I re vie we d th e J ac kso nv ille P olic e D ep artm en t a ud io re co rd in gs fo r necemoe t 07.d is co ve re d th at J are d D eG ro ot c alle d th e P olic e D ep artm en t a t 1 0:4 1 p .m . to obtaina dd re ss. A c op y o f th e re co rd in g is a tta ch ed w ith th is re po rt.T h is b e ha v io r is a v io l at io n o f:

G en era l O rder 14 - C onductS ec tio n 1 4.3 .1 2 - U nb ec om in g C on du ctW hen em ployees com mit a cts o f conduct unbecom ing an o ffice r o r em ployeeo f th e Ja ck so nv ille P olic e D ep artm en t, e ith er o n o r o f f du ty . Those no ts pe cific ally m en tio ne d h ere b ut te nd in g to b rin g d is cre dit to y ou o r fh eJ ac ks on Ville P olic e D ep artm e nt m a y a ls o b e ju st c au se fo r d is clp iiria ry "a ctlo n.

O ffensive Conduct - W hen you are o ffensive in your conduct o rla ng ua ge in p ub lic o r to a ny o th er p ers on W Ith ou t ju stifia ble c au se ;

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Rex G in de rFrom: _Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:01 AMTo: Rex GinderSubject: Jared Degroot

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I talked to my office staff after you left yesterday about someone saying that theythought Jared Degroot was on drugs. Apparently _ had made a comment tothe office that he was acting really weird and appeared to be on drugs. My staffhas all been warned against saying things about the customers. I am sorry thatthis happened.

12/18/2009