Mayor Jane Castor to make announcement on search for Tampa's next police chief

Tampa officials are set to discuss the future of its police department at 7:45 a.m. Friday, June 2.

Mayor Jane Castor will be joined by Police Interim Chief Lee Bercaw for a news conference at the Tampa Police Department Headquarters, the city announced in a news release.

The city did not specifically say what topics will be discussed at the event, but it is highly anticipated to be surrounded on the subject of the police department's police chief.

Back in December of 2022, former Tampa Police Chief Mary O'Connor resigned from her position as top cop of the department after an internal affairs investigation into a golf cart traffic stop in which body camera video showed her displaying her credentials and saying, "I'm hoping that you'll just let us go tonight."

[nancyfahey]

All sounds pretty to me. Don't let desantas get his fingers in this.

[LUNAWHITEFEATHER]

No matter what Jane Castor is still the Police Chief! THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MIN. 🤔

[strongmermaid]

Please don't make it a dei hire again

[drewski]

Nice to play the embarrassing clip of the former chief I'm sure she is enjoying her retirement in shame

[TellTheTruth]

I bet she was doing good when she got stopped. I also bet her husban was drinking and probably intoxicated to the point to where they would’ve received a DUI if they were driving a car.
But you know how it goes if you’re a police officer you get a free pass. Unfortunately, she was dumb enough to say what she did.

[Brent-zr]

So she resigned because she asked if there was a camera rolling and nothing else?

[godschild]

Millions butchered robbed, looted, ,car jacked, home invading. And. Every race being abused, ,our police are in genocide. Because of