Special to the Lehigh Acres Gazette
City of Fort Myers Spokesperson said, Vincent DiCristofalo, the FMFD department’s division chief of training, has been named interim Fire chief. Since Fire Chief Trenton Bowen and Deputy Chief Walt Stevens are on paid administrative leave following accusations of multiple policy violations.
FMFD employees complained multiple times that Bowen, who will be retiring at the end of January, and Stevens mismanaged the department and displayed favoritism.
According to an outside audit uncovered several policy violations, including poor management, employees being paid while on leave and workers compensation issues, the city official report said.