According to Advisory Legal Opinion – AGO 79-105 ……
An officer’s travel expenses may be paid from public funds only when the travel is for a public purpose authorized by law to be performed by the agency or official in question, is necessary for the conduct of official business of the state, and is necessary for the performance of the officer’s official duties.
Marceno and six LCSO employees travel vouchers show it a training but it was not it was a 2-hour retirement party in Tallahassee. See article Sheriff Marceno lies about training and goes to a 2-hour retirement party for FHP Chief Derek D. Barrs in Tallahassee
The Florida Attorney General states, “In considering a question involving the expenditure of public funds by a public officer, it is necessary to determine whether the officer in question has been expressly authorized by statute to expend funds for the purpose under consideration, or must be considered to have been given such authority by necessary implication in order to carry out some duty or function expressly imposed or authorized by statute. . . .”
It’s time to audit the Lee County Sheriff’s Department. The Sheriff has said he has no money for Deputies but spends nearly 6 thousand accounted for and nearly 20 thousand unaccounted for the trip to Tallahassee, why?
Did Sheriff Marcenco and Chief Holloway the Departments attorney have words with anyone with FDLE at retirement party? Why send 7 people when two could do?
This trip to Tallahassee was one week prior to the date the FDLE issued no findings against Marcenco.