From 1998 until 2003 Harvey Ayers
was a sworn Desoto County Sheriff’s Deputy. Public Records obtained from that
agency revealed:
Harvey Ayers was
investigated for Sexual Assault and lewd behavior with a female student
attending a domestic violence class where Harvey Ayers was the instructor;
accused Ayers of forcing himself on her and masturbating and then ejaculating
in his hand. “Reported to Sheriff… she was sexually battered by Deputy Ayers."
From 1998 until 2003 Harvey Ayers
was a sworn Desoto County Sheriff’s Deputy. Public Records obtained from that
agency revealed:
Harvey
Ayers was reprimanded and ultimately suspended for losing his police issued .45
caliber firearm; while Ayers was on duty.
Harvey
Ayers was investigated for the shooting death of a citizen and was later sued
for wrongful death.
Harvey
Ayers was reprimanded for permitting a County employee to drive home while
intoxicated.
Harvey
Ayers was accused of police brutality.
Harvey
Ayers was disciplined for causing boldly harm to a citizen due to his
negligence and carelessness.
Harvey
Ayers resigned from Desoto County Sheriff’s Office on April 04, 2003.
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From 2003 until 2012 Harvey Ayers found employment as a sworn Punta
Gorda Police Officer and Detective. Public records obtained from the Punta
Gorda Police Department reveal that Harvey Ayers was the subject of nearly 40
Internal Affairs Investigations:
Harvey
Ayers was found to be untruthful in
at least three sustained violations for attempting to cover up his misconduct
and allowing a civilian observer ride along to yield a firearm while
participating in the search of a school and a vehicle, placing citizens, other
officers and the observer in life threatening danger.
Harvey
Ayers was reprimanded for conduct unbecoming of a Punta Gorda Police Officer
for engaging in a Sexual Activity while on duty.
Harvey
Ayers while on duty, allowed prisoner to escape due to his negligence, placing
the community in danger.
Harvey
Ayers; while laughing in the presence of witnesses, referred to a young
mentally challenged boy as a “RETARD”, then
attempted to defend and diminish his behavior.
Harvey
Ayers abused his authority by intimidating and coercing a citizen into
destroying property that was not illegal.
Harvey
Ayers intimidated a disabled veteran into allowing Ayers to perform an illegal
search where no evidence that a crime had ever been committed.
Harvey
Ayers was reprimanded for watching pornographic videos with a female co-worker,
while on duty in a police cruiser.
Harvey
Ayers conducted an illegal search and seizure resulting in the State Attorney’s
Office dropping drug charges on a suspect.
Harvey
Ayers illegally frisked a female civilian driver without her consent.
Harvey
Ayers mishandled seized narcotics.
Harvey
Ayers was investigated for illegal search and seizure and harassment of an
African American female.
Harvey
Ayers was required to attend a mandatory course in Bias and Base Profiling.
In August 2012,after many lengthy
investigations of Harvey Ayers by Punta
Gorda Chief of Police Albert Arenal fired Harvey Ayers after a lengthy
investigation into Ayer’s misconduct; including lying and being untruthful,
which attracted local media attention;
Fox Channel 4 News, NBC News and
the Sarasota Herald Tribune.
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Harvey
Ayers was sued on at least 5 occasions in Federal and State Courts for
violations of citizen’s civil rights:
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Charles Lee Thomas v. Punta Gorda, Harvey Ayers
(False Arrest without probable cause).
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Anton Rashad Blandin vs. Charlotte County, Harvey
Ayers (Police Brutality).
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Scott Weinerth vs. Harvey Ayers, City of Punta
Gorda (False Arrest).
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Vierginia Artubel vs. Colonial Bank Group (Unlawful
search and seizure, perjury, malicious prosecution).
-
Joshual L. Neal vs. Punta Gorda Police
Department/Harvey Ayers, (Indifference to Police Brutality).
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Unbelievably,
Harvey Ayers then brought his abusive, reckless, untruthful, harassing,
bullying and intimidating tactics to Sarasota County, where he was hired as a
code enforcement officer. Public records obtained from Sarasota County
employment record reveal the following:
Harvey
Ayers purposefully mislead relevant information pertinent to his termination
from the City of Punta Gorda Police Department on his Sarasota County
application for employment. Contained in this packet and also his employment
file.
Harvey
Ayers lied on his job application as
to whether he had a traffic ticket in the past 5 years.
Sarasota
County employment records indicate that officials obtained records from the
Punta Gorda Police Department, thus, were
aware of his sordid and dishonest history from public records they obtained,
yet still hired Harvey Ayers from a pool of 8 candidates, even after they were
fully aware of his lying and poor character.
Harvey
Ayers upon being hired by Sarasota County, was required to sign the Ethics/Oath
stating he would be truthful in his
capacity with Sarasota County.
Harvey Ayers violated his ethical agreement as a Sarasota County employee: On
December 15, 2017 at an Administrative Hearing in front of a Special
Magistrate, Harvey Ayers lied and
committed the crime of Perjury twice while under oath.