BRADENTON -- This city's mayor wants an independent invesstigation into allegations against the police chief and other high-ranking officers... but not a suspension.
Gene Brown says he wants the Bradenton city council to hire North Port police captain Brian Gregory and retired Hillsborough judge Greg Holder to review claims that Chief Melanie Bevan ordered an illegal search. An officer claims she and others wanted detectives to harass a suspect to crack a cold case.
Brown says there's a conflict because two allegations name an internal affairs investigator.
The mayor says he sees no need to remove Bevan from office because he believes the allegations against her are not well supported.
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