By Brian Andrews
CBS4
MIAMI — More reprimands and suspensions are coming to light for Miami-Dade firefighters who were on the scene at Port Everglades three years ago when a new recruit died in a training exercise.
CBS4’s Brian Andrews found indisciplinary action reports, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, actions which point the finger at a fire chief, a captain, and more than a half-dozen training lieutenants, many of whom were at Port Everglades training that killed Wayne Mitchell.
The county reports say all of them should have known the exercise was too complex and too advanced for new recruits. Chief Stephen Mackinnon, who oversaw the operation, received a 30-day suspension. One of the instructors in the exercise, Capt. Jerome Byrd Sr., got a two-week suspension for failing to properly supervise the recruits. Ten other lieutenants received written reprimands.
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