He’s not just driving a patrol car. He’s driving it on your dime.
Captain Cliff Labbe has turned his agency vehicle into a personal luxury—concert runs, airport trips, school drop-offs, and private off-duty appearances—all fueled by a taxpayer-funded gas card. The badge doesn’t come with a personal chauffeur, but somewhere along the line, the line between public service and personal privilege disappeared.
In this episode, I pull back the curtain on entitlement inside the Indian River County Sheriff's Office, the quiet normalization of taxpayer abuse, and the uncomfortable question nobody in power wants asked: At what point does the public stop tolerating it?
Because accountability doesn’t start with policy. It starts with exposure.
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