This may be a big deal but it is possible that there is another reason. It is routine in Miami-Dade Co( I know that Sanford isn’t Miami-Dade but all of FL law enforcement seems to follow a similar blueprint) for detectives to go back to patrol in order qualify for a promotion to SGT. I don’t get it. But apparently it is some sort of bizzaro government world requirement. If this guy is up for promotion, it puts us into a whole different bizzaro world situation.
I hope you’re wrong, but it would seem strange to demote him after they had just fired Chief Lee, who I’m sure was at odds with Serino over his evidence-challenged affidavit that helped to stoke the fires down there.