I wouldn't trust anything attributed to "leaked by the department." But, the story line there is that the FIRST person who questioned Zimmerman was not a homicide detective. That's it, that's the entire depth of the complaint.
-- Obviously the department is not very large. Sure would like to see a list of all in the department and who their partners are. --
From the PD Website: "Currently the City of Sanford Police Department has an authorized staffing level of 140 sworn officers and 24 civilian employees." There is no breakdown of assignments. The Wiki page for the Sanford PD is interesting.
-- Are we dealing with a rotten apple in the barrel? One that they (Town and AG) don't want to spoil the entire department? Is the leaker trying to throw suspicion on others to protect himself? --
Assuming there is a leaker, motivations vary. Could be getting paid to leak, could be doing it for a friend, could have a social or political agenda, could be seeking revenge, etc.
There is another possibility, and this would be darn funny. The leaker is feeding Crump and/or Matt Gutman material that the leaker knows is false. Again, motives could be anything from revenge on the media, to a desire to incite a race war, and anything you might imagine in between.
Yet another possibility is there is no leaker. Matt Gutman will claim press privilege if he is ever challenged to divulge sources (and I can't think of a reason he would be subpoenaed to divulge sources anyway - he can make up false attribution all day long to prop up a purely fictitious narrative).
Interesting....Good thing he didn’t go to CVS rather than 711 for treats. We would have known his problem if he had.