Fish & Wildlife Officer Gets Himself Fired

1. The following is a thorough presentation of the facts. It's long. If you don't like reading, you'll have to weigh that against whatever interest you have in knowing the details of what happened. This story has never been reported elsewhere.

   This incident occurred on March 29, 2020. At that time, David Robison was an “Officer Specialist” with Florida’s Fish & Wildlife Commission’s Division of Law Enforcement. He had been with the agency 13 years, and had previously been a lieutenant. He had also served a field training officer for five years.

   Robison and his family moved to their current residence in Key Largo, Florida in 2019. Their residence is adjacent to the residence of two people who I will refer to as L and M, or as "the neighbors" — who had lived in the neighborhood for years. The two residences shared a chain link fence.

   In the beginning, the Robisons and the neighbors interacted cordially. They occasionally made requests of one another via text message, such as to reduce the volume of music, with no further complaints or issues.

   At some point in November 2019, L noticed the Robisons had begun playing loud music outdoors more frequently and at all hours of the day and night, which disturbed her ability to work from home, sleep, or watch TV uninterrupted. L also was concerned that visitors to their home would be subjected to the explicit lyrics in the Robisons’ music. The interactions between the neighbors and the Robisons became increasingly strained to the point where L resorted to making anonymous complaints to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) about the volume of the Robisons’ music.

   On March 29, 2020, while at their residence, L and M heard “extremely loud” music emanating from the Robison residence. Robison’s two adult daughters and grandchild were outside in the pool area; his wife was asleep inside the house. Later that afternoon, L and M decided to place a loud speaker on their lawn near the fence they shared with the Robisons “to give them a little taste of their medicine” and “to see if they'd get the message.”

   They did.

   Around 7:20 p.m., Robison left work early to return home, at the insistence of his daughters, to see for himself what was occurring with the neighbors’ music. Upon arrival, Robison took a photograph of the neighbors’ speaker and texted the photograph to L along with the following words: “Really if this is how it’s going to be I hope your [sic] ready for the fireworks[.]” Robison then returned to work.

   Robison never threatened the neighbors with a physical act. According to Robison, the text message referenced fireworks he planned to have at his residence for a birthday celebration in the future. L was not sure how to interpret the text message, but she felt it was threatening because she knew Robison was an armed law enforcement officer. The music from both residences played loudly for several hours until the neighbors turned off their music around 10:00 p.m. Music from the Robison residence continued to play loudly. Robison returned home from work at the end of his shift shortly after 10:00 p.m.

   At approximately 10:07 p.m., L called Monroe County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) to report a noise complaint. The Robisons’ music could be heard on the recorded line both while L was inside her home and outside. Deputies Tommy Durham and Lauren Landa responded to L’s complaint. Upon their arrival, Durham could hear the Robisons’ music from the road in front of L and M’s residence. As Durham approached the Robison residence, he noticed Robison’s work truck and realized that he was an “FWC officer.” Robison met the deputies at the front gate to his home. The deputies identified themselves and stated the reason for their visit: a noise complaint.

   The events depicted in this video ensued, to include Robison, agitated, immediately stating that he would not turn down his music. Durham attempted to speak with Robison “officer to officer” to calm him down. Instead, Robison continued to ignore Durham's directive to lower the volume of his music, and suggested that he would relinquish his badge and quit his job “right now” instead. After a lengthy back and forth with the deputies, Robison finally agreed to lower the volume of his music to a level that was acceptable to Durham. The deputies returned to the neighbors’ residence to brief them on the outcome of the encounter with Robison.

   M and L advised the deputies that Robison had appeared in his yard naked in the past. The deputies advised the neighbors that they should record any alleged illegal activity and report it to MCSO or to Robison’s superiors. The deputies then departed the scene. Around 11:30 p.m., approximately a half hour after the first incident concluded, L called MCSO because she believed the Robison’s music volume had been turned up again.

   Durham responded to the second complaint, along with Deputies Landa, Cody Jackson, and Michael O’Connor. Four deputies reported for the second incident because of Robison’s confrontational demeanor earlier that evening. As the deputies approached the scene, they could hear — from three houses away — music they would later describe as “extremely loud" playing from the Robison residence. The deputies were prepared to issue Robison a court date and citation for breach of peace.

   Deputy Jackson contacted Robison’s supervisor, Lieutenant Paul Hein, to inform him of (a) the noise complaint, (b) Robison’s refusal to comply with police orders, and (c) the nature of the text message that Robison had sent to L. Jackson’s goal was to avoid having to arrest Robison. Hein advised Jackson to “do what you need to do,” because Robison was off-duty at the time. Upon reaching the Robison residence, the deputies were met by Robison and his wife. The Robisons immediately denied that the volume of their music had been adjusted since the deputies left earlier that night. They vehemently refused to turn down the music and made several attempts to walk away from the deputies.

   Deputy Durham insisted that the music was louder than it was when he left the first time. Because it obviously was. Durham then announced that he was conducting a criminal investigation for breach of peace, a misdemeanor offense, and advised the Robisons that they were not free to leave. Durham further admonished Robison that if he continued to refuse to comply, the deputies would place him under arrest. Loud, disagreeable, and chaotic conversations continued among Robison, his wife, their adult daughter, and the deputies. (Someone might want to tell them that there is no such thing as a "decimal meter." At least not one that measures loudness.)

   After continued argument over whether the Robisons increased the volume of their music after the earlier incident ended, Robison and his wife challenged the deputies to just “write the ticket.” When Deputy Jackson informed Robison that he would have to contact his superiors, Robison responded that he didn’t care if Jackson called his captain and that he does not “give two fucks about that job.” He further said that the deputies could take his work truck if they wanted to, because he did not care about his job after the treatment he received during a prior internal affairs investigation.

   Because the Robisons refused to turn down their music, Durham directed them to turn the music off instead. Deputy Jackson advised Robison’s wife that the officers would not issue a court date or a ticket if the Robisons agreed to turn the music off. That worked. The Robisons finally agreed to turn off their music. The deputies advised that a repeat offense would warrant an arrest and warned the Robisons not to say anything threatening to L and M.

   The deputies then followed up with L and M, and again advised them to retain any text messages from Robison and to call MCSO if the issue continued.

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2. All I want to say about this is I think it was VERY low blow to call his agency to tattle on him. Yes he was being a d*ck, but squealing was very unprofessional.

3. Tall fences make good neighbors

4. His nipple ring and belly button tatoo show his ability to make smart decisions.

5. I’d have shot them

6. They're so entitled and insufferable that I completely forgot about how annoying the neighbors that called the cops were 🤣🤣 both parties here suck but clearly the entitled bozos with the screaming wife are horrendous

7. Nipple peircing and that belly tattoo is a crime in itself

8. I hate arguing with drunk people

9. "Eazy-E's fucked up and got the eight ball rollin!"

10. Boom. We got there it took awhile but we got there. It took them long enough but if you keep someone talking long enough they will show their your color. It's all about that "RAP" MUSIC. White uppity folks hate it. They can't stand it. And the 1 lady put it off on cussing. The other lady told the truth . It was all about the rap music not the noise. Momma they out there playing that "Black rap" music again call the cops.

11. Daughter is high key fine asf

12. Lol 😆 I git neighbors that sometimes blast their music loud ,honestly it didn't bother me at all….guess I'm different

13. The music was pretty good. It’s pretty cool “given the optics” he and the neighbor are open minded; as it relates to the music they listen to. I prefer house music; but to each his own.

14. The wife needs to stay away from the booze…🤮🖕

15. I thought in the beginning that they may be over re-acting about the "fireworks " statement be a threat but nope I would have concerns to. He is a lose cannon.

16. I love it when the Big Shots get busted too!

17. I am embarrassed to be white watching this video. The whole family is nuts!

18. Glad they fired him!

19. What a whiner

20. I live in an apartment and my neighbors downstairs play their music so loud that it shakes glass on the counter

21. If these folks were into smoking a bit of weed instead of getting absolutely hammered with boose i feel like none of this would have happened.

22. What a great neighbor

23. I've never seen such babies as there are in that sheriff's department. The misstatements of facts are astounding.

24. David has the equivalent TRAMP STAMP tatoo on his belly….no wonder….

25. If this numpty had just pulled his head in after the first visit from the officers, everything would have been sweet as.

26. POLICE ARE AWESOME

27. Any chance we can get the vid for the call about the dude wanting to hang himself? It was in the first part of the vid.

28. The Fish & Wildlife officer not only has his nipples pierced, but has some were tattoo around his navel. He and his wife are a family of drunks, the worst kind of family.
    I completely relate to the neighbors. I hope them the best.

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