Tempers flare at Melbourne City Council
Channel: The Space Coast Rocket
Date: 2022-10-27

After over an hour of public comments related to the Pride parade, Councilman Tim Thomas lodged several allegations. He alleged that the Melbourne Police looked the other way when crimes were being committed (allegedly) at the Pride festival because Pride had paid for the police to be there. This caused an extreme reaction from Mayor Paul Alfrey (former Melbourne Police Officer) and the Melbourne Police Chief.

Councilman Thomas stated at the last meeting that evidence of crimes in the form of photos and videos would be presented that occurred at Pride Fest, but now weeks later, still has not presented any substantiating the claims that were made.

He also stated he wants body cams on officers to record nonstop all the time, and suggested drone surveillance for future events.