SANFORD, Fla. — A Sanford police officer has left the department following an internal affairs investigation. Another was suspended.
That investigation concluded that the now-former officer did not act properly during a kidnapping situation on June 1, 2024.
On that day, officers got a call about a homeless man who had trapped a RaceTrac employee in the gas station bathroom at knifepoint.
The first officer on the scene was Dominick Delorbe, who didn’t go into the bathroom but stood outside with his gun drawn.
The second officer to arrive, Geovanni Castro, didn’t go in either.
The investigation was about if they acted appropriately by waiting for backup rather than entering the bathroom when the employee cried for help.
The department says he should have entered that bathroom and given his younger officer more information.
“The officers had a responsibility and a duty to act. They had a responsibility and duty to act if there was one officer or two officers. He knew that someone had already informed him that a situation had taken place,” Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith said at a news conference Thursday.
Sanford police say Delorbe submitted his resignation during the investigation.
Castro received a 60-hour unpaid suspension and an extension on his probation because he was new.
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