EXPERIENCE

LEO Round Table Productions, LLC; Tampa, FL

12/14/2015 – Present

Creator and host of the nationally syndicated LEO Round Table law enforcement talk show.  The premise of the show is to discuss today’s news and issues from a law enforcement perspective and panelists are among a Who’s Who of law enforcement professionals and attorneys from across the country. The show is broadcast from the Boss Hoss Radio Network studios in Plant City, FL Mon – Fri, 12 – 1pm ET during the lunch hour. In addition to radio the show is on Roku TV and Amazon Fire TV, 20 podcast platforms and a ton of social media outlets.

Deadly force scenario training videos are also produced on our LEOROUNDTABLE.COM website as well as real life amazing stories from law enforcement officers.

Bright Mountain, LLC; Boca Raton, FL

01/02/2014 – 11/07/2017

Consultant for law enforcement, fire fighter and teacher websites and message boards.

LEOAFFAIRS.COM, LLC; Tampa, FL

10/01/2002 – 01/02/2014

Co-founder and system operator (Sysop) of the below websites and accompanying message boards.  Bright Mountain, LLC acquired these sites on 01/02/2014:
LEOAFFAIRS.COM – Law Enforcement
FIREAFFAIRS.COM – Fire Fighters
TEACHERAFFAIRS.COM -Teachers

City of Tampa Police Department; Tampa, FL

10/05/1983 – 09/19/2013

Uniform District Two – Uniform Patrol Officer
Uniform District One – Uniform Patrol Officer
Selective Enforcement Bureau (SEB) – Plain Clothes & Uniform
*Street Level Prostitution
*Narcotics
*Special Events
Quick Uniform Attack on Drugs (QUAD Squad) –
Plain Clothes Officer Working Street Level Narcotics
Morals Unit (Narcotics/Vice) – Undercover Detective
Organized Crime Unit (CIB) – Undercover Detective
*Organized Crime
*Public Corruption
*Adult Entertainment
Wet Zoning (CIB) – Plain Clothes Detective
*State and local liquor law enforcement
Missing Persons – Plain Clothes Detective
Auto Theft – Plain Clothes Detective
Domestic Violence – Plain Clothes Detective
Kayla Data Entry (Sex Crimes) – Plain Clothes Detective
Gun Unit – Plain Clothes Detective
Legal Unit (Forfeiture) – Plain Clothes Detective
Police Benevolent Association (PBA) – Plain Clothes Corporal
*Full-time Release & Elected Position As Executive
Secretary

EDUCATION

University of South Florida; Tampa, FL
Bachelor of Arts – Criminal Justice

Graduated in August of 1983

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• Certified Fitness (Lead), Defensive Tactics, Officer Survival and CPR adjunct instructor at the Tampa Police Academy through the Hillsborough County School Board and Hillsborough
  Community College
• Public Nuisance Abatement Expert
• Tactical Response Team (TRT) member for 2 years as an inactive alternate
• Dignitary Protection Team (starting in 1994) that encompassed working with the Secret Service to protect dignitaries including presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
• Promoted to the rank of Detective on 10/22/1995
• Ran an undercover storefront by the name of Sunset Enterprises in Ybor City (Tampa) for nearly 2 years starting in 1996.  Initially set up with the FBI, the RICO/Money Laundering investigation targeted 24 escort businesses by factoring credit cards with a predicate crime of prostitution.  This
  culminated in the arrest of 12 escort owners, processing over $330,000 and seizing assets.
• Planned and executed Operation Body Scrub in June of 1998 targeting 29 body scrub and lingerie shops that culminated in 39 arrests.
• Received Officer of the Month and a Commendation Award in November of 1998 for work in the area of Adult Entertainment.
• Planned and executed Operation GSE in October of 1999 targeting 6 adult nightclubs (topless and nude) owned by Galardi South Enterprises that culminated in 28 arrests.
• Lead detective in highly publicized double homicide investigation.  Marine Sgt. James Coleman was assigned to Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base.  He strangled girlfriend Jessica Hine to death in December of 2002, lowered his thermostat to slow decomposition and kept her on his couch for a couple of weeks before dumping the body.  Her 10-week old baby, Devonte, grew ill in the freezing apartment until Coleman smothered him to death and stuffed him in the freezer.  Coleman was found guilty of 2^nd degree murder in the death of Jessica and 1^st degree murder in the death of Devonte, then sentenced to two life terms in prison.
• Lead detective in the highly publicized missing person investigations of gay men Bradley Williams, Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz. Identified and targeted suspected serial killer Steven Lorenzo.  In 2006 Lorenzo and accomplice Scott Schweickert were found guilty in federal court for using the date rape drug GHB on Galehouse and Wachholtz before sexually torturing and killing them in December of 2003.  Lorenzo and Schweickert were sentenced to 200 and 40 years in  prison respectively on drug charges.  In 2016 Schweickert pled guilty to two counts of 1^st degree murder and was sentenced to two life terms in prison in exchange for his testimony against Lorenzo.
• Assigned to the rank of Corporal on 10/01/2007
• Retired on 09/19/2013

CORRUPTION & WHISTLEBLOWER STORY

Chip DeBlock was born and raised in Tampa , Florida in 1962.

After being promoted to detective and moving to the Criminal Intelligence Bureau (C.I.B.), Det. Chip DeBlock began investigating Adult Use, Organized Crime and Public Corruption. He worked with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (F.D.L.E.) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office on corruption at the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office when Harry Lee Coe was State Attorney. During a sensitive public corruption investigation, Det. DeBlock found himself on the receiving end of political pressures. Due to his efforts to expose public corruption, the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office filed 21 allegations against Det. DeBlock in the Internal Affairs Bureau (I.A.B.) which eventually led to a criminal investigation against him. Detective DeBlock was removed from the Organized Crime Unit, placed on Administrative Duty and endured an active I.A.B. investigation for 19 months. In the end, however, Det. DeBlock was cleared of any wrongdoing in both the Internal Affair’s complaints and the criminal allegations thanks (in part) to his meticulous record keeping.

During the investigation against Det. DeBlock, the FDLE released their report of the investigation against State Attorney Harry Lee Coe. Harry Lee Coe committed suicide immediately prior to the release of this report.

After Det. DeBlock was cleared, his internal affairs package became public record and was made available to the media. During his defense, Det. DeBlock had produced an 89 page document detailing his innocence and outlining corruption at various levels of government including the State Attorney’s Office (SAO). Although this document was initially not provided by the City to the media because it came up “missing”, it was eventually produced. Upon its release to the media and a huge press following, new State Attorney Mark Ober told the news media that Det. DeBlock had no credibility. Ober refused to use Det. DeBlock’s testimony in court and former Police Chief Bennie Holder transferred DeBlock out of the elite C.I.B. unit. Detective DeBlock was assigned to handle missing person cases and no longer allowed to conduct criminal investigations.

In November of 2001 Det. DeBlock filed a state Whistleblower lawsuit, in circuit court, against the City of Tampa and former Police Chief Bennie Holder. Judge Marva L. Crenshaw ruled that Det. DeBlock was not entitled to punitive or compensatory type damages, that he may get his old job back and that he might be entitled to reimbursement of his legal fees. Due to this ruling, the Whistleblower lawsuit is no longer being pursued.

FOX 13 Investigates – TPD Whistleblower Lawsuit – November 12, 2001
FOX 13 Investigates – Sex Scandal I – November 01, 2002
FOX 13 Investigates – Sex Scandal II – December 10, 2002
FOX 13 Investigates – Sex Scandal III – March 14, 2003

In May of 2003 Det. DeBlock filed a defamation of character lawsuit against then current Hillsborough County State Attorney Mark Ober and the State Attorney’s Office. Judge James D. Arnold dismissed the lawsuit under the premise that Ober is immune from such lawsuits. The 2nd District Court of Appeal upheld Judge Arnold’s decision.

FOX 13 Investigates – Detective v. State Attorney – May 8, 2003

In early 2004, while investigating the disappearance of missing gay men including Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz, Det. DeBlock located additional victims and identified Steven Lorenzo as a suspect in the drugging, abduction, kidnapping and rape of many of them.  Although Det. DeBlock had enough probable cause to make an arrest, he drafted a search warrant for Lorenzo’s residence in order to obtain and preserve evidence of these crimes.  Detective DeBlock also had reason to believe that additional evidence would be located linking Lorenzo with the disappearance and death of Galehouse and Wachholtz (Wachholtz’s body had already been discovered).  After the SAO and the Statewide Prosecutor’s Office refused to review Det. DeBlock’s search warrant, the Tampa Police Department removed DeBlock from the case and abandoned all efforts to have a search warrant executed at Steven Lorenzo’s home.  Detective DeBlock, in turn, contacted the DEA and supplied them with a copy of his search warrant.  The Tampa Police Department responded by writing Det. DeBlock up for insubordination because he failed to follow orders.  The DEA approached TPD with the search warrant they obtained from Det. DeBlock and issued a total of 4 search warrants at the home of Steven Lorenzo.  These search warrants not only preserved evidence from the crimes Det. DeBlock had been investigating, but also uncovered new evidence that led to the arrest and successful prosecution of Steven Lorenzo and Scott Schweickert for crimes involving the drugging and murder of Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz.  The Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office refused to prosecute, so Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Porcelli stepped up to the plate and prosecuted this case in federal court.  Lorenzo was sentenced to 200 years and Schweickert sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.  

The Tampa Tribune – Legal Web May Have Slowed Inquiry Into Missing Men – July 22, 2004
The Tampa Tribune – State Attorney Interfered With Probe, Detective Says – July 22, 2004
Tampa Bay Times – Police Fear Federal Case May Be Hurt By Lawsuit – July 23, 2004
Tampa Bay Times – Federal Case May Be Hurt By Lawsuit – July 23, 2004