A St. Petersburg police officer has resigned after an internal command review board found him guilty of department violations tied to the high-profile bomb case at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa. The internal finding stems from an investigation that concluded the officer shared restricted law-enforcement database information with a man accused of planting explosive devices at the casino. The fallout from that scare led to multiple casino evacuations last fall and set off parallel criminal and administrative investigations that are still rippling through local law enforcement.
Command review board decision
The department’s command review board determined that Officer Brandon Klaiber violated policy by providing protected records and other sensitive information to a civilian. The panel formally found him guilty of department violations, and he has since stepped down from the force. That outcome is detailed in the review itself and in a local news report, which together outline how an internal administrative probe intersected with the wider criminal case stemming from the Hard Rock incident.
