Two Marco Island Police officers accused of having sex while on the clock

Two Marco Island Police officers are accused of having sex while on the clock. The police sergeants resigned over two seperate sexual encounters, outraging neighbors on the Island.

An internal Marco Island Police Department investigation found Sgt. James Inlow as well as Sgt. Neil Giansati each had sex several different times while on duty.

The investigations started in January of 2017 when a parent sent the police chief a letter with several screenshots of explicit texts and pictures he believes Inlow sent to his daughter.

Text messages from the investigation show Inlow also asked the 20 year old for Aderall.

Both sergeants resigned within the two months following.

One neighbor says it’s just all very disappointing, putting your trust into the men and women in blue–and then hearing this.

But the police department is acting now to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

They’ve promoted an officer to a lieutenant who will supervise patrol officers more closely.

It’s like a second layer of command staff monitoring to holding everyone from first line supervisors to sergeants and police officers accountable.

Marco resident Bob Roth says it’s sad this is what it has to come down to and is floored by the allegations, “It’s just wrong, and it’s a cop on top of that, there’s a whole lack of trust and everything how do you tell the little kids this kind of stuff.”

The  department says they don’t blame the community for feeling this way and while this behavior isn’t acceptable it also doesn’t reflect the majority of the people who work in blue day in and day out.