Two St. Petersburg Police Officers Suspended

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Two St. Petersburg Police Officers received suspensions in two separate cases.

On September 8th, 2022, Chief Anthony Holloway convened a Command Review Board to review the DUI arrest of Officer Cody Csendom on November 22, 2021. The Board sustained the complaint of Conviction or Guilt of a Felony or Misdemeanor.

According to investigators, on November 22, 2021, at 2:21 a.m., Officer Cody Csendom was driving his own vehicle and crashed into a power pole in Hillsborough County. He was subsequently arrested by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office and charged with Driving Under the Influence.

Csendom, who has been with the department since March 2017, will receive a 160-hour suspension without pay and will abstain from the use of all alcohol products for 18 months, be subject to random alcohol and drug testing for 18 months,, and mandatory counseling through the Employee Assistance Program.

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In a separate case, between September 20, 2021, through March 20, 2022, there were documented instances when Officer Brandon Bill claimed time spent traveling to and from work as on-duty time.

Investigators say that Bill failed to input the proper check-on and check-off time in Kronos to reflect his actual worked time. On at least one occasion he claimed regular work time for a day he took off instead of using vacation time.

Bill, who has been with the department since November of 2008, will receive a 250-hour suspension without pay, his accrued vacation balance will be deducted for the approximate 100 hours of time he did not properly code in the City’s payroll system.

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