Death threats against Okeechobee police chief never documented, investigated

By Lee Williams

Okeechobee Police Chief Donald Hagan (center) along with members of his staff. (Photo courtesy City of Okeechobee Facebook page).by Lee WilliamsEver since the entire country learned that Okeechobee, Florida Police Chief Donald Hagan banned guns and ammunition sales along with the right to keep and bear arms as Hurricane Helene was about to make landfall, city officials and members of Hagan’s police department sought to portray him as a victim.The good chief, they claimed, was receiving death threats that were directed toward him and his family for signing the illegal ordinance, which Okeechobee’s five-member city council unanimously passed. Most of the “noise” as the threats was called, came from persons living outside city limits. Hagan, officials claimed, needed to take time off to deal with the threats.The police chief went completely incommunicado. He did not respond to calls, emails or messages left with his staff seeking to understand why he violated his oath of office by signing an illegal ordinance, which violated both the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Florida. The Second Amendment Foundation had to file a public records request just to get Hagan’s cell phone number, which he has yet to answer.To understand whether

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