2 St. Pete Police Officers Suspended In Separate Cases: SPD

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Two St. Petersburg police officers have been suspended in separate cases, officials said.

The suspensions were handed down by Chief Anthony Holloway Thursday following a Command Review Board meeting, according to a St. Petersburg Police Department news release.

Officer Cody Csendom was suspended for his driving under the influence (DUI) charge on Nov. 22, 2021, the agency said.

Around 2:20 a.m., he was arrested by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office after crashing his own vehicle into a power pole, according to SPPD.

Following his arrest, Csendom, who joined the department in March 2017 and was a member of the K9 Unit, was reassigned to a patrol squad.

The review board also determined additional disciplinary actions for him:

• 160-hour suspension without pay.
• He must abstain from all alcohol products for 18 months.
• He will be subjected to random alcohol and drug testing for 18 months.
• Mandatory counseling through the employee assistance program.

In the second case, Officer Brandon Bill falsified his timecard between Sept. 20, 2021, and March 20, 2021, according to SPPD.

There were documented instances where he claimed time spent traveling to and from work as on-duty time, the agency said, adding 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.”

The review board determined the following disciplinary actions for him:

• 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.

Bill, who was sworn in as a St. Pete police officer in November 2008 and was assigned to the Marine Unit during the dates investigated, was reassigned to a patrol squad.