1 Q. And Biondolillo, you believe everything that 2 he says, correct? 3 A. I have a lot of trust in my command staff.

I 4 have a lot of trust in Mr. Biondolillo. I.ve worked 5 with Mr. Biondolillo for 2O plus years. f found him 6 to have full integrity, honest. And quite frankty do 7 I trust him? Absolutely. 8 Q. You believe everything that Biondolillo noted 9 in PBA 10 and City 3? 10 A, Everything that,s in the Investigative 11 Summary? '|.2 Q. Yes, sir. 13 A. Yes. Absolutety. 14 Q. Absolutely. Okay. 15 Now, when Biondolillo was working with FDLE, 16 were you his supervisor? 17 A. yes. 18 Q. Otay. And during that time were you his 19 supervisor when he was indicted on Lhe criminal, 20 federal criminal charges? 21 MS. MEVERS: The City is going to object 22. to this line of questions. First of all, 23 it's improper impeachment. An indictment is 24 not admissible for showing bad character. 25 Moreover she is seeking questions
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1 initiated and pursued the investigation as 2 it related to Mr. Cuddeback,s conduct. 3 MR. ARBITMTOR: you may proceed. 4 BY MS. DUFFY: 5 Q. With regards to Biondolillo, did you, sir, 6 speciflcally request that FDLE hold off on conducting 7 an administrative inquiry or Laking administrative I action against Biondolillo until the criminal case t had been resolved? 10 A. Until the criminat case had been resolved? 11 At one point, yes, in the -- towards the back end of 12 the investigation, yes. 13 Q. Otay. And did FDLE in fact agree with you 14 and hold off on the administrative case against 15 Biondolillo until the criminal charges were resolved? 16 A. yes. 17 Q. Otay, In this particular case, sir __ and 18 just backing up. With regards to Biondolillo, his 19 statement was not taken from FDLE prior to the 20 criminal charges being resolved, correct? 21 A. Correct. 22 Q. Otay, After the criminal charges were 23 resolved, his statement was in fact taken, correct? 24 A. Correct. He gave a votuntary statement. 25 Q. Ot<ay. And with the information that,s been
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in regards to the character of the Deputy Chief for the sole purpose as it relates to

thin indictment to show a propensity of a bad act which is impermissible for these
proceedings.
MR. ARBITMTOR: Response. MS. DUFFY: The record,s clear that he

provided thus far, would you agree with me that at no point in any of the documentation does it reflect that he gave, he being Biondolillo, gave a voluntary statement? MS. MEVERS: The City would again just renew its objection. This is wholly

was indicted. He went to trial. That's not where I'm going with this. If you can just qive me some

irrelevant as to whether or not Deputy Chief Biondolillo undertook his investigation of Cuddeback in a fair, thorough, and unbiased manner.
MR. ARBITMTOR: What,s the relevance?

leeway. It goes towards the investigation itself and how it was conducted, this
investigation.
MS. MEVERS; The Deputy Chief

being .l

MS. DUFFY: it's the mannei- in which this invesUgation proceeded, your Honor.

indicted or not being indicted has no i bearing on whether or not he undertook this investigation as to Mr. Cuddeback,s conduct in a fair and thorough manner.
MR. ARBITMTOR: Where are you going? MS. DUFFY: The way that this particular

This witness testified as the supervisor of an employee, regardless of who iE was, that the administrative investigation should not proceed until after

this criminal.
The testimony thus far has been

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