{"id":63432,"date":"2026-03-06T16:06:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=63432"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:06:49","slug":"kissimmee-police-lieutenant-sergeant-of-the-year-arrested-for-misusing-surveillance-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/03\/06\/kissimmee-police-lieutenant-sergeant-of-the-year-arrested-for-misusing-surveillance-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Kissimmee police lieutenant, \u2018sergeant of the year,\u2019 arrested for misusing surveillance video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The situation you’re referring to involves Lacey Santone<\/strong>, a recently promoted Kissimmee Police Lieutenant who was the department\u2019s 2024 “Sergeant of the Year.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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As of early 2026, she is under both criminal and internal investigation for the unauthorized use of department surveillance systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details of the Case<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The Allegation:<\/strong> Santone is accused of accessing building security cameras without authorization to monitor and “mock” her former boss, Deputy Chief Wilson Munoz, as he was being escorted out of the building following his firing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Surveillance Misuse:<\/strong> A security audit reportedly revealed that she accessed the camera system dozens of times<\/strong> during the period in question. A tipster alleged she showed the footage to subordinates while laughing at the departing Deputy Chief.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Promotion Controversy:<\/strong> Despite receiving a written reprimand for “unauthorized use of city equipment” just two weeks prior, Santone was promoted from Sergeant to Lieutenant in December 2025. Chief Charles Broadway defended the move at the time, calling her a “well-deserved” candidate and citing her numerous accolades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    • Current Status:<\/strong> Shortly after her promotion, new investigations were launched. Santone was placed on administrative leave with pay<\/strong> in January 2026 pending the outcome of the criminal probe by the State Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      This incident is part of a turbulent period for the Kissimmee Police Department. The agency has faced a “culture of silence” scandal stemming from a 2023 use-of-force case involving former officer Andrew Baseggio. That investigation led to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • The resignation of Chief Betty Holland and Deputy Chief Camille Alicea.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The indictment and eventual sentencing of Andrew Baseggio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        The reinstatement of Deputy Chief Wilson Munoz (the man Santone allegedly mocked) on a technicality, though he has not yet returned to active duty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        The situation you’re referring to involves Lacey Santone, a recently promoted Kissimmee Police Lieutenant who was the department\u2019s 2024 “Sergeant of the Year.” As of early 2026, she is under… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"17","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDNcL3VubmFtZWQtMS0xLndlYnA_Zml0PTEwMjQlMkM2ODMmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJLaXNzaW1tZWUgcG9saWNlIGxpZXV0ZW5hbnQsIFx1MjAxOHNlcmdlYW50IG9mIHRoZSB5ZWFyLFx1MjAxOSBhcnJlc3RlZCBmb3IgbWlzdXNpbmcgc3VydmVpbGxhbmNlIHZpZGVvIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJoaWdod2F5IiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.4EnutDQvW5pfDJIMPvUZs7iB3RcYpJLZKFFjhjAa5LQMQ"},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[13961,13962,13960],"class_list":["post-63432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-and-world-news","tag-sergeant-of-the-year","tag-arrested-for-misusing-surveillance-video","tag-kissimmee-police-lieutenant"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63434,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63432\/revisions\/63434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}