Deputy Chief of Police Warren T. Merriman III has been under a criminal and parallel Internal Affairs Investigation since August 28, 2014. On October 15, 2014, Chief Radzilowski told Deputy Chief Merriman who had known legal counsel to meet with him without any reason provided, minutes into the meeting between the two, Chief Radzilowski told Deputy Chief Merriman that if he resigned his employment that the City of Bradenton would drop all Criminal Charges against him, Merriman said, "'No, an innocent man will not resign his employment based on false allegations made against him. And any resignation would forfeit any right after the criminal case of having a future in law enforcement because we all know when someone resigns their position based on allegations, the opinion of community is going to be that he was guilty.' Merrimansaid, 'Chief, as far as I know, the state was looking at two criminal charges, and then the Chief of Police said, 'Oh no, that was under pre-trial intervention offers; now they are going to charge you with six to seven criminal offenses." Merriman believed that the Chief of Police was compelling him to resign under duress and without his legal counsel present. The Chief of Police denied making these statements when interviewed by the Bradenton Herald. How can we have a Chief of Police that will not admit such a mistake being made, he is suppose to set the example for his 149 subordinates.