I have visited with David Newman on several occasions and am surprised by his actions as stated in this article. Although he has been a officer in Shoreacres for the past seven years and a police officer for more than twenty years, as the newly appointed chief of police I hope the authority doesn't go to his head or his tenure as chief will be short lived. Congratulations to Daniel Vela on his reinstatement.

Small town with a Chief looking for something to do. Always a good feeling as a peace officer to know if the citizens don't file an official complaint against you........your good ole chief will pick up the slack.
Sheesh..

I was glad to see that Officer Vela was given his job back. He was fired in my opinion because he is the BEST OFFICER we have and he does his job correctly and our newly appointed Chief doesnt like that! Its time for a new Chief, Vela would be a great Chief! Also its time for a new City Administrator! Just my opinion! Everyone has one!

I don't live in Shoreacres, nor anywhere near it. Yet there seems to be several things going on here that, as a retired law-enforcement-agent, is interesting.
The chief didn't weigh the service of the officer, i.e., years, records, discipline, etc before he acted. His act was a personal one, for some reason or other. I hope his action was just lack of experience as a leader, and not something personal. Like Officer Daniel Vela, with so much time in the department, possibly posing a threat of seeking the chief of police position.
No one filed a complaint for good reason. They knew they were wrong and Vela was right.
Of utmost importance, and one the community can and should be proud of if that they allowed the request of Vela to happen. If police do their job with the feeling of, "Judge me by how I serve you, not by what one individual in power can do to my life." life will evolve as it should.
As said, I am not a citizen of your community, but I thank you as a community for taking the step that our Constitution guarantees us, FAIRNESS. That is what Daniel Vela wanted, only that, no more and he got it because his community seems to be a fair and honest one. The best way to have good law enforcement is to back the good, and dump the those who are not worthy of the badge. Just saying. Congratulations to Mr. Vela and the city of Shoreacres.

All this B.S. that is happening in Shoreacres must be really embarrassing for its residents to admit that they live there.

I know the case and know Officer Daniel Vela. He didn't do anything wrong to be fired. It was wrong and I'm glad that he was given his job back. Vela is an honest man and was just doing his job. He saw a crime happening and he put a stop to it. Its time for a new Chief and Vela would be a good choice......

Hopefully fired Jamica Beach police officer (And gal. Co. Constable cand.)D.J.Alvarez will get his job back. He is one of Jamacia Beach's finest and should win his appeal!!!!

The police officer should get back pay for all time he was off and charge it to the chief

Thanks to all of you for taking the time to post your comments. The story continues, and I will keep all up-to-date. I am pleased to report that Officer Vela is back on the streets protecting the citizens who care for him so much!