GA SWAT Lieutenant Slaps Ford Dealer Employee Saying “Gonna Be Repercussions” Over a Missing Garage Door Opener After Trading In His F-150

This is EVERYWHERE with COPS anymore, it's scary. They are worse then criminals, criminals I trust more!

I have no respect for an officer who uses their authority to intimidate sevilians. I have been on receiving end of that more than once because of where I lived as a youth. A poor tow with county sheriffs doing as they please.

Both parties where in the wrong . Did anyone think that the opener might have been turned in at the front desk? Two hotheads are like oil and water. They don't mix well.

I was a Certified mechanic and I worked at Chevrolet and Toyota for about 25 years, half of those years I was certifying used cars that were treated in. Upon inspection of the vehicles we would definitely find stuff left over from the previous owner. We would back that up and give it to the salesman who sold the customer a new car or give it to the finance department so they can give it back to the customer. That's it. We don't need to keep other people's junk or anything stupid like a garage door opener. He probably misplaced it or is soon to be ex-wife took it

I did not slap the salesman when he only gave me one remote keyless entry key fob instead of two when I bought my 2018 Honda Fit EX-L used car in Broward County, Florida. Of course, you get upset when you trade in your vehicle and give them 2 key fobs yet you only get one key fob from them on their vehicle!

Model number,serial number and a phone call to the garage door opener company and your can buy a replacement.

I don’t live in that county but if I did the Ford dealership wouldn’t have to worry about me EVER coming back as a customer after being treated with disrespect!! I’ve left items in case I’ve traded and sold to Mtn view Dodge in Ringgold Ga and even had them call me and offer to drop them off at my house!!

He is only trying to protect his family from the same scum that He fights Daily that slither older the Southern
Border

Gee, I guess he got divorced, because he was too good of a husband.

With such Peachy attitude I wonder why he's getting a divorce? The Officer was wrong and I wouldn't be surprised if he abused his authority for personal revenge against the dealership employee. They gotta keep an eye on him .

This author has the writing expertise of a 12 year old.

I worked there and the mechanic for real didn't have his garage door opener. I know him and he's worked there for years he doesn't moonlight as a burglar. He really didn't have it.Then he had a cop show up at his house to get a garage door opener that he doesn't even have a reason to have. Then when he got to work he had Spivey blow up at him over a garage door opener he never had. I've came across all kinds of things people leave in their vehicles. If it's important we set it aside if not it goes in the trash. I think Spivey was just stressed out and wasn't thinking clearly and misplaced it. Or maybe his job has him so used to dealing with criminals that he forgot a normal person has no need of a cop's garage door opener. It's crazy this even made the news I feel bad for both of them 🤣😂

This article makes a lot of excuses for Spivey. My career is very stressful. I deal with all kinds of people and wild situations, while seeing the worst of what people can do to themselves and each other, yet “treat everyone with dignity and respect” never leaves my mind, no matter how bad a situation gets…I’ve worked along side LEOs and way to many have this mindset that they are owed respect, which leads to an escalation of tensions instead of the goal, de-escalating tensions. If you can’t keep your cool, you are not in the right mind to be dealing with the public period! But Spivey lost his cool on a member of the community that had zero to do with his professional career, which makes the entire situation worse. Just imagine how he treats the community he’s supposed to serve and protect?? It be better to give him paid leave until he can get his life together and his mental health stable. Right now he’s a walking disaster. He shouldn’t be allowed on the streets bullying people! There’s just so much wrong with this entire situation. LEOs should be held accountable for their actions when they abuse their authority. There’s zero excuse for LEOs being allowed to work when they’re not stable and able to give 100%. There’s too many mistakes that can be made. When you clock in, regardless of your job or position, you have to check your personal issues at the door. Again, this is way worse bc it was a business, not work situation where Spivey lost his cool.

That pos cop does not deserve to wear a badge just like 95% of the rest of them

please update your story. Spivey did not trade in a vehicle. I am the person who he thought had the remote. I picked up the vehicle from his house for a friend, who is the ex husband of spiveys girlfriend. this had nothing to do with trading in a vehicle

"a situation one wouldn't expect from someone in such a high-ranking position." No, this is exactly what I've come to expect.
"This personal struggle, [...]] led to a situation that was difficult for him to handle." What situation? Not assaulting strangers?
"What should have been a typical vehicle trade-in turns into the police officer's worst nightmare." I'm sure it wasn't the best day for the person he slapped either.
"After finding out the Ford dealer employee didn't give the officer the garage door opener" Because they didn't have it.
"The report concluded that Spivey didn't intend to start a fight at the dealership." He just harassed the employee at both his work AND his home.
"The Ford dealer employee also did not handle it properly by not treating the SWAT team leader with respect." When did Spivey deserve respect in this situation?

This is all so foolish.

You go out, by a new garage door opener and change the access code.

Problem solved.

This is all so foolish.

You go out, by a new garage door opener and change the access code.

Problem solved.

The lieutenant should have been arrested not suspended he assaulted someone start treating these officers the way they deserve and they'll stop

So he sent a officer to the guys house unexpectedly on non official business ?
He went in uniform to the guys workplace on non official business to harass and accuse the man ?

The officer has a gun and is on swat but he can't be trusted to even keep his cool about a door opener?
If he can't control his emotions he needs to be off the force

Typical law enforcement attitude. Everyone is a criminal, we just have to prove it, and you will submit to ny authority. There was a time I supported the police, but not anymore. I seen too many videos of the police vagrant violating citizens rights and they don't care. They'll take the law suit because they don't have to pay for it. The victim suffers and the people pay for it. Spivy should be sued and fired and lose his Certification. If a garage door opener sets him off, he is dangerous to the public. He is obviously psycologically unfit to serve. He is also carrying deadly weapons to use at his discretion. How safe do you feel now?

I had left items in my trade-in and went back a day later. The salesperson had them by his desk. And it was a Ford dealer.

Denis Flierl, you think the employee is also at fault? Just couldn't help but lick the boots, could you?

I work at this dealership, and I witnessed the whole ordeal. This incident had nothing to do with a traded vehicle. It was a personal issue that ended up with deputy harassing a coworker. The deputy also was not going through a divorce, he is now with the divorced woman.

He sent police to the employees house for a garage clicker... I wish I could waste tax payer dollars like that POS cop. To say that the dealership employee also didn't handle it well is a joke considering he sent another officer to the employees house before returning to the dealership. Bo Spivey shouldn't have a badge or a gun as he's clearly unstable. People divorce all the time. It's not an excuse for A public servant to abuse their power and assault people.

Contacted the aporopriate Tip Line for Houston County, GA... but operator seemed uninterested in Lt. Spivey's behavior. 9:45pm CST December 10, 2024.

Contacted the aporopriate Tip Line for Houston County, GA... but operator seemed uninterested in Lt. Spivey's behavior. 9:45pm CST December 10, 2024.

I left an auto survival kit in the trunk of my volt when I sold it.
Oops. I bought a new one.
Garage door openers are not expensive...
Methinks this was a "key" to the ex wife's home.

I'm a salesman at a Kia dealership in Indiana and I always make it as a point to to the customer to recheck his trade in vehicle before I take it away and I make it a point to go over it once again especially the sun visor and the special compartment for the glasses, because once I take it away and give it to our service department for inspection and to get cleaned up for it to be put on our lot to be sold ,they assume whatever is left in the car is garbage, I believe it's the salesman job to inspect the car before he takes it away and the customer is also responsible but tend to give him the benefit of the doubt because purchasing a car is probably the second most important decision after buying a house.