Police Profile 3: ACSO Detention Officer P. Carr (#1738)
Alachua County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) detention officer Philip Jimmartin Leequincy Carr was reinstated last month after successfully appealing his termination, despite an internal investigation finding he failed to conduct routine inmate safety checks and falsified a report claiming he had.
On October 14, 2024, ACSO Administrative Lieutenant of Security Operations Glen Stanley sent an email to Office of Professional Standards (OPS) Inspector Jamie Scott that stated, “While reviewing the active suicide that took place [in the jail] on [October 12, 2024], I noticed an inconsistency between the VxOps video system and the observation log. The video system shows a time lapse of approximately 29 minutes between [3:24 p.m. and 4:05 p.m.] between checks completed. The written log reflects checks taking place every 15 minutes.”
Scott responded, asking Stanley to identify the officer he was referencing, and he replied, “The officer appears to be [Detention Officer] Philip Carr, who is shown to be assigned to the male infirmary on [October 12, 2024].”
All the inmates housed in the male infirmary are classified as having special needs, and detention officers are required to check on them every 15 minutes. Stewart Robinson, a 54-year-old man incarcerated for possessing drug paraphernalia, was housed in the male infirmary. Robinson committed suicide during the time frame Carr neglected to conduct routine checks.
Scott conducted an internal investigation after receiving Stanley’s email. He interviewed several inmates housed in the male infirmary on the date Robinson committed suicide.
Scott reported that inmate Tyler Hess “recalled Detention Officer Carr and walked by his cell door to do a check at 3:30 PM. This inspector asked Inmate Hess if he remembered if Detention Officer Carr walked by his cell door at 3:45 PM or 4:00 PM. Inmate Hess replied, ‘No,’ both times. Inmate Hess verified he saw Detention Officer Carr walk by the door at approximately 3:30 PM, then sat back down.”
Inmate Kevarius King told Scott, “I know [Carr] walked around, but he didn’t; he was supposed to check every door. He didn’t check every door.”
The internal investigation indicates Carr performed a check at 3:24 p.m. and didn’t enter the male infirmary again until 4:05 p.m.
The internal investigation indicates that Robinson committed suicide around 3:35 p.m.
Despite the 41-minute time gap, Carr logged himself as checking the male infirmary every 15 minutes between 3:23 p.m. and 4:05 p.m.
GnvInfo obtained a copy of the interview between Scott with Inspector Virgil Calhoun and Carr with his police attorney John Whitaker.
Carr confirmed in the interview that he is aware he is supposed to conduct 15-minute checks at the male infirmary to make sure all the inmates are safe.
Carr confessed in the interview that he reported himself as conducting 15-minute checks between 3:23 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. when he had not.
On December 20, 2024, Carr was terminated from his detention officer position at the Alachua County Jail.
The ACSO Career Service Appeals Board overturned Carr's termination on January 31, 2025. The board found Carr sustained for untruthfulness and violating performance standards, but decided termination wasn't the appropriate consequence.
The board placed Carr on disciplinary probation for one year and ordered that he not work in the male infirmary for 90 days, attend ethics training and watch a presentation on the performance of checks.
Before working for ACSO, Carr worked as an Allied Security guard in Orlando.
Carr began his employment with the ACSO on October 10, 2016.
Carr's brothers have been arrested several times and housed in the ACSO jail since he began his career as a detention officer. Each time Carr had to notify the sheriff that he will not contact his siblings.
Carr had to submit a short essay when applying for ACSO. He wrote, “I am always able to get my job done no matter how I feel. I never let my home issues come to work with me. Anything I have going on at home or away from work stay away from work.”
In October 2023, Carr signed a code of ethics promising to “maintain safety and security for all” and to “be honest and honorable in the face of great temptation to do no otherwise.”
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