Byline: Lucy Morgan; 1983-12-07; St. Petersburg Times;
Report: Inside the Pasco County Sheriff's Department: A Special Report - St. Petersburg Times
Tags: expose corruption, John M. Short, Pasco County Sheriff Department
". . .Ronald Bayless, a former Pinellas County sergeant, and Ronald Mock, a former Tampa narcotics detective, were veteran law enforcement officers in their mid 30s when they accepted Paso County Sheriff John M. Short's offer to help clean up a serious drug smuggling problem in East Pasco County. . ."
Description:The undercover investigation "Operation CUP" was conducted by two sheriffs.
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