Keith Smith, the University Police Department officer who shot graduate student Kofi Adu-Brempong last month, has elected to remain on vacation instead of returning to administrative duty.
According to UF spokeswoman Janine Sikes, Smith is receiving vacation pay while away.
Sikes was not able to confirm when Smith’s vacation started.
The other four officers involved in the case remain on administrative duty, which is standard procedure during an internal investigation.
But many students believe Smith should be further punished for his part in the incident. Smith’s termination was one of the demands made by student protesters to the UF Board of Trustees last month.
Smith’s recent controversy is compounded by his involvement in the downtown egg-throwing incident last November, when he and three Gainesville Police Department officers were accused of harassing known prostitutes.
Smith was given a verbal reprimand for his involvement, according to the Alligator archives.
