Officer on leave, Jason Jackson, terminated by Fort Myers police

Reporter: Peter Fleischer Writer: Melissa Montoya
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Officer Jason Jackson (CREDIT: WINK News)

A police officer at the center of an investigation at the Fort Myers Police Department has been terminated.

Jason Jackson was terminated on Monday following the conclusion of an internal affairs investigation, according to the Fort Myers Police Department.

The police department did not release the full investigation but said Jackson was found to have interfered with an internal affairs investigation, associating with convicted felons, maintaining a personal relationship with an active/confidential informant, maintaining a sexual relationship with a former confidential informant and failing to devote time and attention to the service of the city.

WINK News has requested the full investigation.

Jackson was first placed on paid leave in 2017 after the release of the Freeh report audit of the Fort Myers Police Department.

The audit led to a criminal investigation by the FBI that failed to return criminal charges on Jackson and three other officers who retired while they were under investigation.

Jackson was on paid leave and earned about $275,000 during the four years he was away from the department.

He returned to work four years later on April 6, 2021.

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