Volusia County filed a notice of intent to fire Corrections Director Mark Flowers, who has alleged the county is retaliating against him after he complained that corrections officers were abusing inmates. Volusia County fired back at Flowers, accusing him in its notice, among other things, of violating policies by ordering that an inmate be placed face-down in a four-point restraint and demanding that another inmate on non-active suicide watch be moved without medical clearance.

Flowers’ attorney, Kelly Chanfrau, provided The News-Journal on Friday a notice of the intent to terminate, in which the county stated that it appeared Flowers had lost the trust of his command staff and many of the officers at the jail. The letter listed a number of allegations against Flowers, including changing his position about an abuse investigation without initially informing the county; tainting the abuse investigation by sharing video of the incident with staff; ordering corrections officers to violate procedures and telling them to improperly place an inmate in a four-point restraint for several days.

Flowers has three days to appeal the notice; a response will not be accepted after 4:30 p.m. Monday, the notice states.

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In a phone interview Friday, Chanfrau said Jeff Mandel,...

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