By JIM BUTLER

This is not exactly what Frankie Ford had in mind — the case of a now-former Pinecrest police captain who allegedly claimed military duty time to take a sea cruise is now in the District Attorney’s venue.

A Legislative Auditor’s investigative report asserts Cedric Bias claimed he was on military-ordered training while cruising the Caribbean and claiming on-call pay at the same time.

The auditors looked into the matter after receiving an anonymous complaint, also received by the facility regional administrator.

It claimed Bias was cruising in July 2025 the same time he filed military duty orders paperwork.

Subsequently, auditors said, follow-up found the military had no record of such orders.

Bias “appears to have altered military orders to obtain paid military leave for dates that overlapped with personal vacation time,” auditors conclude, adding he also claimed 31 hours of on-call pay in the same period.

On-call requires the employee to be within 31-45 minutes of reporting for work, difficult at best from Cozumel.

Auditors learned a female co-employee, using scheduled accrued personal time, cruised with Bias.

Bias told auditors, the report says, that his training duty was cancelled after the first day and he received his military supervisor’s approval to accompany family on a cruise.

Training cancellations, the report quotes Bias as asserting, are not uncommon.

Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, baby 

Won’t you let me take you on a sea cruise?