Former FTW officer indicted in ticket scam

[03trubluGT]

Score one for the good guys. I'm glad the Grand Jury indicted.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7582257.html

FORT WORTH, Texas — A former North Texas police officer is accused of falsifying traffic tickets and claiming more than $20,000 in unearned overtime.

A Tarrant County grand jury on Wednesday indicted 46-year-old Herman Young, who resigned as a Fort Worth police officer amid the investigation.

Young is facing 12 counts of tampering with a governmental record and one count of theft by a public servant. The indictment says the overtime investigation goes back to 2008.

Young told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he's surprised to be indicted and he does not yet have an attorney.

Two other Fort Worth officers targeted in the investigation have resigned. Police Chief Jeff Halstead fired six others, who are appealing.

[mikec]

That sucks, but it happens. What, exactly, were they doing Matt?

[03trubluGT]

That sucks, but it happens. What, exactly, were they doing Matt?

They were assholes breaking the law!!


From what I heard, they were stopping people during their shift, and then writing the time on the ticket for when they were supposed to be working an overtime grant. They would put on the grant worksheet that they wrote XX number of tickets and turn in those tickets as work product.

Then they would go home 4 hours early instead of actually working for the OT.

This really worked out good for the people stopped, because the officers just wouldn't go to court and the ticket would get dismissed. There was no way the officer was going to testify against the violator when the officer wrote the wrong time on the ticket.

[Big A]

More proof that shitheads show up in every profession. I engage every officer as an individual, though fortunately it hapens alot less often.

[hawaii5.0]

Dishonors our profession, but not as bad as what's going on in our department right now.

[Unicorn Jeff]

Dishonors our profession, but not as bad as what's going on in our department right now.

Spill it!

[hawaii5.0]

It's all over the news. Tune in to your next local airing.

[Unicorn Jeff]

It's all over the news. Tune in to your next local airing.

Too lazy... what department is it.

[Machx2]

Too lazy... what department is it.

Probably DPD lol.

[hawaii5.0]

Nope....

[Big A]

That's scary, for those like me that trust my life to PD. Handguns close the gap.

[hawaii5.0]

He ruined his career. Probably won't spend a day in prison though.

[YALE]

Hawaii just tell us WTF is going on.

[Unicorn Jeff]

Hawaii just tell us WTF is going on.

He's upset because Shipleys wouldn't sell him any more donuts.


j/k

[racrguy]

Hawaii just tell us WTF is going on.

Had I known your ass was awake, I'd have gotten more breadsticks....