Police Overtime Scam To Cost Fort Worth $231,000POSTED: 2:13 pm CST March 9, 2011
EmailPrintAAAText SizeFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- An alleged scheme by nine police officers to be paid for un-worked overtime will cost Fort Worth $231,000.
KTVT-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth reports the expense is more than city officials initially thought.
The officers are accused of falsifying traffic tickets to collect overtime pay for hours they didn't work. Each of them has either quit or has since been fired. All face tampering charges.
A state-funded highway safety program provided the money for the officers' pay. The state wants its money back.
The city will reimburse the state with money from other programs or emergency funds.
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief says the situation is "pretty embarrassing" for the city and police department.
He says Fort Worth residents deserve better and city administrators will be more vigilant in the future.
EmailPrintAAAText SizeFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- An alleged scheme by nine police officers to be paid for un-worked overtime will cost Fort Worth $231,000.
KTVT-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth reports the expense is more than city officials initially thought.
The officers are accused of falsifying traffic tickets to collect overtime pay for hours they didn't work. Each of them has either quit or has since been fired. All face tampering charges.
A state-funded highway safety program provided the money for the officers' pay. The state wants its money back.
The city will reimburse the state with money from other programs or emergency funds.
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief says the situation is "pretty embarrassing" for the city and police department.
He says Fort Worth residents deserve better and city administrators will be more vigilant in the future.
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