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re: NOLA: "11 New Orleans police officers now under federal investigation over details pay"

Posted on 5/10/22 at 6:45 am to
Posted by dakarx
Member since Sep 2018
6901 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 6:45 am to
Must have been hiding it really well if they needed a Chemistry teacher to find it.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65965 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 6:46 am to
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Baw is out for payback exposing all their shenanigans
Posted by EthicalHedonist
Member since Mar 2020
315 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 6:55 am to
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If they are willing to be NOPD and the private details are the ones covering the cost then who really cares.


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allegedly fudging their work hours and double dipping with off-duty details


Maybe I’m reading it wrong or maybe I’m ignorant of some New Orleans math method, but it sounds like they got paid for official police work and perhaps overtime while they were working on private details. In other words, they lied and got paid for work they didn’t do—which is fraud.
Posted by Swagga
504
Member since Dec 2009
16212 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 6:58 am to
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Also, why is there a Federal Investigation into breaking NOLA police Department policy? Unless the Public Integrity Division would be investigating and they are part of the crime....


The second part of your post is correct. Basically it’s alleged the public integrity division had unlimited power and was using it to do whatever they wanted including demoting anyone who challenged them.
Posted by lostinbr
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2017
9619 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 6:59 am to
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If they are willing to be NOPD and the private details are the ones covering the cost then who really cares.

Fringe benefits should come with shitty jobs.

It sounds like they are charging time to both the city AND private details for the same hours worked. That’s fraud, not fringe benefits.

It means that the department is paying overtime to officers that aren’t actually on-duty or even really available to respond to calls. That means the taxpayers are “footing the bill,” unless you think the private details are paying for officers that aren’t showing up (which seems much less likely, as you would think the folks paying for those private details would notice).
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
26079 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 7:09 am to
Honestly, I don’t give a frick. Who’s going to do that shite job for $30k a year?
Posted by double d
Amarillo by morning
Member since Jun 2004
16464 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 7:51 am to
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Captain Sabrina Richardson, who’s under investigation:


She's the one I saw a Lee Zurik piece on who was getting paid details in the city while being on the West Bank. Lee had video of her and GPS locations of her vehicle on the Wank while she was collecting a check for a detail in Gentilly. His report also said a white Captain (I think it was Gernon) had been investigating the 11 and has the details but was moved out of his role and placed over Crime Scene division. Supt. Richardson said it wasn't a demotion because of the investigations, just a lateral move to put the best person in the right jobs.
Posted by biglego
Ask your mom where I been
Member since Nov 2007
76609 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 7:55 am to
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If they are willing to be NOPD and the private details are the ones covering the cost then who really cares.


Seriously. At this point let all the NOPD cops fudge their time.
Posted by IH8ThreePutts
Member since Mar 2018
1471 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 7:58 am to
This smells of rampant corruption and cover up, unfortunately not surprising. Gernon is a good dude, he got screwed.
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
10534 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 8:25 am to
The city needs more cops and especially good cops.
They need @1,300 minimum and now it only has @800.

2 things I see as hurdles-
Social villification of cops hurts the profession. The social makeup in Nola is such that racial friction is exaggerated. Villify the cops and you end up with more cops who are villains.

2. Consent decree (circa 2012). This order makes it tough for cops to do a job that often times requires them to perform lightning fast duties in life threatening situations. The decree requires them to be especially “careful” so as to not offend anyone’s civil rights. That’s nice but very hard to carry out.

Anyone wanting to be a good quality cop is going to give New Orleans very little consideration.


This post was edited on 5/10/22 at 10:29 am
Posted by Ghost of Colby
Alberta, overlooking B.C.
Member since Jan 2009
11337 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 8:37 am to
3. The good cops have been complaining about the Public Integrity Division for awhile, and their shady tactics are well documented.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119592 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 8:38 am to
Huge salaries when you factor in OT, and pensions.
Posted by Whataburger
95.60 Longitude 30.20 Latitude
Member since Jan 2018
700 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 8:40 am to
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NOLA really has no one else to keep this type of thing in check?


The ones charged to "keep this in check" are corrupt also.

Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41248 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 8:41 am to
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Wait what?...a chemistry professor doing analysis?

I'm not knocking the guy at all...NOLA really has no one else to keep this type of thing in check?


They literally have a team federal monitors overseeing this for over 8 years. Yet a chemistry professor in his spare time can do their job better.
Posted by NihilTerraCurva
Hell, Grand Cayman
Member since Oct 2021
22 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 12:39 pm to
I went to UNO. He does this in his spare time. Dude can't stand government corruption. Need more people like this.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 1:02 pm to
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Maybe I’m reading it wrong or maybe I’m ignorant of some New Orleans math method, but it sounds like they got paid for official police work and perhaps overtime while they were working on private details. In other words, they lied and got paid for work they didn’t do—which is fraud.


I can't speak for all if it, but the original guy was getting paid for a detail from, say, 8-12 then clocking in for NOLA from 12-8. There was no gap. Meaning they had no travel time from the detail to their shift worked, which is wrong under NOPD guideline.

Can't speak for actual overlapping like working a detail during their shifts.
This post was edited on 5/10/22 at 1:03 pm
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 1:03 pm to
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The good cops have been complaining about the Public Integrity Division for awhile, and their shady tactics are well documented.


There was an article last week speaking to them being the reason cops were leaving the force.
Posted by Pax Regis
Alabama
Member since Sep 2007
12955 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 1:23 pm to
The LEO that lives on my street drives a Porsche Panamera.

I’ll just leave it at that.
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
30762 posts
Posted on 5/10/22 at 1:35 pm to
I know what for sure
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