May 14, 2007
Post-9/11 security overtime by police is deemed questionable
The feds are still seeking more than $2 million from Jersey City in connection with hundreds of hours in questionable overtime and the use of emergency personnel in the three months following the 9/11 terrorist attacks...
Police officers, for example, billed FEMA to attend funerals, charity events and city parades, according to a FEMA memo and several interviews with city officials...
Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio declined to file charges against anyone - while he did say it appears that "people took advantage of the situation," there was no evidence of any criminal intent.
story | Jersey Journal
~Can't possibly be true.
[photo google: police heroes\ not from above]
Posted by Stubbornson at May 14, 2007 05:35 PM