Brickbat: It Takes One To Know One

Ronny Neal, a police officer in Sanford, Florida, has been charged with 79 counts of official misconduct and organized fraud after investigators say he falsely reported 79 off-duty work shifts he never actually worked, for which he was paid more than $12,000 by the city. Neal is accused of stealing taxpayer money by creating fake off-duty details and submitting them for payment even though there was no real work done. Neal served in the department's Professional Standards unit, which investigates other officers for wrongdoing.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

79 off-duty shifts only nets you $12,000 in overtime? What kind of cheap-ass city are we dealing with here? No wonder he had to do this to make a living wage.

[mad.casual]

I'm not a crooked cop working in the Professional Standards unit, but $0.50 is $0.50.

[acda999]

That's only $150 a shift.

[TJJ2000]

He was just stealing from the rich because he Identified-as 'poor'.
A true warrior of social-ist justice.

[Stupid Government Tricks]

Neal served in the department's Professional Standards unit, which investigates other officers for wrongdoing.

He should have said he was investigating himself. By doing so, he also cleared himself. If he had not been investigating himself, he would have been guilty of the fraud. Therefore he was preventing fraud by investigating himself. Good job!

[LIBtranslator]

The "department's Professional Standards unit, which investigates other officers for wrongdoing" is what passes for a jury of his peers to thugs handed a qualified immunity license to kill and service pistol to do it with. He could've instead joined the feds, shot women in Minnesota and sidestepped even an investigation for purse-snatching.