Posted on 05/01/2006 12:10:46 PM PDT by Ghengis
Two Columbus detectives resign, plead guilty to taking courses on city time
By Bruce Cadwallader
The Columbus Dispatch
Monday, May 1, 2006 1:35 PM
Two veteran Columbus police detectives resigned from the force today and pleaded guilty to a charge that they lied about college classes they took on city time.
As part of a plea bargain, Christopher Rond, 36, and Brian Carney, 43, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of falsification for submitting false statements during the reimbursement process.
They must repay the city and pay a $500 fine, Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Ted Barrows ordered...
Excerpt from The Columbus Dispatch.
On the bright side, they both passed their Ethics 101.
I recall a guy on the Polk County Board of Supervisors (Des Moines, IA) who got his law degree at Drake University while supposedly holding down this full time job.
Law School classes at Drake ran from 9am to 3pm, five days a week. The supervisor's job was full time with 8-5 office hours.
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