![]() ![]() Back in 2012, 10 officers in the drug unit were disciplined by the department for collecting undeserved overtime pay. Overtime scandals are nothing new at the BPD. However, “due to staffing levels” and the need to continually free up space in the evidence warehouse, the job of “purging” that warehouse still typically requires weekly overtime, the spokeswoman said. Kiosk assignments have been incorporated into regular work hours. Since then, operating procedures for the evidence unit have been “rewritten,” according to a spokeswoman for Police Commissioner Michael Cox. Evans is charged with collecting $12,395 in overtime for hours he didn’t work and also for endorsing “the fraudulent overtime slips of his subordinates.” Nine other current and former officers have already pleaded guilty and former Boston police captain Richard Evans, who oversaw the Evidence Control Unit during the years in question, is still awaiting trial. ![]()
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