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Detroit Police Department Overtime Abuse Scandal Grows

December 15, 2014, 10:41 PM

A scandal involving allegations of overtime abuse in the Detroit Police Homicide Section is expanding, The Detroit News reveals. 

The probe into overtime abuse reaches into other units, George Hunter reports, and into allegations that a deputy chief disparaged a lieutenant who claimed the deputy's chief's  step-brother was falsifying his work hours. 

Overall, the scandal involves allegations that officers filed for overtime they didn't work and created false subpoenas to appear in court so they could collect extra pay, Hunter uncovers:

Added to the probe is an allegation Deputy Chief David LeValley sent an email to his superiors besmirching the reputation of Homicide Lt. Joseph Tiseo, who reported LeValley's step-brother, Detective Brandon Smith, for allegedly lying about the hours he worked.

Tiseo wrote a letter to Assistant Chief Steve Dolunt last month claiming LeValley "documented negative, untrue and disparaging remarks about me. This incident has created some hostility toward me by the offending members and has caused me to fear that this incident may have a negative impact on my career.

LeValley says the allegations are untrue. 


Read more:  the Detroit News


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