The latest on the Durham cop overtime scam comes from the Herald-Sun:
District Attorney Tracey Cline said Thursday that she’s calling in the State Bureau of Investigation to look into the Durham Police Department’s overtime scandal.
Cline said she’d asked her office manager to draft a letter to the SBI saying it’s “in the best interests of justice” for that agency to take the lead in doing any work that might result in a criminal prosecution.
This is a prudent step by Cline since cops and DAs routinely work together. Let the SBI determine if there’s criminality involved in what is clearly unethical activity.
By the way, there is still no answer to this key question: Why does City Manager Tom Bonfield say he still has faith in Chief Jose Lopez when the audit makes it clear that Lopez knew about the outrageous amount of overtime being paid to one cop?
