Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield will reveal the results of the cop overtime audit today. The Herald-Sun has a preview of the results and it isn’t pretty. I encourage you to read the entire story. (emphasis is mine)
City officials today will release the results of the investigation into the Durham Police Department’s payment of at least $62,583 in overtime to an officer who was overseeing towing and her colleagues’ moonlighting.
And it is looking increasingly likely that the investigation will claim a top-ranking commander in the Police Department. Sources say the leader of its Operations Bureau, Deputy Police Chief Beverly “B.J.” Council, was relieved of her duties Tuesday.
And then there’s this (emphasis is mine):
Bonfield said he’s additionally interested in the possibility of restitution. Officials are “going to do everything we can to find out what opportunities there are to receive” it, he said.
The audit’s likely mention of the Finance Department was a new twist on Tuesday. The manager said the concern is whether that department, which processes payroll claims, should have spotted a problem and reported it up the chain of command.
The precise amount of money involved is still unclear. Bonfield it is “probably more than” the $62,583 previously reported, and said officials today would likely have “some range of numbers” to disclose.
