Video: Indicted officers accused of conspiracy, racketeering

ME TIME, THESE OFFICERS
WERE ABLE TO GET THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS OF OVERTIME WITHOUT
ANYONE KNOWING.
THESE SEVEN OFFICERS ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF AN ELITE
GUN TRACING TASK FORCE.
THE ATTORNEY SAYS THERE CRIMES
ARE MALICIOUS, LINE TO ROB THE
TAX PORTER -- TAXPAYERS OF
OVERTIME MONEY AND LYING TO
PEOPLE TO ROB THEM OF THEIR
CASH.
>> THESE DEFENDANTS WERE
ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN STOPPING
PEOPLE WHO HAD NOT COMMITTED
CRIMES AND SEIZING THEIR MONEY
-- NOT ONLY SEIZING THEIR MONEY
BUT POCKETING IT.
JAYNE: THIS READS LIKE A SCRIPT
FOR A GANGSTER FILM.
A MA WAS PROMISED KILOS OF
DRUGS IF HE IDENTIFIED SOMEONE
THE POLICE COULD ROB.
LAST MONTH, ONE OF THE
DETECTIVES TOLD ANOTHER THAT HE
WAS NOT COMING IN BECAUSE HE HAD
TO TAKE CARE OF STUFF AT HOME.
THE OTHER DETECTIVE REPLIED
"EASY MONEY, EASY MONEY.
ONE HOUR CAN BE EIGHT HOURS.
"
POLICE COMMISSIONER KEVIN DAVIS
AND KNOWLEDGE THE EMBARRASSING
IRONY -- ACKNOWLEDGED THE
EMBARRASSING IRONY.
HE PROMISED A CLOSE LOOK AT
OTHER SPECIALIZED UNITS WHICH
OPERATE ON A LOOSE LEECH.
-- LEASH.
>> WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
SELECTING, TRAINING, AUDITING,
AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE DOING THE
WORK CONSISTENT WITH THE VALUES
OF THIS COMMUNITY.
JAYNE: THE CASE COMES AS THE
CITY IS SCRAMBLING FOR MORE
MONEY FOR ITS SCHOOLS.
IT SPENDS $1.5 MILLION EVERY TWO
WEEKS ON OVERTIME.
>> MORE OVERSIGHT, MORE
AUDITING.
JAYNE: SEVERAL OF THE OFFICERS
NAMED IN THIS CASE ARE NOT
STRANGERS TO ALLEGATIONS OF
TROUBLE.
THE CITY HAS PAID OUT TWICE IN
LOST ITS PREVIOUSLY -- LAWSUITS
PREVIOUSLY REGARDING ONE OF THE
DETECTIVES.
IT ALSO PAID $150,00 INVOLVING
MAURICE WARD.
ALL SEVEN OFFICERS WILL BE BACK
HERE IN FEDERAL COURT TOMORROW
AND FRIDAY.

Video: Indicted officers accused of conspiracy, racketeering

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