Trooper confirms what everyone knew ... the bosses knew about it
Once again, the Globe is keeping us informed of more revaluations from the convicted troopers..
Trooper in OT scandal says many of his colleagues also
committed fraud, bosses knew about it
By Matt Rocheleau Globe Staff,May
29, 2019, 7:26 p.m.
The
statements mark the latest revelation about the alleged breadth of the State
Police’s questionable payroll practices. (John Tlumacki/Globe staff/File 2017)
A former State Police trooper facing
sentencing for his role in the overtime fraud scandal told a federal judge this
week that almost every member of his troop used the same scheme with the
knowledge of their superior officers, but “only a handful of us were singled
out for federal prosecution.”
McAuliffe was suspended by the
department in March 2018, arrested
in December on a federal embezzlement charge, and resigned from his 18-year
State Police career weeks later before he pleaded guilty
to collecting more than $7,800 for overtime hours he did not work between
August 2015 and August 2016.
In 2016, McAuliffe received $164,680
in pay, including more than $60,900 in overtime. In 2015, he received $180,215,
including more than $83,400 in overtime.
In the letter to the judge filed in
federal court Tuesday, he wrote, “To be honest, it has taken me some time to
come to grips with my wrongdoing and stop making excuses, blaming the ‘culture,’
and feeling sorry for myself.”
“When I first learned that I was
going to face federal criminal charges, I felt it was unfair,” McAuliffe
continued. “I told myself that almost all of my colleagues at Troop E were
doing the same thing, that it wasn’t really a big deal, and that it wasn’t fair
that I was one of a handful of Troopers being singled out for federal
prosecution and having my career and reputation ruined.”
McAuliffe wrote that in recent
months, with the help of his therapist and pastor, he’s taken more time to
reflect “on the decisions I made, and on the importance of accepting the
consequences of my actions with grace and humility.”
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 9:35 AM
12 Comments
12 Comments:
so are the rest of them going to be charged now?
What say the governor about this new information about how everyone was doing this but only a few were charged?
why isnt the ag going after the rest of these guys. get this statie to testify against them and put them all in jail
We should all email and call both the Governor's office and the Attorney General's office to voice our concerns and our expectations that something be done about this.
It would take hundreds if not thousands of e-mails or phone calls to get Charlie and Maura's attention. The Ag has had plenty of time to file charges against many of the cops but lets face it.. she has to work with them all at some point.
I would think this new news would spur on the AG's office to do something more.
This is a perfect example of why so many have lost respect for those in law enforcement. They steal. They shoot innocent people. They misrepresent the amount of time they work. The write tickets to meet a requirement instead of for public safety. The Framingham police recently stated they don’t feel they are respected here in our community. Respect is earned. When they support their fellow officers who steal from the evidence room, who carry a gun when they are denied the right to carry under state law, who operate as cops when they are not cops but only administrative assistants to the department, who shoot innocent men lying prone on the floor unarmed in a bad SWAT team response, then they lose our respect. They need to earn that respect back from the residents. You don’t have to be a bad cop to lose my respect. You lose my respect when you support a bad cop, or sit by and allow a bad cop to get away with things. Cops are employed to hold criminals accountable. There is no language that exempts fellow cops who are criminals from being held accountable. Framingham cops probably are not all bad, but they are all supporting the bad behavior of other cops, and I do not respect anyone who ignores the crimes of others.
the above post says it all for me.
I agree with Jim. That post says it all
Those bosses should all be fired for knowing about this and allowing it to happen. That is approval on their part and that is fundamentally, ethically, and legally wrong.
Staties are the worst of the bunch. They parade around in their nazi like uniforms and think they are above the law. Probably because it appears the Governor and the AG think that staties are above the law. We should vote out all the elected who have allowed this to continue for years and years and years.
Travesty of justice if you ask me but you didn't ask so I won't say that or did I already say it?
you did.. but it begs repeating... It's a travesty of justice.
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