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Posted by: kwflatbed

By David Abel, Globe Staff | August 23, 2007

Three Boston police lieutenants are together facing hundreds of disciplinary charges after an internal investigation concluded that the highly paid officers persistently abused the department's paid-detail system, police officials said yesterday.
The internal audit of shifts worked in 2005 concluded that Lieutenants Haseeb Hosein, Timothy Kervin, and Ghassoub Frangie engaged in untruthful reporting of hours, performed details that conflicted with a scheduled tour of duty, and received details through unauthorized means. Hosein and Kervin were also cited with breaking the law, but officials did not provide details on the alleged infractions.
The charges were announced less than a week after police cited Sergeant Jacqueline Creaven with 119 disciplinary violations by allegedly abusing the same system.
In 2005, the lieutenants earned much more than their base salaries of about $75,000. Kervin earned $237,272.34, more than any other city official that year; Hosein made $228,807.33; and Frangie took home $171,916.94, according to city records. In the same year, Mayor Thomas M. Menino earned $150,000 and Kathleen M. O'Toole, then the police commissioner, made $160,000.
Elaine Driscoll, a police spokeswoman, said police will decide in coming weeks whether to file criminal charges against any of the officers.
In a phone interview, Sergeant Mark Parolin, vice president of the Boston Police Superior Officers Federation, defended the officers.
"We believe the charges are trumped up, and we'll fight it through every legal process that we can," Parolin said. "We haven't had a trial board yet. If these charges are true, why did they let it get this far? Why didn't they do something then?"
He said Hosein, who is Muslim, has filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Hosein declined to comment, and Parolin said neither he nor the other officers would answer questions.
On Tuesday, Creaven, a South End patrol supervisor accused of lying about the hours she worked and making side deals with outside vendors who hired her to monitor their premises and construction sites, filed a lawsuit against the Police Department in Suffolk Superior Court. The 16-year veteran contends she is a victim of gender discrimination and says she is being punished for airing internal grievances.
"These adverse actions are the direct result of [Creaven's] attempt to bring to light important concerns about sex discrimination, disparate treatment, and selective enforcement within the department, and defendants' retaliation against plaintiff for bringing these issues to light is blatantly unlawful," her complaint says.
Driscoll declined to comment on the complaints filed by Hosein and Creaven.
The lieutenants, all of whom have surrendered their weapons, will join Creaven on desk duty until police Commissioner Edward F. Davis decides on the appropriate action, officials said. For the time being, none will be allowed to do paid details.
"Prior to my appointment as police commissioner, the Boston Police Department had been proactively and diligently working to uncover what is clearly a scheme involving the detail system," Davis said in a statement.
"Such behavior will not be tolerated by this department, and we will continue to be proactive in our efforts to prevent, uncover, and when necessary, discipline for actions unbecoming and inappropriate."
The investigators accused Hosein, a 19-year veteran, of 203 violations that include 80 counts of inaccurate reporting on a detail card, 16 counts of receiving details outside the system, 24 counts of accepting a detail scheduled during his regular patrol shifts, and one count of breaking the law and conduct unbecoming an officer.
Kervin, a 20-year veteran, was charged with 191 violations that include 68 counts of inaccurate reporting on a detail card, 46 counts of receiving details outside the system, six counts of accepting a detail scheduled during his regular patrol shifts, and one count each of breaking the law and conduct unbecoming of an officer.
Frangie, a 29-year veteran, was charged with 84 violations that include 34 counts of inaccurate reporting on a detail card, 10 counts of accepting a detail scheduled during his regular patrol shifts, three counts of receiving details outside the system, and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/art...detail_abuses/

Posted by: OutOfManyOne

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Hosein, who is Muslim, has filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission

Against Discrimination.

But of course, f*ck up and you are a protected class, run to MCAD. What a joke. These officers should charged criminally and fired as they make the rest of us who work our asses off on details look like these assholes. Make an example of them I say and hang them.

Posted by: Macop

true, but we all know it won't be easy, almost impossible between CS, the unions and all that.

Posted by: Sniper

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Originally Posted by OutOfManyOne

OOMO, for once we are in agreement on something !!!!

Posted by: OutOfManyOne

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Originally Posted by Sniper

OOMO, for once we are in agreement on something !!!!

Well thank god for that, I can finally sleep again.

Posted by: LTJMC

ditto..... seems as though as these assholes progress up the chain they get worse.... f***ing lt's

Posted by: HousingCop

You guys ever hear of due process? Glad I don't work with you......

Posted by: SinePari

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Originally Posted by HousingCop

You guys ever hear of due process? Glad I don't work with you......

Due process doesn't matter when it comes to PDs and details, public perception is reality in the political world.

Posted by: D421

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Originally Posted by OutOfManyOne

It is refreshing that you have made your decision to send these officers to jail with information gleaned from the Herald and Globe. I could maybe agree with your ill-informed recommendation if after a thorough investigation, trial by jury, and sentence by a judge. But until then, take a step back, and don't rely on the famous investigations done on Morrissey Blvd. This is the same Globe and Herald that people rail about on this forum. The same Globe that has had two plagiarist columnists in the past few years, published pornographic photos supposedly from Abu Graib prison, and oh yes, every time a real criminal is gunned down in the street writes a puff piece about how he, or she, were turning their lives around, going back to school to finish their GED, and the best, loved to entertain and wanted to become a rapper.

I will admit that I am biased because I have worked, or currently work with, these three officers. They are good people and take care of the officers that work under and with them. It is not common these days for someone to say that bosses have any balls, but all three of these guys do.

Posted by: mikemac64

The good thing I guess is these people are all bosses. No Patrolman have been jammed up in this round of hits.

Silver lining I guess.

Posted by: HousingCop

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Originally Posted by SinePari

Due process doesn't matter when it comes to PDs and details, public perception is reality in the political world.

So, I guess the Globe & Herald dictate what we should & shouldn't do on a daily basis? If these cops are guilty of charges in these 2 rags, then I guess the same must be said for this Sergeant too?

http://www.masscops.com/forums/showt...hlight=assault

How about every other cop that has been the target of overzealous, and dare I say jealous, supervisors? What about other cops who were unfairly targeted and have proven themselves to be targets of witch hunts? The name Kenny Conley ring a bell to ya? Maybe you should take a step back and rationalize why and where these charges are coming from.

All I have said in these types of threads is wait till the smoke clears and the dust settles before passing judgement on any other cop. HC

Posted by: OutOfManyOne

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Three Boston police lieutenants are together facing hundreds of disciplinary charges after an internal investigation concluded that the highly paid officers persistently abused the department's paid-detail system, police officials said yesterday.

This isn't a Boston Globe investigation it is an internal IAD investigation and if it went to the papers they did their homework and researched this for a while. It is very easy to look back at your schedule and detail slips.

Posted by: pahapoika

the Kenny Conley case is a good example of a cop being railroaded.

hope these charges are bogus as well

Posted by: Killjoy

I agree with HC....let them have their day in court (or a trial board) before kicking mud all over these veteran officers. As we all know, many IA "investigations" are politically motivated, and officers are sometimes punished for doing nothing more than rocking the boat.

Posted by: HousingCop

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Originally Posted by Killjoy

I agree with HC....let them have their day in court (or a trial board) before kicking mud all over these veteran officers. As we all know, many IA "investigations" are politically motivated, and officers are sometimes punished for doing nothing more than rocking the boat.

Good to see there is another voice of sanity amidst the mud slingers on here. For all we know, there is a scheduling conflict with these slips. For instance, you work 8AM-4PM and your detail starts at 4PM but obviously you can't snap your fingers and transport yourself 1/2 way across a city. Could this be the alleged abuse? I don't know but we'll see. HC

Posted by: SinePari

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Originally Posted by HousingCop

Well it's up to us to police each other up. I dont' know them, Conley or whoever else has a clouded past, nor do I fucking care. I'm not judging anyone of them, but if someone fucks up the deal for the rest of us, to hell with them. 3 rules on this job, 1) show the fuck up, 2) shut the fuck up, and 3) get fucking paid. Not too hard.

There, that was my 1000th post. 5 f-bombs.

Posted by: Wolfman

1K posts! w00t!

As far as the detail thing, too soon to tell. The "race card" aspect seems intriguing though.

Posted by: OutOfManyOne

SO an average salary for an LT is $75K, let's say add 25% for Quinn and that would be around $94K. LEt's add another $11K for some OT and holidays,stipends or whatever and bring it up to around $105K. Kevin earned $237,272.34 minus $105K is around $127,000 he earned in details. I am thinking BPD only pays detail rates around $32 an hour, not sure though but with that figure it would be around 4000 hrs in details. Divide 4000 hrs by 52 weeks and you got around 76 hours extra every single week plus 40, i seriously doubt they worked year round every week about 120 hrs a week. Shit thats over 17 hrs a day everyday. Granted there might be 4 hr minimums and whatnot but I still call it as bullshit.

Posted by: bbelichick

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Originally Posted by SinePari

Due process doesn't matter when it comes to PDs and details, public perception is reality in the political world.

Kind of a scary way to look at things, no?

Screw "public perception". They usually believe what the papers tell them, like "Mass is the only state with Details" regardless of that being an utter lie.

Anyone who has ever had an incident reported in the papers knows that they get it wrong 99% of the time.

Posted by: SinePari

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Originally Posted by bbelichick

I'm not saying disregard hearings and due process, I'm saying this is where we (collectively) fail in the PR department. With little to no information and no "damage control", the rags and the talk shows get to feed on whatever chum we leave them.

You wanna put in 88.5 hours a week, take home $200K, and have no life? Fine, do it the right way. Dot your I's and cross your Ts, and don't fuck it up for the rest of us. I wouldn't want greed and self interests of a few to destroy something that many officers and unions fought for long before my dumb ass got here.

Posted by: pahapoika

The "race card" aspect seems intriguing though.

was thinking that myself. wonder if the black shield will protect them ?

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