JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A former detective with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said the agency’s new policy to prevent false overtime claims could be difficult to enforce.
With the arrest of three more officers charged in connection with claiming false overtime pay, News4JAX is digging into how the discrepancies were uncovered and how JSO plans to prevent future issues.
Sheriff T.K. Waters announced on Thursday the arrests of two active Jacksonville police officers — Sgt. Michael Rourke and Officer Christopher Sosa — and one former employee — Officer Dylan Bostick.
All three are charged with grand theft, organized fraud and official misconduct, which are third-degree felonies.
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Former JSO detective Kim Varner said all three arrested officers’ pending legal cases may now be challenged in court because their credibility is now in question.
“Those officers, if they’re lying on those reports, what’s their work going to look like in court?” Varner said.
The sheriff said an investigation sparked by the unrelated arrest of another JSO officer in February revealed that all three had claimed overtime pay for traffic enforcement shifts that they never worked.
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