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FLPD QUOTA LAWSUIT

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FLPD has been sued by a current officer, Michael Hennessy, under the whistleblower statute, for penalizing Hennessey for voicing opposition to a quota system used by two shift captains.  The complaint alleges that in order to increase statistics, officers were given ?signal 15? days based on the number of arrests, notice to appears, field interview cards, etc. conducted daily.  A signal 15 day is a paid day off, where the officer is listed as ?10-6? ? busy on a special assignment. The duty roster and thus payroll records are alleged to have been falsified to show the officer on special duty when in fact he/she was off.  The signal 15 day was then allegedly covered by an overtime officer. Hennessey was put on ?performance improvement plans? when he refused to participate...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on February 27, 2009 (boomark / email).