Nearly 7 years of paychecks coming to Fort Worth officer fired in OT scandal
A Fort Worth police officer fired in an overtime scandal in 2010 must be hired back and paid for the nearly seven years he did not work, an arbitrator ruled Monday.
Officer James Dunn was one of eight traffic officers fired for reportedly altering tickets to steal overtime money that was part of a state grant, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported.
Dunn is, however, the only one of the officers to get his job back.
He could be awarded up to $400,000 in back pay, not including seven years of retirement contributions and sick and vacation time, attorney Terry Daffron told the station.
The sum of the back pay could be one of the largest in the department's history, she said.
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