Malden, MA Officer at center of overtime investigation
Dr. Kardasz -
Read the following report and consider:
1. Which typology of unethical behavior was exhibited by the accused?
a. Why did you choose that typology?
2. Which decision making process might have prevented the accused from making the wrong decision?
a.Why did you choose that decision making process?
Typologies of unethical behavior - http://kardasz.org/CorruptionTypologies.html
Decision making processes - http://kardasz.org/Decision_Making_Tools.html
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Malden, MA Officer at center of overtime investigation
By Dan Baer / dbaer@cnc.com, September 1, 2006
Malden, Massachusetts - An 18-year veteran of the Malden Police Department has come under investigation for allegedly submitting phony overtime slips that paid him close to $6,000 for hours he was actually off duty. Michael Sawicki, the department's elderly affairs officer and head of the Malden Police union, became the center of a probe by the Middlesex District Attorney's Office after an internal audit of overtime pay by the Police Department found that he had allegedly submitted several phony overtime slips over an eight month period.
The Middlesex District Attorney's Office declined comment, but confirmed that an investigation is taking place. Sources within the department also confirmed Sawicki is under investigation for charges he made on a credit card issued by the Malden Patrolmen's Union, in addition to the overtime fraud. Sawicki is out on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the investigation.
Police Chief Kenneth Coye stressed the importance of having the inquiry finished as soon as possible. "I fully expect that this will be taken care of by the end of the week, hopefully earlier than that," he said. "That is about all I can get into without disrupting the integrity of the investigation. We are just waiting to see if this situation will be resolved on his terms or if we will have to resolve it on ours." Coye said Sawicki's terms would be resignation, but he may not escape the situation that easily, as the DA's office could still bring charges against him.
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