This is the second of a two-part series that documents how former Akron Police Lieutenant Mark Farrar profited as a broker between businesses seeking private security and the officers seeking to earn extra money off the clock.
Farrar methodically amassed significant personal wealth outside of what was recorded on his city paystubs, according to documents obtained by Signal Akron and sources connected to the police department, by operating what was essentially an alternative overtime network on behalf of outside businesses.
While booking gigs for outside work was allowed by APD, Farrar regularly required many businesses to pay higher than the pay rates allowed so officers would be more inclined to take those external jobs ahead of extra APD shifts. For its part, APD applied only loose oversight to Farrar’s role, given there is no mechanism for the department to track how much businesses actually pay officers, with billing handled outside of department oversight…