Five West Palm Beach Police Officers are accused of working paid overtime during the same hours as their regularly scheduled shifts for approximately 600 hours over a 10-month period, according to a newly obtained audit.
This audit, which WPTV received from a public records request, is the first time the extent of the alleged “double dipping” scheme has been publicly reported since the city of West Palm Beach placed seven officers on paid administrative leave for time theft. The record also shows former West Palm Beach Police Chief Frank Adderley investigated time theft from members of his command staff, including assistant chiefs and multiple captains.
Then, West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James said he partially fired Adderley after he became aware of command staff allegedly involved in numerous “financial improprieties” within the department. However, new footage WPTV obtained from a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office body camera shows Frank Adderley telling a deputy that he knew about the “double dipping” allegations and that the city paused his investigation…