Fired Colorado police sergeant admitted to falsifying time sheets

Newly released documents from the Lakeside Police Department say former Sgt. Howard Prince admitted to cheating on his time records, but also said that in an interview, the sergeant said he didn’t know why he falsified his time sheets.

CBS News Colorado first reported last week that the veteran police officer was fired in January for allegedly “double-dipping” through 2025.

Records obtained by CBS Colorado under the state’s open records law showed numerous days in 2025 when Prince was scheduled to be on patrol for the town of Lakeside, but at the same time was being paid $95 per hour for doing private security work at a nearby Walmart…

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