The Lakeside Police Department has fired one of its police sergeants, alleging that the veteran officer had repeatedly been scheduled to work patrol in Lakeside as he was simultaneously being paid to work a $95 per hour off-duty security job at a Colorado Walmart, a CBS Colorado investigation has learned.
Former Sgt. Howard Prince, a 30-year police veteran, was fired from the Lakeside Police Department this month, but had also previously left or been fired from other departments in Colorado.
“He did not submit accurate records regarding hours worked, both regular and overtime hours,” said Lakeside town attorney Tim Flynn, responding to the CBS Investigation. Flynn called it “a very serious matter.”…