http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3720/is_200011/ai_n8927978
Summary
This article is about Orange County's sheriffs filing timecards that if traced, shows that they were working at two jobs at the same time. A man called Christopher Mele went through piles of paperwork and discovered that a total of nine officers had committed this offense. The term used in this article for describing the act of filing time cards showing you doing two different things at the same time is "double-dipping". Christopher Mele had to go through the history of 32 deputies including the times that they took vacations and had sick days. The results showed that a total of nine officers committed 125 hours of "double-dipping". The consequences were suspension, getting fired, and worst of all, getting a criminal record.
Connection
The connection between this article and chapter 16 of the accounting textbook was timecards. These nine officers tried to find loopholes around the timecard policy to make their lives easier. They cheated their employers and when they were found out, they suffered severe consequences. This article shows that, although this plan might work out well in the beginning, if someone suspects something fishy about your work history, then you can expect you'll be getting some major difficulties in the future. Although the article doesn't mention it, some extra consequences for these types of crime offenders might be a fine totaling up to more than the amount cheated off your employer.
Reflection
I found that this article was quite interesting. I've read and heard about many ordinary citizens committing this crime, but never thought that policemen would do the same. We all think that policemen would know better after all those long years of studying law. Unfortunately, in this situation, I think that the crime offenders had it coming and that they should have been more consientious about their actions. Honestly, I think they also didn't have to commit this crime because their present wages aren't too shabby. This incident doesn't occur very often, but if it does and word gets out to the public, it could ruin the reputation of the police force greatly.
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I agree with you, this article is very interesting. Unlike you, I had no idea that people did this kind a thing, let alone a police officer doing it. I think police officers should know better. They are hired to support and enforce the laws, not break them. I would have never guessed that a police officer would fill two timecards. I'm also surprised that it took so long to find out that the sheriff was "double dipping." I didn't think that police officers were that desperate for money. Their paychecks aren't the best, but it isn't minimum wage is it? Some people look up to police officers and I hope that it doesn't ruin their impression on police officer if they read this. I don't think that all police officers are good, but I don't think any police officer should ever do "double-dipping" for more money.
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I agree that the policemen should have known better than to cheat their employers after their years of experiene. Police officers are a public figure for justice and they should not be breaking the laws but enforcing them. Cops out of everyone else should relieze that you cannot cheat the system no matter how hard you try. They may of not seen "double dipping" as being a serious crime, but a crime is a crime. I can somewhat understand as their paycheques can be quite low, but their are always other legal ways to obtain money. Cops should be the ones enforcing the laws, and not the ones breaking the laws.
I agree that police officer doesn't have done that becuase they are the ones people look up to, especially young kids and teenagers. Moreover, they have been trained to obey and enforce the law. It is not acceptable, for them to do something like that. I'm actually very shock after reading this blog. I've never thought police officer would do something like that to enhance their salaries. This also sets out a bad examples for other police officers. They are the last people to be thought of for breaking laws.
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