The Office of the Washington State Auditor has identified payroll discrepancies in the Tacoma Police Department and recommends that the City of Tacoma seek financial recovery from the officer attached to the investigation.
The auditor found that lieutenant LeRoy Standifer recorded hundreds of hours worked while on leave. The lieutenant retired in November of 2020.
The discrepancy was noticed during an internal audit of the department in which sergeants were recording acting lieutenant pay while covering for Standifer, shifts already marked as time worked by the lieutenant.
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Payroll misappropriations total $21,499 and occurred between February 2018 and June
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