When Dave Johnson, Sarah Creamer, and I were the Personnel Section at the CCSO, we interviewed and tested countless applicants. And we encountered some strange ducks. Folks that made you wonder why they came anywhere near a cop shop.
While we were doing the background investigation on one such buffoon, we found there was an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest. So, the next time he came in, we made him a offer he couldn't refuse. A position in our jail. Behind bars.
We discovered another, a cop in Denver, who'd also been one in Hawaii. Using another name. This genius was bagged when he got confused and provided us with training certificates under the second name from Hawaii instead of the ones from Colorado.
Then there were the "disabled" cops from up north. Most of these were from New York, with an occasional thief from New Jersey. Now, don't get me wrong, we hired many cops from the NYDP. Great cops, take all of them we could get. But, the NYPD has to be the bogus disability retirement champ. Especially, the PD and the Sanitation Department.
We'd regularly interview dudes who said they were retired on the "disabled" list. Some would give us a wink, like we were in on the scam. Then, when we'd explain that we couldn't hire a disabled person to be a street cop, they couldn't understand. But, I'm not really disabled. Some demanded to take the physical fitness test to prove it. They just didn't seem to understand that they were criminals and we arrested crooks, we didn't hire them.
We caught several in related scams. Perhaps the worst was a NYPD cop who, when off-duty, slipped on a curb at his home and broke his leg. Not wanting to miss a chance that it might be a career ending injury--and eligible for a disability pension--he nursed the broke flipper until the next morning, drove to work, then "tripped" getting into his patrol car, breaking his leg. And, need I say it? It was New York and he collected.
Didn't I read recently that the New York retirement system was broke? Wonder why?
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