Ex-police chief gets 1 year in prison for hiring scandal
What a way to end your career--now it is prison for this cop.
Ex-police chief gets 1 year in prison for hiring scandal
https://apnews.com/article/connecticut-police-bridgeport-hispanics-david-dunn-24656a882412c0ad779b4203633718af
By DAVE COLLINS yesterday
The former police chief of Connecticut’s largest city was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison for rigging the hiring process that led to his appointment in 2018.
A federal judge in Bridgeport handed down the punishment to Armando “A.J.” Perez, who rose through the ranks of Bridgeport police to lead the department as its first Hispanic chief over a nearly four-decade career there. He and the city’s former acting personnel director, David Dunn, resigned in September and pleaded guilty the following month to defrauding the city and making false statements to FBI agents in connection with the scheme.
.....................
“I accept responsibility. I am so sorry,” he said. “I spent all my life on the right side of the table and I betrayed myself. I should have said no. ... I did this to myself, your honor. I did this to myself. I betrayed myself and then I panicked.”
Perez, who had asked for a sentence of home confinement and probation, also was ordered to perform 100 hours of community service after the prison sentence, which he will begin serving on May 24. In addition, Perez and Dunn will be paying a total of nearly $300,000 in restitution to the city.
Prosecutors said Perez, 65, received confidential information about the police chief’s examination stolen by Dunn, including the questions for an oral examination and the scoring guide for written essays. Perez, who was the acting chief at the time, also admitted that he had two officers complete his essays, passed the work off as his own and lied to federal authorities in an effort to cover up his actions....................................
........
