Boston, Massachusetts: Highest-paid worker is cop Timothy Kervin, accused of payroll abuse in 2007

Boston’s highest-paid worker: a cop accused of payroll abuse in 2007

Boston police Lieutenant Timothy Kervin appeared finished in 2007. An internal investigation into the 20-year department veteran at the time found numerous payroll abuses: 191 violations in all, including 68 counts of inaccurate reporting on a paid, off-duty detail card. The supposed scheme helped Kervin collect $237,272 of pay in 2005 — more than any other city official that year. And in a press release announcing Kervin’s impending firing, then-commissioner Ed Davis didn’t mince words. “Based upon the nature of this case,” he said, “termination was an appropriate response.” But for reasons not entirely clear, Kervin retained his job with ...

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Boston’s highest-paid worker: a cop accused of payroll abuse in 2007

Boston police Lieutenant Timothy Kervin appeared finished in 2007. An internal investigation into the 20-year department veteran at the time found numerous payroll abuses: 191 violations in all, including 68 counts of inaccurate reporting on a paid, off-duty detail card. The supposed scheme helped Kervin collect $237,272 of pay in 2005 — more than any other city official that year. And in a press release announcing Kervin’s impending firing, then-commissioner Ed Davis didn’t mince words. “Based upon the nature of this case,” he said, “termination was an appropriate response.” But for reasons not entirely clear, Kervin retained his job with ...

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