Former Medford police chief knew of major payroll scandal, but didn’t seek outside probe

 

Former Medford police chief knew of major payroll scandal, but didn’t seek outside probe

By Matt Rocheleau Globe Staff,November 24, 2019, 8:24 p.m. Leo Sacco retired as police chief in Medford last fall after confronting officers. Kate Lagreca

Weeks after news broke last year of a payroll fraud scandal within the State Police force, longtime Medford Police Chief Leo A. Sacco Jr. learned that about a quarter of the officers in his own department were allegedly padding their pay by either falsifying their hours or skipping out on detail shifts.

Following an anonymous tip, Sacco quietly conducted his own monthslong, informal inquiry and had numerous officers admit to him that they had fleeced a contractor paying for traffic safety patrols at a construction project, according to an internal investigative report obtained by the Globe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/.../wDnko3IBd6Uxym.../story.html