An assistant police chief is back on the job after a 10-day suspension without pay for participating in a months-long extramarital affair while on the job, according to information from the Chandler Police Department.
David Lind, an assistant chief with Chandler Police Department since Dec. 1, 2008, was suspended for 10 days, June 17-18, and returned to the job on Monday, according to Detective Frank Mendoza, a Chandler police spokesman.
An internal investigation was launched into allegations that Lind participated in the affair from September 2009 to April 2010, and sometimes on city time while going to meet the woman at hotels. Lind, also retired from the Tempe Police Department, was found to be particpating in behavior that was "unbecoming of a police officer," and engaging in conduct that might bring harm to the department, Mendoza said.
It is unknown at this time whether the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board will schedule a hearing to determine whether Lind will be disciplined further.
Lind makes $146,071 a year as assistant police chief for Chandler, according to information from the city.
exit526 posted at 10:17 pm on Tue, Jun 22, 2010.
Too bad you got caught (who told on you, Dave), noble of you to fess up (no choice, hearty evidence), nice try by Chief Kiyler in trying to cover it up (yes, you re both losers). Here's hoping you two slip out the door when Pentz leaves (no such luck). We have a good department. We have work to do. Get out of our way. Hope the Chief gig fades away for you. Could you imagine being assigned to Lind's staff?
Rich posted at 4:57 am on Wed, Jun 23, 2010.
An assistant police chief makes $146,071? For real? That doesn't count bribes or something.? That's beyond excessive, the chief shouldn't make that much. We get hammered every election for more money and this snook makes three or four times what he should? We need to have public salaries listed and accessible so that next time we'll know we're funding this type of abuse.
DrunkenMonkey posted at 5:33 am on Wed, Jun 23, 2010.
Don't normally agree with you Rich, but this time you're right on target...
Salaries for these public offices are WAY too out of line. How is this salary justified? And this is only the Assistant Chiefs position? So what outrageous salary does the Chief get?
If I were a resident of Chandler, I would start demanding immediate pay cuts for the upper management. See how many more "foot" soldiers can be hired and trained if these salaries were cut in half.
Simple math: $146,071.00 divided by 2080 hours (40 hours/week for 52 weeks) equals $70.23/hour or approximately $561.81 per day....
And let's be real people, the assistant chief isn't out patrolling every day risking his life either... He's most likely sitting in an office drinking coffee... (except when he's in the back screwing a co-worker) waiting on quitting time...
$561.81/day people... wouldn't you like to make that???
hillstreet posted at 9:13 am on Wed, Jun 23, 2010.
As usual, the mucky mucks get away with a suspension while street officers get fired for doing the same thing. Doing the horizontal mambo when you are supposed to be working is called theft of services, and fraud. he should have been charged and AZPOST should be taking his certification Unlikely, though, AZPOST never goes after top ranking cops.
Hey DM, we agree on something. :-)
DrunkenMonkey posted at 10:41 am on Wed, Jun 23, 2010.
Hillstreet,
yep, for a change.... sorry about the other post (you may not have read it yet).
I work for the govt and I was drinking on the job...
I wonder if I can get the hot chick in the front office back here for a few mins...?
miraclegro posted at 11:43 am on Wed, Jun 23, 2010.
Check out TempePoliceCloset.com to see what the Tempe chief of police does and gets away with in Tempe. Lying and $crewing must be his job description.