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Deputy Chief Caught in Overtime Lie | Columbus News
A Columbus police deputy chief, Elrico Alli, faced scrutiny after falsely claiming an officer wasn’t on overtime—when that same officer was actually approved for overtime writing parking tickets outside HQ. The revelation came amid a massive $200K+ overtime budget overrun. Though Alli initially denied the officer’s overtime status, another deputy chief confirmed it via system records, triggering an Internal Affairs probe. After reviewing 1,700 emails, 300 texts, and conducting 20 interviews, investigators found Alli made an inaccurate statement but couldn’t prove he knew it was false—he…
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