FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF News) — A Fort Worth police officer who was fired more than six years ago has been ordered reinstated with back pay totalling about $400,000, according to his attorney.
Officer James L. Dunn was one of six officers fired in December 2010 in a scandal in which they were accused of falsely claiming overtime by writing false times on citations. An arbitrator who heard Dunn’s appeal ruled Monday that while Dunn “engaged in negligent misconduct” he did not intentionally falsify the tickets, according to a report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Attorney Terry Daffron said money Dunn earned from temporary employment since his firing will offset some of what the city owes him but his compensation should still be substantial.
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