Series Of Police Chiefs Committed Retirement Fraud, CalPERS Audit Alleges

San Francisco CA

12 December, 2021

5:44 PM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan, Mission Local December 11, 2021 Three former Broadmoor police chiefs and a retired commander were "unlawfully employed" by their small-town police department and defrauded the state public pension system for years, according to an audit conducted by the California Public Employees' Retirement System. The audit, which was posted to the Broadmoor Police Department website today, listed various observed violations, including three retirees who received full-time compensation while also receiving retirement benefits, and two who took large lump-sum payments in addition to their hourly pay. Broadmoor is a census-designated place which sits as an island within Daly City. Mission Local broke the story in April about then-Chief Michael Connolly, a former San Francisco Police officer, illegally installing himself as chief of the police department in 2019 and hiring others from the SFPD. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.