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As director of Augusta's state-run police academy, Michael Farrell offered to trade passing grades for political favors, destroyed negative evaluations and ordered an employee to run personal errands for him, according to documents obtained Tuesday by The Augusta Chronicle.
The leadership of Mr. Farrell - who was fired in November 2002 - was said to be slanted by his political leanings and led some employees to feel threatened with job loss if they didn't do what he asked, according to documents from the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.See the full content of this document
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Police Academy Director Accused
On Tuesday, Mr. Farrell denied any wrongdoing and said council officials agreed last month to waive all "findings of fact." Sloppy bookkeeping was his only wrongdoing, he said.
"I didn't do anything wrong, and I ne...See the full content of this document
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