If anyone saw today’s Washington Post, there was an article on a DC police officer being sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for stealing more than $175,000 from the District during 2004 to 2008. Karin Coppens, a 23 - year member of the force pleaded guilty for falsifying her time sheets, claiming she worked overtime, and forging other employee’s names on the time sheets. This is quite disturbing as one learns how our police departments are still managing their workforce and how archaic and outdated are their systems. Had they implemented ExtendTime, not only the officer would not have been able to buddy punch, she would have been flagged and locked out of the time and attendance system way yonder! How did the police department not notice such a grand overtime log and let it go for so long? And then they wonder why there is abuse.
As we all know abuse happens in every society; we just have to learn how to outsmart it. Is it the fault of the individuals or is it also the fault of the institutions. Should our institutions not be more careful with how they implement their organizational apparatus? Is it right to rely on the “honor system” especially if the institution is being funded by either tax payers or stock holders? Should we not have better controls in place?
Of course it HAD to be a woman!! You sure Karin is a woman? In Armenia Karin is the name of a man!!
You are so right. Given today’s economy and everything that state and local governments are having to cut, this is a really, really sad situation.
The DC Police Department needs to look into your services…it would save them lots of money, headache and bad press!!!
Its pretty incredible how in DC so many people seem to be able to embezzel for years and not get caught. They also had this woman in the paper a few days ago who had embezzled over $50,000,000 in the last 10years!
I totally agree with you!