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06-01-2018, 03:33 PM
This article is full of shock. Let's start
http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2018/06/5_edison_cops_facing_charges_of_official_misconduc .html?
Five Edison cops made more than $840,000 collectively over the last two years for side-job police work, but authorities now say they never showed up for their shifts.
The group -- Sgt. Ioannis "John" Mpletsakis, 38, Officer Paul Pappas, 43, Officer James Panagoulakos, 32, all of Edison Township, Officer Gregory Makras, 33, of Cranford, and Sgt. Brian Rossmeyer, 41, of Bedminster -- all face charges of theft and two counts of official misconduct, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey said Friday.
The officers clocked into these no-show shifts from Nov. 14, 2016, through this May, when the officers received tens of thousands of dollars in addition to their base salary and overtime pay, according to authorities.
The officers, who were suspended without pay [shocking - root] after the charges were made public, were on pace to double their base salaries with the extra overtime and side-jobs. Mpletsakis could have made more than $350,000 in 2018 if he held a similar schedule through the rest of the year.
Here's where it starts to get sickening
The following payroll records were obtained through a records request and go up until May 23.
Name
Base Salary
TOTAL PAY 2018 (Until 5/23)
TOTAL PAY 2017
TOTAL PAY 2016
Sgt. Ioannis Mpletsakis
$149,258.51
$145,998.15
$204,501.60
$302,626.50
Off. James Panagoulakos
$94,984.03
$114,684.59
$216,440.70
$223,263.87
Off. Paul Pappas
$130,849.06
$98,686.06
$154,772.30
$204,929.23
Off. Gregory Makras
$125,979.98
$111,218.31
$266,107.97
$231,627.29
Sgt. Brian Rossmeyer
$144,465.78
$109,977.18
$264,506.93
$216,956.10
Andres Rosa, a retired Edison officer, handles the books for the police force's off-duty work, in which officers are paid by a third-party through the township for private security and shifts monitoring road construction and utility work with hourly rates ranging from $40 to $90.
Rossmeyer, who came on the force in 2007, and Mpletsakis, who was hired in 2002, were just recently promoted (http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2017/12/edison_promotions.html) in the department.
Mpletsakis --who pulled in more than $300,000 in 2016 with his base salary, overtime and side-job pay -- was originally fired (http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2012/12/edison_police_misconduct_bruta.html) from the police force a decade ago after he ran from the scene of a car crash while off-duty. Mpletsakis had no clothes on at the time.
A judge reinstated him in 2007.
One of the top side-job earners, Pappas, is also facing numerous charges after cops arrested the 15-year veteran of the force over an alleged tire slashing incident (http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2018/03/edison_cop_charged_in_tire_slashing_stripped_of_gu .html). The cop allegedly took an unmarked police car to New Brunswick while on duty and slashed his former girlfriend's (http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2018/03/on-duty_edison_cop_drove_unmarked_police_car_to_sl.ht ml) tires.
https://i.imgur.com/3yBOI5l.jpg
Total for the top 15 highest paid cops = $8,301,787.7 (since 2016)
http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2018/06/5_edison_cops_facing_charges_of_official_misconduc .html?
Five Edison cops made more than $840,000 collectively over the last two years for side-job police work, but authorities now say they never showed up for their shifts.
The group -- Sgt. Ioannis "John" Mpletsakis, 38, Officer Paul Pappas, 43, Officer James Panagoulakos, 32, all of Edison Township, Officer Gregory Makras, 33, of Cranford, and Sgt. Brian Rossmeyer, 41, of Bedminster -- all face charges of theft and two counts of official misconduct, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey said Friday.
The officers clocked into these no-show shifts from Nov. 14, 2016, through this May, when the officers received tens of thousands of dollars in addition to their base salary and overtime pay, according to authorities.
The officers, who were suspended without pay [shocking - root] after the charges were made public, were on pace to double their base salaries with the extra overtime and side-jobs. Mpletsakis could have made more than $350,000 in 2018 if he held a similar schedule through the rest of the year.
Here's where it starts to get sickening
The following payroll records were obtained through a records request and go up until May 23.
Name
Base Salary
TOTAL PAY 2018 (Until 5/23)
TOTAL PAY 2017
TOTAL PAY 2016
Sgt. Ioannis Mpletsakis
$149,258.51
$145,998.15
$204,501.60
$302,626.50
Off. James Panagoulakos
$94,984.03
$114,684.59
$216,440.70
$223,263.87
Off. Paul Pappas
$130,849.06
$98,686.06
$154,772.30
$204,929.23
Off. Gregory Makras
$125,979.98
$111,218.31
$266,107.97
$231,627.29
Sgt. Brian Rossmeyer
$144,465.78
$109,977.18
$264,506.93
$216,956.10
Andres Rosa, a retired Edison officer, handles the books for the police force's off-duty work, in which officers are paid by a third-party through the township for private security and shifts monitoring road construction and utility work with hourly rates ranging from $40 to $90.
Rossmeyer, who came on the force in 2007, and Mpletsakis, who was hired in 2002, were just recently promoted (http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2017/12/edison_promotions.html) in the department.
Mpletsakis --who pulled in more than $300,000 in 2016 with his base salary, overtime and side-job pay -- was originally fired (http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2012/12/edison_police_misconduct_bruta.html) from the police force a decade ago after he ran from the scene of a car crash while off-duty. Mpletsakis had no clothes on at the time.
A judge reinstated him in 2007.
One of the top side-job earners, Pappas, is also facing numerous charges after cops arrested the 15-year veteran of the force over an alleged tire slashing incident (http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2018/03/edison_cop_charged_in_tire_slashing_stripped_of_gu .html). The cop allegedly took an unmarked police car to New Brunswick while on duty and slashed his former girlfriend's (http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2018/03/on-duty_edison_cop_drove_unmarked_police_car_to_sl.ht ml) tires.
https://i.imgur.com/3yBOI5l.jpg
Total for the top 15 highest paid cops = $8,301,787.7 (since 2016)