Last Updated on October 15, 2023, 6:31 PM | Published: October 15, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — A lieutenant in the Oklahoma City Police Department has been charged with 3 different felonies by Oklahoma County DA Vicki Behena from a pay padding scheme.
Lt. Bryant Holloway was charged with the felonies in connection to an elaborate scheme to inflate his overtime pay with the department over a significant period of time.
According to the charging document that Free Press obtained from court records, Holloway’s scheme resulted in the department paying him $13,705.51 for overtime he did not work from January 1 through June 30 of this year.
The three felony charges Holloway is facing are:
- Offering False or Forged Instrument for Recordation
- Perjury (during the investigation)
- Embezzlement (of pay)
OKCPD confirmed that Holloway is on paid administrative leave and will not be serving in any capacity as a sworn officer until the criminal cases make their way through the courts. No other disciplinary measures will be taken until the courts determine guilt or innocence.
The alleged pay scheme
The scheme involved Holloway recording certain times on traffic stops that were not when the stops were actually made. The overtime pay was supposed to be for a program that targeted certain metro traffic problems called The Reduction of Accidents and Aggressive and Inconsiderate Drivers or R.A.A.I.D.
According to a White-Colar Crime Unit detective’s report in the charging document, the department’s investigation into Holloway’s activity in the R.A.A.I.D. program focused on 2,540 citations written by Holloway from January 1 through June 30 of this year.
The initial suspicion arose in connection to the times Holloway entered on time sheets compared to times entered on 77 traffic citations supposedly written as a part of the program.
Further investigation found that Holloway’s patrol car Automated Vehicle Locating (AVL) data “confirmed that his vehicle was at a different location or that he was not logged into a vehicle during the times listed on the citations,” read the charging document.
The investigating detective reported that all “AVL data for 77 citations he [Holloway] issued” could not be located. However, the detective was able to locate Body Worn Camera or BWC data on all of the citations.
“I located the vehicles listed on citations via the BWC and learned that the time stamps on the BWC differed from what was on the citations for all 77 citations,” wrote the detective.
Also, the detective reported that when seven people who were issued citations were contacted, the times recalled by the recipients were different than those written on the citations by a wide margin.
The lieutenant in charge of the R.A.A.I.D program reported that when he looked into the AVL and BWC data compared to the citations Holloway had written, the time Holloway claimed for working the overtime when his vehicle was either not logged in or stationary near his home came to 13,448 minutes (224.13 hours).
“Based on his AVL data, Lt. Steiner was able to confirm Lt. Holloway’s vehicle was not actively patrolling for violations for the above-listed 224 hours and 7 minutes, which meant Lt. Holloway knowingly received approximately $13,705.51 from the City of Oklahoma City for work not performed,” reads the charging document.
It goes on to state that in total, 89 citations had times recorded for when other data showed that Holloway was not actively patrolling and working the program.
“Lt. Holloway intentionally submitted the citations with the knowledge the times on the citations were incorrect and untrue,” the detective’s statement in the charging document reads. “The citations were then filed and recorded with the Oklahoma City Municipal Courthouse, a public office within the State of Oklahoma and a court of record. It is my belief Lt. Holloway knowingly altered the times on 89 citations to cover up the fact he was not actively working the entirety of some of his scheduled overtime shifts even though he received compensation for the entirety of the shifts.”
A trial date has not been set.
Note: As of publication, the information provided by the OKCPD has not yet been tested in court. Under the law, all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty before a jury of their peers or a plea of guilt.
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