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‘This is big business.’ How an Akron police lieutenant profited from off-the-books work
As the Akron Police Department’s go-to outside job broker, veteran Akron Police Lieutenant Mark Farrar wielded significant influence over the businesses seeking extra paid police protection and the officers seeking to earn extra money off the clock. Farrar spent much of the last decade using APD resources for outside work that was not part of…
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