Lt. Mark Farrar developed a reputation from 2017 to 2025 as the guy who could book outside work gigs for Akron Police officers and security shifts for area businesses. “I mean, my job is to fill jobs,” Farrar said in a 2024 internal affairs interview — his salaried job was as a lieutenant helping oversee the department’s information technology systems. “Everybody knows that’s my thing. That’s what I do. I hustle. I fill extra jobs.”
