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"It makes one wonder why a public official made certain decisions, especially ones that benefited certain interests, when just days, months or years later they take a lucrative job lobbying for the same interests."
Craig Holman, a government affairs expert at Public Citizen, commenting on Scott McInnis' voting record, as quoted in The Denver Post, 07/25/2010.

Springs police revamp take-home vehicle policy

Gazette investigation showed sloppy recordkeeping

By Daniel Chacon, The Colorado Springs Gazette,
March 3, 2010

The Colorado Springs Police Department has revamped its take-home vehicle policy after an investigation by The Gazette last year revealed that mileage logs were either incomplete or missing.

The Police Department’s sloppy recordkeeping made it impossible to determine whether officers were driving their assigned take-home city-owned vehicles on business or for personal use, the paper's investigation showed.

Under the new policy, unveiled Wednesday, police with take-home vehicles still are required to fill out monthly logs to document mileage and destination, which was required under the old policy. But the department has created new mileage logs that Deputy Chief Pete Carey said are “a little more user-friendly” and won’t take so much time to fill out.


For the full story, please visit http://www.gazette.com/articles/police-95037-springs-department.html
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