POLICE UNIONS (PBA)
New York Officer Indicted for Larceny
Fulton County Dist. Atty. Polly A. Hoye announced May 23 that
Gloversville, N.Y. Police Sargent Andrew S. Drumm was indicted and suspended
after an investigation into missing funds from the Gloversville Police
Benevolent Ass'n.
A grand jury indicted Drumm on two felony counts of first-degree falsifying business records and a misdemeanor count of larceny. He was also suspended with pay pending the outcome of the criminal case, in accordance with N.Y.'s Civil Service Law. Drumm was released on $5,000 bail.
Hoye alleged that Drumm withdrew $600 with PBA's credit card and put the money to personal use. Hoye added the grand jury is still working on the case. She said the State Police investigated the case and focused on the years from 1995 to 1997, but the time lapse "hampered the ability" to subpoena and obtain records in the case.
Police Chief John H. Harzinski also announced that Detective Jeffrey M. Shepardson resigned as a result of the investigation. No charges have been filed against him. Harzinski said that in Mar. 2000, several PBA members came to him about what they believed to be "numerous instances of abuse in the spending practices of the PBA." [Times Union (Albany) 5/24/00]
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