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“The county knew of these disparities. The county was getting regular reports from its own consultant about the fact that the promotional system was holding back officers of color, and decided to do nothing about it,” said Joanna Wasik, the attorney who is representing the officers.
Although Prince George’s County is a predominant Black and Hispanic community, the police department’s leadership is majority white. Sixty-one percent of its lieutenants and 81% of its captains are white.
“I can’t have the impact if it’s only one or two of us,” said Joe Perez, the president of the Hispanic National Law Enforcement Association and a former Prince George’s County police captain, who is among the officers who filed the suit. “If there’s many of us in the ranks, then we can change this broken system.”
DOJ: Prince George s County officer charged with failing to report $1.3M of income from security business
Edward Finn has been with the agency since 1995 and is assigned to the Bureau of Patrol, according to the Prince George s County Police Department.
Credit: Prince George s County Police Author: Jonathan Franklin (WUSA9) Updated: 6:03 PM EDT April 23, 2021
PRINCE GEORGE S COUNTY, Md. A Prince George s County Police Department lieutenant is now facing charges after a federal criminal complaint was filed regarding his attempt to evade paying taxes for his business.
Edward Scott Finn, of Dunkirk, Maryland, was arrested on Thursday and is charged for attempting to evade or defeat taxes for five years between 2014 to 2019, according to the Department of Justice.