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Yeadon Borough Council Votes To Fire Police Chief
A borough council in Delaware County voted to fire its police chief of five years, officials said.
In a 4-3 vote on Thursday, Feb. 17, the Yeadon Borough council removed police chief Anthony Paparo for allegedly overspending on overtime hours, which cost taxpayers $387,000, his attorney, Harold Goodman, said in a letter.
Paparo is accused of overscheduling part-time officers in 2019 and 2020, thus violating the terms of the police union's collective bargaining agreement, the letter states.
He scheduled the cops for a total of approximately 6,200 hours of overtime, according to the letter…
