SOUNDS ALL TOO FAMILIAR

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/23241283/philly-area-fire-official-charged-with-250k-theft
IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO YOU, THAT’S BECAUSE THIS OCCURRED HERE IN BENSALEM! A FEW YEARS BACK THIS OCCURRED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES WITH TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THE FIRST WAS AT NOTTINGHAM FIRE COMPANY, WHEN A HIGH RANKING FIRE OFFICIAL ALLEGEDLY STOLE $1200.00 TO COVER A GAMBLING DEBT! IN THIS FIRE HOUSE WERE TWO HONORABLE BENSALEM POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE VOLUNTEERS, WHO PROCEEDED TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER, AND FOUND OUT WHO IT WAS. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT WHEN THEY BROUGHT THIS UP TO THEN PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, THEY WERE TOLD TO STOP THE INVESTIGATION. THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE MONEY WAS TOLD TO PAY IT BACK, AND NOTHING HAPPENED TO THIS PERSON AT ALL!!
ANOTHER INSTANCE OF THEFT OCCURRED IN APPROXIMATELY 2005, AT THE BENSALEM RESCUE SQUAD. A VERY HONORABLE FIRST RESPONDER, WHO WAS ACTING AS TREASURER, DISCOVERED THAT A HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL WITHIN THE SQUAD (PRESIDENT) HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN TAKING MONEY FROM THE SQUAD. WHEN THIS HONORABLE FIRST RESPONDER CONFRONTED THE HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL ON THIS, THEY FIRED THIS HONORABLE FIRST RESPONDER!! THE ISSUE WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE BUCKS COUNTY DA, HOWEVER THE OFFICIAL GOT OFF LIGHTLY FOR “BAD BOOKKEEPING”, AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE. THE FIRST RESPONDER FILED A WHISTLE BLOWER LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TOWNSHIP, WHICH WAS SETTLED OUT OF COURT.  THIS HIGH RANKING OFFICIAL STILL IS WITH THE RESCUE SQUAD AND NOTHING WAS EVER DONE TO THIS PERSON.
IF THIS HAD OCCURRED AT UNION FIRE COMPANY, THERE WOULD BE ARRESTS, PRESS RELEASES, A ND HAMAN ALL OVER THE TV AND NEWS PONTIFICATING ON HOW THIS WAS A SERIOUS MATTER, AND WANTING TO SEVERELY PROSECUTE THE INDIVIDUAL CAUGHT. INSTEAD NOTHING WAS DONE!! ALL BECAUSE THESE INDIVIDUALS HAD “CONNECTIONS”