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Top Aurora Fire Chief Appears To Have Misused Time Off System For Years

Unused vacation days can be converted into cash.

By Brian Maass

October 27, 2020

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AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) – Aurora Fire Rescue’s second-in-command, Stephen McInerny, may have improperly used his department’s online leave system for the past two and a half years, allowing him to take what appear to be repeated vacations to Florida, New York and California without ever subtracting the time from his vacation “bank.” Those unused days can be converted into cash.

The CBS4 investigation found pay records show McInerny was being paid to work at the fire department at the same time that other records and photos show he may have been taking vacations in other states.

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