MONTREAL – Quebec anti-corruption police say they have arrested a retired municipal court judge for fraud. Police say Jean Herbert, who sat on the municipal court in Longueuil, Que., south of Mo...
At $800 / month, that comes to about 30 - 60 minutes extra per weekday. It’s something, but it doesn’t really seem that outrageous. About the equivalent of taking a few smoke breaks on employer time. A fireable offense, sure, but criminal charges?
The council also found that he had violated ethics rules by changing the date of a neighbour’s court appearance for a traffic ticket so he could hear the case — and acquit her — before he retired.
To me that’s the more important issue… It can be hard to measure time accurately, but there’s no excuse for twisting the system to prevent your friend from facing justice!
At $800 / month, that comes to about 30 - 60 minutes extra per weekday. It’s something, but it doesn’t really seem that outrageous. About the equivalent of taking a few smoke breaks on employer time. A fireable offense, sure, but criminal charges?
Only employers can steal time, didn’t you hear?
To me that’s the more important issue… It can be hard to measure time accurately, but there’s no excuse for twisting the system to prevent your friend from facing justice!
I agree that’s problematic, but from the article it doesn’t sound like that’s the reason he was arrested.