The charges against the officers include insurance fraud and official misconduct, the officials said.

He was also charged with official misconduct and suspended without pay.

The maximum penalty for official misconduct is a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Allen was dismissed from his position and found guilty of official misconduct.

Both men are charged with official misconduct, which carries a prison term of up to 10 years.

A charge of official misconduct, for example, would require that the accused person benefit from the action.

"A school board can remove any of its members for official misconduct," she said.

Also in 1988, 19 officers were let go for official misconduct; three years later, only one was fired.

Her office, he said, has obtained 30 arrests or convictions for official misconduct.

As a society, we must be committed to a policy of zero tolerance when it comes to official misconduct.