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Nov 8, 2009 8:46 am US/Eastern

Fmr. Police Director Parker Pockets $400K Check

NORTH MIAMI (CBS4) ― After more than three decades with the Miami-Dade Police Department, former director Robert Parker will pocket a hefty check thanks in large part to unused sick and holiday time.

Parker submitted his retirement papers on the same day County Manager Carlos Alvarez announced a five percent pay cut for most non-union employees. Parker said the timing of his retirement was not a coincidence.

"If you're comparing to stay at a five percent pay decrease or retiring at salary and gaining every year a three percent increase in terms of cost of living, so when you look at the total picture it is a simple deduction to go ahead and retire and not take a significant hit in terms of pay," Parker explained.

Before leaving office, Parker had accumulated 58 weeks of unused sick leave and 803 hours of unused holiday time, according to CBS4 news partners The Miami Herald. Paid out at his hourly rate of nearly $109, Parker had accrued $250,548 in unused sick time and $87,360 in unused holiday time; which will make up the bulk of his $400 thousand retirement check.

Miami-Dade Police Assistant Director Jim Loftus has been named the interim Police Director until Mayor Carlos Alvarez names a permanent replacement. Alvarez has said the next director will come from within.


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