lab, at times when the DAR reflected that she was earning overtime.
Based on the investigation conducted by Lt. Echols, the following facts were of record at the time of the arrest: 1) between January 7, 1998 and March 24, 1999, there were fifty-three (53) occasions in which the plaintiff had signed-in to teach aerobics at the hospital while simultaneously signed-in for overtime-work with the department; 2) the plaintiff was observed leaving the crime lab and at home during periods for which she was signed-in to work overtime with the department; 3) the plaintiff was required to be present at the crime lab while earning overtime; 4) there were no supervisors on duty at the crime lab for the "shifts" during which the plaintiff was suspected to be fraudulentlyinterviewees, and both, Brenner and McBride, acknowledged making these statements at their respective deposition.

Lt. Echols also interviewed eight of the plaintiff's non-supervisory coworkers. The information obtained from the respective interviews of these individuals corroborated the statements of Brenner and McBride, and was consistent with the accusations made in the anonymous letter. During these interviews, Lt. Echols was also made aware that plaintiff's hours were entered into the department's payroll records by other crime lab employees, and not by plaintiff.
[3]  The plaintiff defended against these charges by alleging that although she was not working at the crime lab during the hours indicated in the department's personnel records, she would make-up the hours missed at times for which she was not scheduled to work and not paid. See infra