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As an FBI investigation into Seattle鈥檚 off-duty police work unfolds, additional claims of questionable tactics by officers have emerged, including a report that one cop proudly called his fellow officers a 鈥渕ini mafia鈥� in the way they secured, enforced, and collected on private security and traffic contracts in the booming city.

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Officer Mac Gordon, a 31-year veteran of the force, described in specific detail how the officers鈥� union worked to keep Seattle police administrators in the dark about off-duty work; how the off-duty staffing companies such as Seattle鈥檚 Finest overcharge and 鈥渟queeze鈥� building owners; and how no one in town has the power to stop any of it.

In describing lucrative, off-duty security work for Seattle City Light, for example, Gordon allegedly said, 鈥淵eah, we would really break some bones if those (jobs) were messed with. Those jobs are a minimum of four hours (billed) and most are done in an hour and a half.鈥�

Gordon鈥檚 comments are contained in a sent to investigators by Rob McDermott and Andrew Finley, co-founders of Bluecadia, a start-up that sought to work with the Seattle Police Department administration to track off-duty cop employment.

The memo is central to an ongoing FBI investigation into officers’ alleged strong-arm tactics toward business and building managers and price-fixing of off-duty jobs in traffic control or construction site security.

Finley and McDermott were interviewing Gordon in an attempt to find out why they could not get traction within the department for their software to track off-duty hours. And according to the April 4, 2017 memo, Gordon gave them an earful, telling them bluntly that officers and the union would block any tracking of off-duty contracts.

Months later, this memo would be among the documents the FBI turned to begin its investigation.

Gordon, who could not be reached for comment, that he was using exaggerated, joking language for show. And he denied saying that it was practice to 鈥渟queeze鈥� building managers, telling the Times that the line in the memo, 鈥渋s an absolute lie.鈥�

鈥淭hat is about as far away from the truth as you can get,鈥� Gordon told the Times.

Finely said it is Gordon who is lying. 鈥淭his is exactly what happened,鈥� said Finley who was a sheriff鈥檚 deputy for 17 years with Pierce and King counties. 鈥淚 was a cop; I know how to take notes.鈥�

Police union leaders and supervisors with Seattle鈥檚 largest off-duty staffing companies 鈥� Seattle鈥檚 Finest and Seattle Security — have characterized the memo and Finley and McDermott鈥檚 subsequent comments as the lies of bitter businessmen who could not get their startup idea off the ground.

But three longtime cops contacted by 成人X站 Radio agreed that the union resisted any outside effort to control off-duty work.

The three officers, all who agreed to speak if they were not identified, said and . ran most of the off-duty police work in Seattle. And all three echoed Finely and McDermott鈥檚 claims five or six senior officers make most of the decisions about who got off-duty work and who didn鈥檛.

Said one 10-year-veteran of the force, 鈥淚f you were on the outs with them, you didn鈥檛 get work. Simple.鈥�

Off-duty work is as vital and sometimes lucrative sideline for rank-and-file police in pricey Seattle. The construction boom, traffic pressures, and busy stadiums have created an almost unlimited need for off-duty cops in recent years.

Finley said at his peak, he put in hundreds of extra hours annually to augment his income as a Pierce County Sheriff鈥檚 deputy. And in that county, same as in Seattle, administrators didn鈥檛 track overtime hours.

In both places, the lack of oversight has led to problems. In the Finley-McDermott memo, Gordon outlined 鈥渕anagement fees鈥� received by officers who controlled off-duty staffing in downtown parking garages:

鈥�He went further to explain that most large underground parking garages in the city have officers working them. He said most cops are paid around $300 a month to 鈥榤anage garages even before they even work one hour of off-duty.鈥� He quoted the $300/month is a fee for simply managing the location. According to Officer Gordon, as managers, some cops earn $1200 to $1500 a month without working a single (off-duty) shift.鈥�

The FBI is believed to be looking at charges including price-fixing, racketeering and, potentially, unreported income, sources close to the investigation said.

Seattle Police Chief Katherine O’Toole agreed that off-duty work is a problem in the department.

“Apart from and prior to receiving these allegations, SPD managers have long identified secondary employment as a significant risk when reviewing department business practices,” O’Toole said

“Although it would be entirely inappropriate for me to share facts specific to an ongoing inquiry, I want to emphasize, as I have consistently, that we take all allegations against SPD personnel very seriously.”